This conference will host sessions on: socio-economics and management, marine protected areas, marine environment habitats, pelagic and demersal fisheries, invertebrate fisheries, and GIS and remote sensing in marine applications. Additionally, there will be a special session entitled: Ecological criteria for judging marine reserve performance: When is a coral reef ecosystem a “normative ecosystem?”  

dates: 8-12 November 2004  
location: Saint Petersburg, US  
contact: Leroy Creswell, CGFI Secretariat  
phone: 1-561-462-1660  
fax: 1-561-462-1510  
e-mail: leroy.creswell@gcfi.org  
www: http://www.gcfi.org/Conferences/57th/StPete2004.htm