Fishing People of the North

Fishing People of the North: Cultures, Economies, and Management Responding to Change

27^th  Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium. September 14-17, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska.
Second call for abstracts, for individual papers and posters: Deadline April 4, 2011. 

This international symposium will provide a forum for scholars, fishery managers, fishing families, and others to explore the human dimensions of fishery systems and the growing need to include social science research in policy processes.

Themes:
Human-Environment Relationships
Fishing Communities in Transition
Indigenous and Rural Knowledge and Communities
Governance and Management Issues in the North
Celebrating the Lives of Fishing Peoples

For more information on the symposium, including invited speakers, panels, steering committee members, and online registration, see here.