The Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems

Science Conference

 

 

The annual science conference has been an integral part of the interagency Florida Bay Science Program since it began in 1994.  The conference is intended for three primary purposes: 1) to provide scientists in different agencies or institutions who work on different projects information on the progress being made by their peers thereby facilitating collaboration and cross-fertilization amongst each other, 2) to regularly update the Florida Bay Science Oversight Panel so they can recommend necessary programmatic changes to the PMC, and 3) to publicize preliminary research results prior to publication since some are relevant to ongoing restoration management decisions. Conferences were held in October of 1995, December of 1996, May of 1998, November of 1999, and another is scheduled for April 2001.