The international Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management celebrates its 40th year!
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2018-07-01
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Wahle, Richard
Lavalli, Kari
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Richard Wahle, Kari Lavalli. 2018. "The International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management celebrates its 40th year!." Bulletin of Marine Science. 11th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management. Portland, Maine, 2017-06-04 - 2017-06-09. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2018.0036
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[PREFACE] Once again, the International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and
Management (ICWL) visited the shores of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, some of the
most productive lobster grounds on the planet. The University of Maine and Boston
University welcomed 257 attendees from 14 countries to Portland, Maine, from June
4 to 9, 2017. Hosted twice earlier in Atlantic Canada, this 11th ICWL was the first
time in the US Northeast, and fittingly, in the state nearly synonymous with lobster!
The Holiday Inn-by-the-Bay in downtown Portland proved to be the perfect central
venue to run our science sessions and socials over the course of the week, and to
savor the city’s many restaurants and waterfront activities overlooking Casco Bay.
This meeting also marked the ICWL’s 40th anniversary. In 1977, Bruce Phillips
(Western Australia Fisheries) and J Stanley Cobb (University of Rhode Island) organized
that first event in Perth, Australia, gathering a core group of 35 participants
from six countries. Their vision was to assemble scientists, fishery managers, and
industry members with common interests in lobsters of all stripes. The first meeting
resulted in the landmark two-volume set, The Biology and Management of Lobsters,
published in 1980. Its 18 peer-reviewed chapters comprise the first comprehensive
review of information on spiny, clawed, and slipper lobsters around the world. It also
identified knowledge gaps that spurred new and innovative research on lobster biology
and ecology that has informed the management of lobster fisheries in the ensuing
years. We stand on the shoulders of these originals who gave us a rich legacy
of scientific contributions and mentored a virtual army of students who have made
significant contributions in their own right.
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