May 18
International Symposium on “Effects of marine debris caused by the Great Tsunami of 2011”
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT), Tokyo, Japan
Program Poster

May 19
Seminar for graduate students on “Marine debris from the Great Tsunami of 2011 – Overview”
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Program

• Session A: Marine litter
• Session B: Responses of living marine resources to climate change and variability:
  Learning from the past and projecting the future
• Session E: Do food web dynamics matter in fisheries management?
• Session M: Identifying mechanisms linking physical climate and ecosystem change: Observed indices, hypothesized processes, and "data dreams" for the future

• Session A: Atmospheric forcing of Northern hemisphere ocean gyres and their subsequent impact on the adjacent marine climate and ecosystems;
• Session B: Atlantic redfish and Pacific rockfish: comparing biology, ecology, assessment and management strategies for Sebastes spp.;
• Session C: Recruitment processes: Early life history dynamics – from eggs to juveniles;
• (d) Surplus production models: Quantitative tools to manage exploited fisheries and compare the productivity of marine ecosystems.

• (a) Impact of climate variability on marine ecosystems: Understanding functional responses to facilitate forecasting;
• (b) Development and use of ocean observing and forecasting systems in coastal and marine management;

• Coupled physical and biological models: parameterization, validation, and applications;
• Marinespatial planning in support of integrated management – tools, methods, and approaches;
• New methodology for tracking fish, mammals and seabird migrations and behaviour

• (B) Integrating observations and models to improve predictions of ecosystem response to physical variability;
• (D) Comparative marine ecosystem structure and function: Descriptors and Characteristics;
• (R) The ecosystem approach: What is the impact on marine science, science based advice and management of marine ecosystems

• Session : Large-scale changes in the migration of small pelagic fish and the factors modulating such changes;
• Operational Oceanography

• Multidisciplinary approaches to the identification of stock structure of small pelagics: Implications for assessment and sustainable management ;
• Regional Ecosystem Pilot Projects, Ecosystem Forecasting, and Operational Oceanography: Comparing and Contrasting Scientific Tools, Strategies, Outputs, and Applications