DFO Science Advisory Schedule:

Meeting dates and details are subject to change.  Please contact the person(s) listed below for more details.

January 2007
Date / Meeting Subject/ Location		Type of Advisory Process & Lead Region	Contact(s)	Details & Publications
January 2007 Framework Assessment for lobster (areas 23, 24, 25, 26a and 26b) Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton, NB		Regional Peer Review GULF	Lanteigne, Marc Chair (506) 851-6212
Early 2007 Performance-based standards approach in aquaculture St. Andrews Biological Station, NB		Regional Peer Review MARITIMES	Worcester, Tana Chair (902) 426-9920	A framework to guide farm siting
Winter 2007 Assessment of rock crab stocks of the inshore waters of Quebec Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
Winter 2007 Annual assessment of snow crab of the Estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (areas 13 to 17 and 12A, 12B and 12C) Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
Winter 2007 Assessment of the Shrimp stocks of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
Winter 2007 Assessment of the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Cod (3Pn, 4RS) Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
Winter 2007 Assessment of the Northwest Atlantic mackerel stocks Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
January 2007 Identification of Ecosystem Conservation Objectives in the context of the Large Ocean Management Areas (LOMA's) To be determined		National Workshop NCR	Lear, Henry (613) 998-5161 Paradis, Sylvain (613) 993-0602 Rice, Jake (613) 990-0288 Smith, Darlene (613) 991-1284
Winter 2007 Assessment of Gulf of St. Lawrence Greenland Halibut stocks (4RST) Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
Winter 2007 Assessment of scallops of the inshore waters of Quebec's North Shore Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ		Regional Peer Review QUEBEC	Cyr, Charley RAP Coordinator (418) 775-0825
January 9-11, 2007 Part II of Framework assessment for 4VWX Herring: Abundance Indices. St. Andrews Biological Station, NB		Regional Peer Review MARITIMES	Porter, Julie (506) 529-5925 O'Boyle, Robert RAP Coordinator (902) 426-3526
	January 17-18, 2007 PSARC Groundfish Subcommittee Nanaimo, BC	Regional Peer Review PACIFIC	Cass, Alan Chair (250) 756-7142	English Sole and Petrale Sole
	Week of January 22, 2007 (to be determined) Impact of seismic exploration on snow crab (Phase 2) Moncton, N.B.	Zonal Peer Review GULF/ QUEBEC/ MARITIMES/ NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR	Chadwick, Michael (506) 851-6206 Courtenay, Simon (506) 851-6709 Lee, Kenneth (902) 426-7344 Bain, Hugh NCR Contact (613) 990-0283 Worcester, Tana (902) 426-9920	Possibility of looking at new studies on lobster.
PSARC: Pacific Scientific Advice Review Committee RAP: Regional Advisory Process NCR: National Capital Region COSEWIC: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
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February 2007
Date / Meeting Subject/ Location		Type of Advisory Process & Lead Region	Contact(s)	Details & Publications
February 2007 Annual Assessment of 4T Snow Crab Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton, NB		Regional Peer Review GULF	Lanteigne, Marc Chair (506) 851-6212
Before March 31, 2007 Recovery potential assessment / Allowable harm assessment for White Sturgeon Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC		Regional Peer Review PACIFIC	Cass, Alan RAP Coordinator (250) 756-7142
February/March 2007 Habitat compensation and monitoring requirements To be determined		Zonal Peer Review MARITIMES / GULF	Worcester, Tana (902) 426-9920
February 26 to March 2, 2007 Part III of Framework assessment for 4VWX Herring: Models St. Andrews Biological Station, NB		Regional Peer Review MARITIMES	O'Boyle, Robert RAP Coordinator (902) 426-3526 Porter, Julie (506) 529-5925
February 2007 (to be confirmed) Tunicate risk assessment To be confirmed		National Peer Review CENTRAL & ARCTIC / NCR	Cudmore, Becky Meeting Logistics (905) 336-4474 Mandrak, Nicholas Chair (905) 336-4842 Therriault, Thomas Meeting Logistics (250) 756-7394	This meeting is part of the work done by the Centre of Expertise for Aquatic Risk Assessment (CEARA). Terms of reference will be available soon.
	February 2007 (date to be determined) Recovery potential assessment of various marine mammal species at risk Montreal, QC	National Peer Review NCR	Beaudoin, Jolyne Administrative Support (613) 991-4605 Allen, Chris Meeting Logistics (613) 990-0105 Simon, Patrice Chair (613) 990-0289	North Atlantic Right Whale, Northern Bottlenose Whale, and Sea Otter.
PSARC: Pacific Scientific Advice Review Committee RAP: Regional Advisory Process NCR: National Capital Region COSEWIC: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
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