Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Sunday 4th September 2011


After a morning of catching up with emails I attended the meetings of the two sections that facilitate the exchange programme with the Institute. At both meetings I give an update on the situation over in the UK, and with the Institute. In addition to the usual business of the section (reports, officer elections), there were a number of items which are of interest.

Later in the day we all assembled for the welcome social in the Grand Ballroom. With over 4000 registered attendees it was, needless to say, busy. I met up with the much travelled Professor Ian Cowx, head of Hull International Fisheries Institute, and also Andy Turnpenny of Turnpenny Horsfield Associates. There was a fantastic range of seafood available, as would be expected in Seattle, including cod, mussels and oysters. During the evening I also met up with Mark Bowen, who works with Andy Turnpenny and has given presentations at our conference in 2009 and more recently at our screens conference in March.

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