30 July - 5 August, First Advanced school on Multispecies modelling Approaches for ecosystem based marine REsource management in the MEDiterranean Sea (AMARE-MED 2017)

The first Advanced school on Multispecies modelling Approaches for ecosystem based marine REsource management in the MEDiterranean Sea (AMARE-MED 2017) will be held in Torretta Granitola (Sicily) at the Unit of Capo Granitola of the Institute for Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC-CNR), Italy, from 30 July to 5 August 2017. 

The school is intended for scientists (PhD students, post-docs, researchers, etc.) working in the field of fishery ecology in research institutes, NGOs and Universities, as well as for policy-makers and stakeholders (e.g. from regional fisheries management organizations and advisory councils) representing the fisheries sector or involved in fisheries management and stock assessment.

WHAT: Globally applicable Area Disaggregated General Ecosystem Toolbox (GADGET); Models of Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem assessments (MICE).

WHO: Andrè Punt (College of the Environment, University of Washington – USA); Valerio Bartolino (Institute of Marine Research, Lysekil - Sweden).

All information regarding the school and application can be found in AMARE-MED website: http://echo.inogs.it/amare-med/

Application deadline: 30 April 2017.