Hybrid sessions will take place on site and will be livestreamed from Seattle via a link provided on the conference mobile app and desktop app. See the FAQ page for more information about hybrid sessions. Virtual registration is available for $200-225 USD (high-income countries) or $50 USD (low and middle income countries).
Plenary Sessions
All Plenary Sessions are hybrid sessions with livestreaming via a link provided on the conference mobile app and desktop app.
- Monday, 9:00 PST (GMT-8)
- Tuesday, 11:00 PST (GMT-8)
- Wednesday, 14:00 PST (GMT-8)
- Thursday, 9:00 PST (GMT-8)
Other Hybrid Sessions
Please see the Full Program on the desktop app or on the mobile app for dates and times.
Advancing Data-Limited Fisheries Management Implementation through Applied Capacity Building
Across the world, limitations in capacity and data often hinder sustainable management in coastal fisheries. Effective capacity building programs to support these fisheries in developing sustainable fisheries management plans can
Animal Welfare and Innovation in Capture Fisheries
Sustainable fisheries require animal welfare considerations for both target and non-target species. Learn about innnovative technology that helps improve aquatic animal welfare in capture fisheries and thereby the long-term sustainability
Blue Economy and Its Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries: Moving Towards Just and Equitable Ocean Use and Protection
A critical challenge facing our growing human population on this primarily ocean-covered planet is how to equitably and justly manage, use, and protect marine resources across local, national, regional, and
Bringing Salmon Back From The Brink
Salmon are central to the economic, cultural, and spiritual existence and identity of peoples who live, work, and play in the temperate regions of our planet. oday, salmon populations distributed
Climate Change Impacts on Inland Fish and Fisheries
Freshwater and diadromous fishes are mired in an extinction crisis, and the irreversible loss of biodiversity has consequences for human food security and economic opportunity due to declining inland fisheries
Defining “Destructive Fishing” and Options to Support a Fair Transition to Low-impact Methods
The term “destructive fishing” is widely used across policy, media and academic sectors but with no agreed definition or associated indicators, progress towards sustainable fisheries management and reducing biodiveristy loss
Enhancing Coastal and Ocean Observing Networks for Ecosystem and Fisheries Monitoring and Prediction
Integrated multidisciplinary ocean observations are a key contributor to understanding ocean processes, variability and changes which have profound implications to support robust climate- and ocean-related forecasts, predictions, and projections to
Indigenous People, Stories, and Local Community-led Fisheries Management
Indigenous people and local communities have lived with and developed relationships with other species/beings (e.g. water, fishes), in some cases, for thousands of years. During this time, lessons were learned,
Managing Fisheries in a World of Shifting Stocks: Integrating Biological, Policy, Behavioural, Social and Economic Aspects
This session will convene discussions on current advances in fisheries management adaptation in response to changes in distribution and productivity of fish stocks due to climate change. These changes are
Market-Based Tools for a Global Sustainable Seafood Future: Solutions for Addressing Equity, Inclusion and Transferability
This session will discuss the transferability of tools in the sustainable seafood movement, examining the challenges, successes, lessons learned and unsolved problems of implementers. Experts will discuss how systems designed
Mobilizing a Basic Income in the Fisheries
Fisheries are crucial to the social and economic well-being of coastal regions and Indigenous communities across North America and globally. However, those who work in the sector, which includes small-scale
Solving Sustainability Challenges at the Aquatic Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus
This section provides a platform for an international and interdisciplinary panel to discuss the development of marine and aquatic food-climate-biodiversity solutions that explicitly consider their complex social and ecological contexts.
Status of Fish and Fisheries in the Himalayan Region
Over 1.3 billion people depend on water and the associated aquatic resources in the Himalayan region. The ecosystems of the “third pole” and the animals inhabiting them are threatened with