PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOuRTH INTERNaTIONal FISHERS FORum

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Program
Sunday, 11 November 2007
8:00–17:00 Registration
14:00–14:30 Speaker Briefing Meeting
19:00–21:00 Hospitality Reception
Monday, 12 November 2007
8:00–17:00 Registration, Exhibits and Posters
8:30–8:40 National Anthem of Costa Rica
8:40–8:45 Housekeeping Announcements
8:45–10:00 Opening Addresses
Chair: Mr. Otto Fonseca, House of
the President’s Protocolary Office,
Costa Rica
• Dr. Carlos Villalobos Solé, Executive
President, Costa Rica Fisheries and
Aquaculture Institute (INCOPESCA)
• Mr. Sean Martin, President, Hawaii
Longline Association
• Dr. Rodolfo Salazar Vargas, President,
National Longline Industry Chamber
of Costa Rica
• Mr. Javier Flores, Minister of
Agriculture and Livestock, Government
of Costa Rica
10:00–10:45 Keynote Address
Mr. James Leape, Director General,
WF-International: Reducing bycatch
in longline fisheries as a step towards
keeping jobs, protecting nature and
building a market
10:45–11:00 Forum Structure, Goals, Objectives and
Social Events
Mr. Antonio Porras, INCOPESCA
11:00–11:15 Reporting on Commitments and
Progress since IFF3 and Process
for IFF4 Participant Commitments
Ms. Kitty M. Simonds, Executive
Director, Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council
11:15–11:35 Cultural Event by the Popular Dance
Group Fiesta Hotel
11:35–12:30 Group Photo
Press Meeting: Dr. Carlos Villalobos Solé
and Ms. Kitty Simonds with the national
and international press
12:30–13:45 Lunch
13:45–15:15 Industry Perspectives on the Status of
Latin American and Global Longline
Fisheries
Session Chair: Dr. Peter Miyake, OPRT:
Overview of the world tuna fisheries
industry and its management
Presenters/Panelists:
• Mr. Bernal Alberto Chavarría
Valverde, National Chamber of the
Longline Industry, Costa Rica: The
Costa Rican longline industry
and its perspective regarding the
regional and global status of the
fisheries
• Mr. Juan Benincasa, President,
National Export Chamber, Ecuador
• Mr. Scott Barrows, Hawaii
Longline Association: The
Hawaii longline fishery history
regulations, production
• Mr. Charles Hufflett, Pacific
Islands Tuna Industry Association
(PITIA), Pacific Islands Long
Line Fishery Perspectives 2008
• Mr. Wawan Koswara, Indonesia
Tuna Association
Discussion
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