Great Lakes Fisheries Management and Policy: A Binational Perspective

The symposium, Great Lakes Fisheries Management and Policy: A Binational Perspective, focuses on the United States-Canadian experience from the unique and valuable position of the Laurentian Great Lakes which have shared fisheries resources and related ecological, societal, economic, management, and policy issues.  The objective of the symposium is to present a state of the knowledge synthesis of Great Lakes fisheries and there ecosystems to those within and external to the Great Lakes Basin.  The symposium will be divided into four sections: the Great Lakes Region; Great Lakes Fisheries; Fisheries Case Studies; and Outlook for the Future.  The Great Lakes examples of this symposium will be highly valuable to AFS members and participants as a discussion of complex, interjurisdictional, multi-use fisheries resources with a focus on sustainability and how to achieve it.