Getting involved with the Institute is easiest through the local Branches. All are welcome at Branch Events which range from one-day seminars on practical fisheries management or science, to evening talks and site visits such as Billingsgate Fish Market. Our FISH magazine also includes details of other national and international events that may have an interest to fishery managers.

Branch Events
UK Fisheries Events
European Fisheries Events
Rest of the World Fisheries Events

BRANCH Events  

For more details see Events under each Branch Section or contact the Branch Contact.
Members can gain CPD points towards their CPD by attending, presenting at or organising events.  For more details visit the members area.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE [ Conference Section ] 
2008 Conference » 39th Annual Conference. 14th -16th October 2008 » Royal Armouries, Leeds. Please visit the conference pages for more information & for the Call for Papers.

2007 Conference October 16-18th » Westport, Ireland » More information (Conference report coming soon)

LONDON & SOUTH EAST ENGLAND BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
April 1st »  Thames Estuary 2100 – Tomorrow’s sea defences for the Tidal Thames and London – with Kevin House & Rachael Hill of the Environment Agency. Regents Park Zoo, 7.30pm.
April »  A visit to Billingsgate Fish Market with our president, Dick Hodges – 6am Date to be confirmed
April 26 »  For angling clubs and fishery managers, the Branch is running a one-day Stillwater Fishery Management Workshop (sponsored by EA) at Dinton Pastures Country Club, Wokingham - contact: dominic.martyn@environment-agency.gov.uk
May »  A Visit to London’s Sewers – with Steve Evans of Jacobs Engineering. Date in tbc. A few places are still provisionally available – if interested, contact the Branch Secretary.
June » Boulogne Aquarium – A Behind the Scenes Tour - with our Treasurer, Matt Robson. Mid-week day time, date tbc.
July » An Inspection tour of the Jubilee River – with Alan Butterworth. Date tbc.
September »  Salt marsh and fish with a seafood lunch. Abbotts Hall managed realignment, on the Blackwater Estuary - with Steve Colclough and Leila Fonseca, Environment Agency and Queen Mary College, London. Mid-week daytime, date tbc.
September » Foreshore Archaeology & Fish in the Tidal Thames – with Fiona Haughey. Tidal Thames foreshore at Blackfriars. Date tbc.
October 9th »  Annual Sherry Evening - Seamounts and Fisheries - with Dr. Alex Rogers of the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society London. Fishmongers’ Hall. 7.30pm.
October »  Natural History Museum- Pickled Fish Exhibits tour - with Alison Shaw of the Zoological Society London. Afternoon mid-week, date tbc.
November 4th »  2008 Kings College MSc student research projects. Kings College London, Strand Campus, 7.30pm
December 1st »  Annual General Meeting - Restoration of the European Sturgeon - with Steve Colclough of the Environment Agency. Fishmongers’ Hall, 7.30pm.
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

YORKSHIRE & NORTH EAST BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
Details coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

NORTH WEST BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

ANGLIAN BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
Details coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

WELSH BRANCH [ Branch Pages ] 
Wednesday 9th April » 6pm - Hydropower Seminar - The Welsh Branch of the Institute of Fisheries Management is hosting a seminar in Monmouth on Wednesday 9th April on the highly topical issue of low-head hydropower schemes [Download flyer  178Kb pdf). Or visit the branch events page for more details.
3rd & 4th June  » Fixed Location Fish Counters Seminar: The Tools and Techniques for monitoring migratory fish in rivers.  3rd and 4th June, 2008, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK. If you wish to attend this event please download the flyer (44Kb pdf) and visit the event payment page.
Monday 23rd June » Tope boat fishing trip from Aberystwyth.
This trip is now fully subscribed, however, it is possible that one or two places will become available over the coming weeks. Please contact Jeremy Davis if you would like to be put on the reserve list (e-mail: jeremy.davis@environment-agency.gov.uk).
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

SOUTHERN BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
May 27th 2008 » ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – non-native fish in the UK’.  Dr. Rob Britton of Bournemouth University BRANCH MEETING  - Sparsholt College Tuesday 27th May 2008 - 7pm ...more info (77Kb pdf)
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

MIDLANDS BRANCH [ Branch Pages ] 
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

SOUTH WEST BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
Details coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

SCOTTISH BRANCH [ Branch Pages ]
March 12/13th 2008 » Scottish Bailiffs training exams
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

