Science-Based Conservation

Friday Morning: 8:30 am – 12 pm

Part I: 8:30 am – 10:15 am | Location: Atlantic 3 & 4

Part II: 10:30 am – 12 pm | Location: Intracoastal

Friday November 7

Session Moderator

8:30AM

Building on success: where do we go from here?

8:45AM

Catch-and-release and the blue economy: using multi-species science in the Seychelles to Inform actionable conservation and management

9:00AM

Boat carrying capacity in recreational flats fishing: a spatial conservation approach

9:15AM

Socio-ecological characterization and trends of the flats fishery in Ascension and Espiritu San Bays, Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

9:30AM

Permit spatial ecology in relation to the newly established Western Dry Rocks Marine Protected Area in the Florida Keys

9:45AM

Spatial dimensions and conservation status of juvenile permit and tarpon habitat in Belize.

10:00AM

Regional genetics of permit

10:15AM

BREAK

10:30AM

Mangrove restoration connecting science, education and policy in the Bahamas

10:45AM

Coral Creek restoration evaluation

11:00AM

Co-producing knowledge to reduce conflicts between sharks and fishers in the sportfishing capital of the world, the Florida Keys

11:15AM

An evaluation of mangrove restoration in The Northern Bahamas

11:30AM

Mapping undiscovered bonefish spawning aggregation sites in the Florida Keys. Full life cycle-modeling, co-production and management actions

11:45AM

Policy Applications