Conference Program

Poh Poh Wong, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

Coastal communities in Asia-Pacific : Vulnerability and adaptation

Sapta Putra Ginting, Deputy Director for Coastal Community Empowerment, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia

Decentralized coastal management policy in Indonesia: three years after Indonesian Coastal and Small Island Management Act was enacted

Marilyn Alcanices, Senior Agriculturist, Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

An integrated approach for coastal resources management of Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

Jyothis Sathyapalan Associate Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, India

Role of incentives in the management of small scale trawler fisheries: an explorative study of overcapitalisation in the Palk Bay, India

Guifang (Julia) Xue Director, Law of the Sea Institute, Ocean University of China

Coastal zone management in China and future implications

M Rafiqul Islam, Manly Council, New South Wales (NSW), Australia

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in a Local Government Area in NSW, Australia

Pouchamarn Wongsanga, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Thailand

Advancing the promotion of FOVOP in the ASEAN region: issues and challenges for future cooperation

Guy Jobbins, Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Program, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Catalysing coastal adaptation in the face of uncertainty: lessons from Africa

Stewart Frusher, Associate Professor, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania

Networking across global marine hotspots

Larry Crowder, Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology and Director, Center for Marine Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory

A review of the global impacts of small-scale fisheries bycatch

Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, Professor, Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences of the National Polytechnic Institute (CICIMAR-IPN)

Sustainable exploitation of the seabob, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri, small-scale fishery of the southern Gulf of Mexico: an ecosystem approach

Ellen Hines, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University

Using interviews to document changing values of small-scale fishers

Silvia Salas, Professor, Yucatan Research Centre of CINVESTAV

Bioeconomic analysis of small-scale fisheries and fleet interactions: the case of the Yucatan, Mexico

Steve Donda, Deputy Director of Fisheries, Department of Fisheries, Malawi

Fisheries development: policy implications on technological development and overcapitalisation in small-scale fisheries

José Pascual-Fernández, Profesor Titular of Social Anthropology in the University of La Laguna, Tenerife

Conflicting gears, shifting territories in Canary Islands and Spain: MPAs as a solution?

Anthony Charles, Professor, Saint Mary's University

Fishery rights, human rights and the future

Moenieba Isaacs, Senior Lecturer and Senior Researcher, Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of Western Cape

Formalizing the informal fishers in South Africa: case studies of Struisbaai and Arniston

Xavier Basurto, Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science, Duke University

Controlling access to small-scale fisheries: lessons from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Christophe Béné, Senior Advisor on Small-Scale Fisheries and Development, WorldFish Center

Is the wealth-based approach really appropriate for small-scale fisheries in the developing world? an alternative perspective

Sarah Coulthard, Lecturer in International Development, University of Ulster

The adaptation problem in fisheries: implications for promoting resilient small-scale fisheries and the importance of agency

Svein Jentoft, Professor, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø

Fisheries development as freedom

Tim Smith, Professor and Director, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast

Enhancing adaptive capacity in coastal communities

Katia Frangoudes, Professor, Université Européenne de Bretagne

Women's contribution in small-scale fisheries in the European Union

Derek Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba

What is the value of wellbeing for small-scale fisheries governance?

U. Rashid Sumaila, Associate Professor and Director, UBC Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia

Exploring the economic benefits to developing coastal countries of fish for domestic use versus fish for export

Amanda Stern-Pirlot, Project Manager, Developing World Fisheries, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Accessibility of the MSC ecolabelling and certification program for small-scale fisheries

Maarten Bavinck, Director, Centre for Maritime Research, University of Amsterdam

Investigating poverty through the lens of riches – immigration and segregation in the fisheries of South India

Fikret Berkes, Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba

Paradox of fisheries governance: reconciling the decentralization experience vs. community-based management

Robin Mahon, Professor and Director, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies

National fisheries departments and small-scale fisheries management: fit for the purpose?

John Kurien, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Small-scale fisheries governance arrangements: reflections from negotiating them in real life