IRELAND BRANCH [ Branch Pages ] 
2nd July 2008 » Field trip to the Liffey in Co. Kildare (Eastern RFB)
5th November 2008 » Seminar on the work of the CFB (Central FB)
More coming soon » See branch pages for contact details and to suggest an event

UK, Europe and the rest of the World Events

UK

April 16-17th 2008 » River Restoration Centre Conference. Exeter University
Website: www.therrc.co.uk

19-23 May 2008 » 2nd Histopathology Workshop
Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, UK
Website: http://www.cefas.co.uk/news-and-events/events/histopathology-workshop.aspx
Contact:  trainingandevents@cefas.co.uk

3-4th June 2008 » IFM Seminar on Fixed Location Fish Counters: The Tools and Techniques for monitoring migratory fish in rivers.
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK.
Contact:  fish@ifm.org.uk

Europe

6-7 May 2008 » Eastern Baltic Aquaculture Conference “New Methods for New Products and Markets”
Riga, Latvia.
Website http://www.eurofish.dk/

New dates to be announced » 10th International Symposium on the Ecology of Fluvial Fishes
University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Website none
Contact  Tadeusz Penczak, penczakt@biol.uni.lodz.pl

World

26-30 April 2008 » GLOW V Conference – Great Lakes of the World 5 (including Rift Valley lakes of Africa): Sustainability, Integrity and Management Organized by the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society (AEHMS) - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website  http://www.aehms.org

21-24 May » EIFAC International Symposium, Turkey.
Website www.fao.org/fi/eifac/htm

27-30 May 2008 » Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute Conference on Aquatic Resources Of Kenya
Kenya Wildlife Service Training College, Naivasha, Kenya
Contact Telephone  +254 41 475 157
Contact Fax  +254 41 475 157

1-5 June 2008 »  International Symposium on Fish Feeding and Nutrition. Brazil.
Contact Telephone  +55 48 33221021

10–14 June, 2008  » 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management - People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature - The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont USA
Website www.ISSRM2008.org

22-25 July, 2008 » 14th biennial meeting of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET)
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Website http://www.ntu.edu.vn/iifet2008/

July 28- August 1, 2008 » International Congress on the Biology of Fish
Portland, Oregon, USA
Website http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/congress/

17-21 August 2008 » American Fisheries Society, 138th Annual Meeting
Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
Website http://www.fisheries.org/html/index.shtml

25-29 August 2008 » Fourth International Symposium on GIS/spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/4th/index.htm

22-26 September 2008 » ICES Annual Science Meeting      
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact  sharon.maclean@noaa.gov

22-26 September 2008 » Fourth International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association - African Fish and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilization - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website http://www.aau.edu.et/faculties/sc/paffa2008/home.html
Contact  abebe12002@yahoo.com or paffa2008@gmail.com or abebeg@bio.aau.edu.et

5-9 October 2008 » Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fisheries and Wildlife
Estes Park, Colorado, USA
Website http://www.warnercnr.colostate.edu/nrrt/hdfw/partners.html
Contact  eduke@warnercnr.colostate.edu

12-14 October 2008 » ISTA VIII - Eighth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture
Cairo, Egypt
Website http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ista/ISTA8/ISTA8.htm

13-17 October 2008 » FAO/Thailand global conference on Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Bringing together responsible fisheries and social development - Sofitel Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Website www.4SSF.org

18-19 October 2008 » The Role of Fish Pathology in Sustainable Aquaculture
Tokyo, Japan
Website http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jsfp2008/

20-24 October 2008 » 5th World Fisheries Congress: Fisheries for Global Welfare and Conservation
(Includes sub-session "Eel ecology and its sustainable stock management")
Yokohama, Japan
Website http://www.5thwfc2008.com/index.html

10-13 November 2008 » Fifth World Recreational Fishing Conference
IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, Florida, USA
Website http://www.worldrecfish.org
Contact  wrfc@igfa.org

10-14 August 2009 » 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research Congress: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment - Vancouver, Canada
Website www.iahr2009.org

30 August - 3 September 2009 » American Fisheries Society, 139th Annual Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website http://www.fisheries.org/html/index.shtml

If you have any event you wish to advertise on this page please contact –

Valerie Holt - 22 Rushworth Ave, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7LF
Tel 0115 982 2317
e-mail: events@ifm.org.uk or info@ifm.org.uk