Preliminary Announcement

The 10th BoFEP Bay of Fundy Science Workshop
 

“Sustaining the Bay of Fundy: Linking Science, Communication, Policy and
Community Action”
 
Date: June 2014
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
In conjunction with the Coastal Zone Canada Conference
 
Proposed Major Topics:
  • Advances in understanding macro-tidal estuaries
  • Coastal communities - needs and action
  • Conservation of estuarine fishes
  • Coordinating monitoring programs – from the watershed to the coast
  • Cross-border issues and cooperation watershed issues
  • Estuarine issues – education and public awareness
  • Estuarine restoration
  • Freshwater-saltwater ecotoxicology
  • Fundy watersheds – research case studies
  • Information and knowledge – use and influence
  • Science-policy linkages
  • Species at risk in Fundy watersheds and estuaries
  • Strengthening estuarine protection for Fundy watersheds
  • Tidal power development in macro-tidal estuaries – Fundy and beyond
Other topics for sessions are welcomed and encouraged and can be submitted to:workshop@bofep.org