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May 21, 2015

 by tom mendenhall · Published May 21, 2015 · Last modified December 23, 2016

Opening Plenary Speaking Notes for the Honourable David Anderson, P.C., M.P. Minister of the Environment, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 3, 2004

Good morning everyone and welcome. Let me begin by thanking the co-chairs for that introduction. On behalf of the Government of Canada and our Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Paul Martin, I want to...

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Member Organizations:

  • American Fisheries Society (AFS)
  • Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB)
  • Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI)
  • Iberian Society of Ichthyologists (SIBIC)
  • Japanese Society of Fisheries Science (JSFS)
  • Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (KOSFAS)
  • Malaysian Fisheries Society
  • Pan-Hellenic Society of Technologists Ichthyologists (PASTI)
  • Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences / Société Canadienne des Sciences Aquatiques (SCAS/SCSA)
  • Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (Brazilian Society of Ichthyology) (SBI)
  • World Sturgeon Conservation Society
  • Zoological Society of Pakistan

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  • About WCFS
    • Officers
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    • Charter and Statutes
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      • 1st WFC: Athens, Greece 1992
      • 2nd WFC: Brisbane, Australia 1996
      • 3rd WFC: Beijing China 2000
      • 4th WFC: Vancouver, British Columbia 2004
      • 5th WFC: Yokohama, Japan 2008
      • 6th WFC: Endinburgh, Scotland 2012
      • 7th WFC: Busan, Korea 2016
      • 8th WFC: Adelaide, Australia 2021
    • Request for Bids to Host the World Fisheries Congress
    • International Fisheries Science Prize
  • Proceedings
    • Proceedings of the Third World Fisheries Congress
    • Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress
    • Proceedings of the Fifth World Fisheries Congress
  • WCFS Members
  • News
  • Contact
  • 9th WFC International Program Committee

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