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LocationAppendix A--Meetings Held or Attended in 1999-2002 tofurther the Work of the Consortium.ParticipantsProducersGovt.officialsMultilateralorgsBi-lateralorgsNGOsResearchers/universitiesCommunitygroupsInvestors/FundersBuyersCertifiersTradeassociationsConsultantsSan Francisco, CA,USAOrlando, FL, USATana, MadagascarCartejena, ColombiaPhiladelphia, PA,USARome, ItalyShepardstown, WV,USAMadison, WI, USASevilla, SpainKota Kintabala,Sabah, MalaysiaBrussels, BelgiumBangkok, ThailandBangkok, ThailandBangkok, ThailandWashington, DC,USASession on Aquaculture at the AAAS annual meeting. February2001Session on the work of the consortium at the World AquacultureSociety annual meeting. January 2001Preliminary meeting with shrimp producers, consultants, NGOsand government officials regarding the potential of creating BMPbasedregulations, permits and licenses for the shrimp industry.April 2001.Meeting on certification potential of shrimp aquaculture with theColombian Shrimp association. May 2001WWF sponsored meeting on the development of a certificationprogram for shrimp aquaculture. July 2001FAO meeting to develop indicators for sustainable shrimpaquaculture. September 2001Keynote address on shrimp aquaculture BMPs to the annualmeeting of the Aquacultural Engineering Society. October 2001Meeting of Protected Harvest (third party certifier) to discusscertification principles, criteria, and standards with relevance toshrimp aquacultureMeeting with WWF’s Mediterranean Program Office to discussaquaculture and marketing strategies. November 2001Meeting with WWF staff in Malaysia and Indonesia to discussBMPs for shrimp aquaculture. November 2001Meeting with WWF’s agriculture and aquaculture staff to discussstrategies for identifying and adopting BMPs to reduce the impactsof production. December 2001Meeting in NACA to discuss potential follow-up work of theconsortium on certification of shrimp aquaculture. December 2001Meeting with GEF to discuss possible follow-up work on shrimpaquaculture and mangroves in SE Asia. December 2001Meeting with private company possible roll-out of BMP work onshrimp aquaculture. December 2001Meeting of the Seafood Choices Alliance to discuss possiblestrategies to influence seafood consumption in the US. January2002125 # # # #75 # # # # # # # # #8 # # # # #30 # # # # # #20 # # # # # # # #20 # # # # # #125 # # # # #12 # #17 #10 #25 #4 # #4 # #3 # #50 # # #92