THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARSA BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF

OUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Presented by Massimo Spagnolo and Philip Rodgers

The meeting at the 1988 IIFET Conference in Esbjerg

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Inauguration at the Borschette Centre, Brussels, April 1989

About 40 members attended

4 Papers were presented

Foundation and Inaugural Meeting

Registration in France under the Law of 1907

Aims

To undertake any activity deemed appropriate to further the understanding of fisheries economics

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To promote co-operation in economic research in fisheries and aquaculture

To assist in the dissemination of information about fisheries economics among members

To serve as a channel of communication with other interested bodies

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Massimo Spagnolo Hans Frost Jacques Weber Philip Rodgers Treasurer Secretary President Vice-President

LISBON 1990

Promotional Material and the Logo

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Early Developments

The Commissions

Fishery Management Advisory Committee

Relations with the European Commission

The Bulletin, the Website and the Mailing List

Italian Design by Gelsomino D'Ambrosio of Segno Associati

Successes

NETWORKINGand the research cooperation that has followed

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SURVIVALnot just survival but a membership over 100

and a healthy balance sheet

THE CONFERENCEthe friendliest there is

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25 Years of Conference and Workshop* Venues

1989 Brussels 1998 The Hague 2007 Reykjavik

1990 Lisbon 1999 Dublin 2008* Alghero

1991 Dublin 2000 Esbjerg 2009 Malta

1992 Salerno 2001 Salerno 2010* Helsinki

1993 Brussels 2002 Faro 2011 Hamburg

1994 Heraklion 2003 Brest 2012* Bilbao

1995 Portsmouth 2004 Rome 2013 Edinburgh

1996 Barcelona 2005 Thessaloniki 2014 -

1997 Quimper 2006 - 2015 Salerno

Conference Map

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LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED ON THE BUREAU

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Jacques Weber * Current Bureau Members

Jesper Levring Andersen* Paul Hillis Raúl Prellezo*

Denis Bailly Luc van Hoof Philip Rodgers

Zoe Bakela Bertrand Le Gallic* Evelina Sabatella

Hazel Curtis* Erik Lindebo* Pavel Salz

Ralf Döring* Jörgen Lokkegaard Massimo Spagnolo

Hans Frost Neil McKellar Birgit de Vos

Patrice Guillotreau Hans van Oostenbrugge* Jim Watson

To Do List

Media Acceptance (Press Officer/Spokesman in Each Member State)

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Higher Profile

Jacques’ original vision of acting as an advisory group between marine scientists and industry

but note the contribution to the STECF and its Expert Working Groups

Recruiting Drive in the newer Member States

EPILOGUE

Your e-mail brought me back to the beginning of the 90's, a heroic period, full of energy, expectations,

achievements and failures (sometimes), but overall the start of important friendships

which have gone on throughout the years.

Massimo Spagnolo (President 1991-1994)In a message to Philip Rodgers

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