Convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management Fisheries Expert Group, this meeting will review the extent to which biodiversity concerns are addressed in existing assessments; review the impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity of pelagic fisheries of lower trophic levels; and propose options to address biodiversity concerns in sustainable fishery management and related assessments.  

dates: 7-9 December 2011   location: Bergen, Norway   contact: CBD Secretariat   phone: +1 514 288 2220   fax: +1 514 288 6588   e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int   www: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-180-marine-en.pdf