WEDNESDAY 30th JANUARY
Session I: Landing Obligation: where are we now, what has changed, and what are the main barriers? (13:00 - 15:10)
Session lead: Mike Fitzpatrick (Ireland) and Kåre Nolde Nielsen (Norway)
12:30 - Registration
13:00 - Opening and welcome: Anders Overgaard Bjarklev, President of DTU and Clara Ulrich, DiscardLess coordinator
13:20 - FAO assessment of global fisheries discards: Amparo PerezRoda (FAO)
13:30 - Looking back: stories of EU regions between 2015 and 2018: Mike Fitzpatrick (Ireland), Kåre Nolde Nielsen (Norway)
13:40 - Can a discard ban be good for fishers? Modelling expected economic impacts: Ayoe Hoff (Denmark)
13:50 - Legitimate or not legitimate policy? the opinion of EU fishers: Katia Frangoudes (France)
14:00 - TAC management and choke effects in Ireland: Julia Calderwood (Ireland)
14:10 - Table Discussion
15:10 - Coffee (1/2h)
13:00 - Opening and welcome: Anders Overgaard Bjarklev, President of DTU and Clara Ulrich, DiscardLess coordinator
13:20 - FAO assessment of global fisheries discards: Amparo PerezRoda (FAO)
13:30 - Looking back: stories of EU regions between 2015 and 2018: Mike Fitzpatrick (Ireland), Kåre Nolde Nielsen (Norway)
13:40 - Can a discard ban be good for fishers? Modelling expected economic impacts: Ayoe Hoff (Denmark)
13:50 - Legitimate or not legitimate policy? the opinion of EU fishers: Katia Frangoudes (France)
14:00 - TAC management and choke effects in Ireland: Julia Calderwood (Ireland)
14:10 - Table Discussion
15:10 - Coffee (1/2h)
Session II: Selectivity and Avoidance (15:40 - 18:00)
Session lead: Dave Reid (Ireland) and Barry O’Neill (Denmark)
15:40 - Start of session
15:40 - The Discard Mitigation Toolbox: DiscardLess results online: Jérôme Guitton (France)
15:50 - Review of déjà vu selective gears: Barry O’ Neill (Denmark)
16:00 - Bright ideas – shining a light on selectivity: Dan Watson (UK)
16:10 - Overcoming economic barriers to selective gear uptake: Ana Witteveen (UK)
16:20 - Questions on selectivity talks
16:25 - Try it by yourself: Challenges experiments to avoid discards: Dave Reid (Ireland)
16:35 - Maps and Apps: Toni Quetglas (Spain)
16:45 - Is it possible to avoid deep sea sharks in the Azores?: Laurence Fauconnet (Portugal)
16:55 - Next steps (Panel debate / discussion)
18:00 - Wrap-up and close for the day
18:30 : Reception at DTU 202 Biosphere with meal, drinks and exhibits
21:00 - 21:30 - Busses to the city centre
15:40 - The Discard Mitigation Toolbox: DiscardLess results online: Jérôme Guitton (France)
15:50 - Review of déjà vu selective gears: Barry O’ Neill (Denmark)
16:00 - Bright ideas – shining a light on selectivity: Dan Watson (UK)
16:10 - Overcoming economic barriers to selective gear uptake: Ana Witteveen (UK)
16:20 - Questions on selectivity talks
16:25 - Try it by yourself: Challenges experiments to avoid discards: Dave Reid (Ireland)
16:35 - Maps and Apps: Toni Quetglas (Spain)
16:45 - Is it possible to avoid deep sea sharks in the Azores?: Laurence Fauconnet (Portugal)
16:55 - Next steps (Panel debate / discussion)
18:00 - Wrap-up and close for the day
18:30 : Reception at DTU 202 Biosphere with meal, drinks and exhibits
21:00 - 21:30 - Busses to the city centre
THURSDAY 31st JANUARY
Session III: What to do with unavoidable unwanted catches? (9:30 - 11:30)
Session lead: Erling P. Larsen (Denmark) and Jónas R. Viðarsson (Iceland)
09:30 - Start of session. Coffee at disposal from 09:00
09:30 - How do Iceland manage to use 85% of a cod?: Jónas R. Viðarsson (Iceland)
09:40 - Where to invest best? Catalogue of uses and prioritisation: Bruno Iñarra (Spain)
