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Symposium date and venue

The symposium will be held at the Sheik Zayed Conference Centre, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy, on 11-13 March 2025. The symposium will be in-person. The sessions will be broadcast, but there will not be any interactive online participation.

Timelines

The dates below are for guidance purposes.

Expressions of interest – facilitators and speakers – closed
Registration - closed - please email the NAFO Secretariat.
Symposium – 11-13 March 2025

Participatory approach

All aspects of this symposium are participatory and so all participants can provide input before and during the symposium. This includes comments on the symposium documents. The draft EAFM Guidance document will be developed with dsRFMOs before the symposium and will be reviewed during the final day’s discussions. It, and the publications in the Journal of Northwest Fishery Atlantic Science will be the main symposium outputs.

Expressions of Interest now closed

For those speakers or facilitators who need funding, this is now closed.

We are striving to have equal representation from:

Scientists and managers
Northern and southern hemispheres
Men and women

Registration now closed

Please email the NAFO Secretariat to be registered for a FAO building pass to get into the meeting venue.

With the technical cooperation/support of the