The SUMARiS Conference aims at defining a joint-cross border strategy options for the management of ray and skate fisheries in the 2 seas area

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Registration is free of charge and will close on the 30th March 2020

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The conference is organised in the framework of the SUMARiS project funded by the Interreg 2 Seas programme co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

The Conference will bring together European and national fishermen, fish market staff, producer organisations, researchers, policy makers, local authorities and NGO's.

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Together they will examine future challenges and opportunities, discuss management options for ray and skate fisheries in the Channel and the North Sea and put forth joint recommendations. The participants will also have the opportunity to analyse the results of the SUMARiS project and present similar European initiatives.

The conference aims to stimulate the debate around a cross-border subject, to develop new cross-sector partnerships and to adopt a shared vision for the fishery management.

 

For 3 years, fishermen, producer organisations and scientists have worked jointly in the framework of the SUMARiS project and collected field knowledge and scientific evidence in order to implement a species specific cross-border management strategy for ray and skate fisheries in the two seas area.

Delegates will also have the unique occasion to attend a cocktail reception in the exhibition space of Nausicaá aquarium after the conference, on Thursday 29th April.

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The outcomes of the conference will support the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union and Sustainable Development Goals: 

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