09:50 - We are ready for discards… if they come: Peter Nymann (Denmark)
10:00 - Small landings in small harbours: George Triantaphyllidis (Greece)
10:10 - Transforming unwanted catches in responsible animal feed solution: Geert Bruggeman (Belgium)
10:20 - An automatic system for by-catches quantification and classification: Bruno Iñarra (Spain)
10:30 - Handling unwanted catches onboard: Birgir Sævarsson (Iceland)
10:40 - Next steps (Panel debate / discussion)
11:30 - Coffee + light lunch (1h)
09:30 - How do Iceland manage to use 85% of a cod?: Jónas R. Viðarsson (Iceland)
09:40 - Where to invest best? Catalogue of uses and prioritisation: Bruno Iñarra (Spain)
09:50 - We are ready for discards… if they come: Peter Nymann (Denmark)
10:00 - Small landings in small harbours: George Triantaphyllidis (Greece)
10:10 - Transforming unwanted catches in responsible animal feed solution: Geert Bruggeman (Belgium)
10:20 - An automatic system for by-catches quantification and classification: Bruno Iñarra (Spain)
10:30 - Handling unwanted catches onboard: Birgir Sævarsson (Iceland)
10:40 - Next steps (Panel debate / discussion)
11:30 - Coffee + light lunch (1h)
Session IV: Ecological effects of discarding (12:30 - 13:45)
Session lead: Marie Savina-Rolland (France) and Telmo Morato (Portugal)
12:30 - Start of session
12:30 - Discard data, MSY and stock assessment: Lisa Borges (Portugal)
12:40 - Measuring and improving the survival of discards: Tom Catchpole (UK)
12:50 - But who eat them? A story of hagfish and crabs: Dave Reid (Ireland)
13:00 - Can a discard ban have an effect on the food-web?: Marie Savina-Rolland (France)
13:15 - The dark side of the selectivity paradigm: Fisheries-Induced Evolution: Richard Law (UK)
13:25 - Next steps (Discussion)
13:45 - End of session
12:30 - Discard data, MSY and stock assessment: Lisa Borges (Portugal)
12:40 - Measuring and improving the survival of discards: Tom Catchpole (UK)
12:50 - But who eat them? A story of hagfish and crabs: Dave Reid (Ireland)
13:00 - Can a discard ban have an effect on the food-web?: Marie Savina-Rolland (France)
13:15 - The dark side of the selectivity paradigm: Fisheries-Induced Evolution: Richard Law (UK)
13:25 - Next steps (Discussion)
13:45 - End of session
Session V: Future perspectives for the Landing Obligation (13:45 - 15:30)
Session lead: Lisa Borges (Portugal) and Clara Ulrich (Denmark)
13:45 - Start of session
13:45 - CAM-pliance: Keeping an eye on discards with Electronic Monitoring: Kristian Schreiber Plet-Hansen (Denmark)
13:55 - Visit and speech: Eva Kjer Hansen, Danish Minister for Fisheries and Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Cooperation
14:10 - What DNA can do for you! Genetic methods and the Landing Obligation: Brian Klitgaard Hansen (Denmark)
14:20 - Yes Chile can! Discards reduction and monitoring in mixed-fisheries: Luis Cocas (Chile)
14:30 - Next steps for the Landing Obligation and looking towards the next CFP reform (Discussion)
15:30 - Conference Closing
13:45 - CAM-pliance: Keeping an eye on discards with Electronic Monitoring: Kristian Schreiber Plet-Hansen (Denmark)
13:55 - Visit and speech: Eva Kjer Hansen, Danish Minister for Fisheries and Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Cooperation
14:10 - What DNA can do for you! Genetic methods and the Landing Obligation: Brian Klitgaard Hansen (Denmark)
14:20 - Yes Chile can! Discards reduction and monitoring in mixed-fisheries: Luis Cocas (Chile)
14:30 - Next steps for the Landing Obligation and looking towards the next CFP reform (Discussion)
15:30 - Conference Closing