Call for Papers


The Scientific Committee of the 8th IPFC & 2009 ASFB Workshop & Conference thank all those who have submitted abstracts for consideration. We have received an overwhelming response and will begin the review process immediately. We hope to have acceptance emails sent by mid March. Once again, thank you for your interest in the 8th IPFC & 2009 ASFB Workshop & Conference.

Overall Themes


  • Biogeography & Phylogeography
  • Biodiversity & Community Ecology
  • Population Biology & Ecology
  • Conservation, Sustainability & Management
  • Other

List of Potential Symposia Topics


  • Phylogeography (fish)
    Symposia Chair(s): Brian Bowen & Luiz A Rocha
  • Chondricthyans
    Symposia Chair(s): Bernard Seret, William White, David Ebert & Peter Last
  • Fish Ontogeny & Systematics
    Symposia Chair(s): Jeff Leis & Dave Johnson
  • Barcoding of fish and their rapid identification
    Symposia Chair(s): Bob Ward, Peter Smith
  • Biodiversity and Biogeography in the Indo Pacific
    Symposia Chair(s): Jessica Meeuwig
  • Climate Change
    Symposia Chair(s): Philip Munday & Alistair Hobday
  • Community Ecology of Coastal and Estuarine Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Fiona Valesini, Steeg Hoeksma & Glenn Hyndes
  • Deep Water Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Steve Newman and Alan Williams
  • Freshwater Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): David Morgan, Stephen Beatty and Howard Gill
  • Habitat Change and Indo Pacific Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Nick Graham
  • Biology of Indo-Pacific Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Alex Hesp, Lynnath Beckley
  • Metapopulation and seascape dynamics of Indo-Pacific Fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Stephen Swearer
  • Larval behaviour and processes affecting larval recruitment
    Symposia Chair(s): Monica Gagliano
  • Approaches for managing biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems
    Symposia Chair(s): Mat van der Klift, David Fairclough, Shaun Wilson
  • Monitoring, assessment and mitigation of fishing impacts
    Symposia Chair(s): Mervi Kangas and Dave Brewer
  • Fishery independent approaches for the assessment and monitoring of fishes
    Symposia Chair(s): Euan Harvey
  • Recreational Fishing - assessment and monitoring
    Symposia Chair(s): Dan Gaughan