UPDATE: SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION IS CLOSED
In addition to the general themes offered at NAAFE Forums, NAAFE 2025 La Jolla program will include Special Sessions hosted by members of the NAAFE network. If you have a strong interest or special expertise in a topic not included in the general themes, or would like to target a particular audience, please consider submitting a Special Session proposal.
Special Session hosts will be expected to review and select abstracts for their session. Please only submit a proposal if you can review abstracts according to the timeline.
MAJOR TOPICS INCLUDE:
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Climate impacts on fisheries & aquaculture
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Seafood markets, trade, and climate considerations
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Equity & environmental justice economics
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Marine debris including the impact of microplastics
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Alternative / overlapping ocean & coastal uses: wind energy, renewable energy, aquaculture
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Marine protected areas, marine spatial planning
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Ocean observing systems & social-ecological systems
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Co-production of knowledge & research with Indigenous or local communities, including citizen science
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Economic & social analysis of fishing and coastal communities
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Integrating social science in climate and ocean system models
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Recreational fisheries
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Ecosystem Based Management
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Integrating & applying human dimensions data in spatial considerations for marine ecosystem-based management