Report of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the European Association of Fisheries Economists. Rome, 5–7 April 2004.

Abstract

The Sixteenth Annual Conference of the European Association of Fisheries Economists (EAFE) was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 5 to 7 April 2004.The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum for the dissemination of recent advances in capture fisheries and aquaculture economics and management and to promote discussion among researchers, managers, policy-makers and other stakeholders in the fisheries sector. It aimed at contributing to the following EAFE objective s: to promote cooperation in research in fisheries and aquaculture; to assist in the dissemination of information about fisheries economics among members; and to understand further the economics of fisheries and aquaculture. During the conference 63 presentations were given, addressing a wide variety of issues grouped into the following six themes: 1) World Trade Organization negotiations with specific reference to market access and fishery subsidies issues; 2) Ecological and environ mental interactions with the economics of fisheries; 3) Impact of fisheries management decisions on fisheries; 4) European research issues; 5) Fisheries development and employment; and 6) Industry issues. A CD-ROM containing unedited papers presented at the conference is included.