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1 Draft PROGRAMME Version 13 th of April th International Conference on: Progress in Marine Conservation September 2018 OZEANEUM, Stralsund, Germany

2 Monday, 03 rd September :30-20:00 Arrival & Registration: 18:00-22:00 Get-Together-Party: (on invitation from BfN) Venue: German Oceanographic Museum ( Meeresmuseum ) Main Entrance/Mönchstraße Bielkenhagen, Stralsund Tuesday, 04 th September :00 Opening 10min Henning von Nordheim, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Head of Directorate for Marine Conservation, Germany 09:10 Welcome by the Director of the German Oceanographic Museum 10min Harald Benke, Director of the German Oceanographic Museum (DMM) 09:20 Address by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 15min Elsa Nickel, German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany 09:35 Key note: Marine Conservation: 25 Years after Rio looking back and facing the next challenges 40min Klaus Töpfer, Founding director of TMG Think tank for Sustainability, Germany 10:15 Key note: Challenge marine nature conservation BfN s achievements and future perspectives 25min Beate Jessel, President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Germany 10:40 Coffee/Tea (30min) 11:10 Development of Marine Nature Conservation in the EU since Micheal O`Briain, EU Commission, DG Environment, Unit Nature Protection Marine Protected Areas Status, Management, Coherence and Surveillance 11:50 Key note: How effective are MPAs for nature conservation? my experience and the likely outlook Jon Day, Australia 12:30 Towards a global network of MPAs: Achievements in the EBSA process and the Global Oceans Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) Pat Halpin, Duke University North Carolina, USA & David Johnson, Sea Scape Consultants, UK 2

3 13:10 Lunch / Press Conference (1h ) 14:30 Development of High Seas MPAs in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and possibilities for their management Carl-Gustaf Lundin, IUCN, Sweden 15:10 Movement towards MPAs in polar regions Tim Packeiser, WWF, Germany 15:50 Networks of OSPAR and HELCOM MPAs well managed and eco-coherent? Henning von Nordheim, Dieter Boedeker, Janos Hennicke, BfN, Germany; Jan Ekebom, Ministry for the Environment, Department of the Natural Environment, Finland 16:30 Coffee/Tea (30min) 17:00 MPA for harbour porpoises near Gotland / Sweden SAMBAH results, development, experiences Ida Carlén, Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden 17:40 Marine Natura 2000 Sites in the German EEZ: a heavy road from designation towards good management Jochen Krause & Nina Schröder, BfN, Germany 18:20 Future challenges: some key ideas 18:40 End of the Session 20:00 Conference Buffet (on invitation from BfN) Venue: OZEANEUM Exhibition Hall Giants of the Sea ( Riesen der Meere ) 3

4 Wednesday, 05 th September 2018 Conservation, fisheries and fisheries management 9:00 Key note: Good fisheries management in MPAs experiences and advices Callum Roberts, University of York, UK 09:40 tbc: Do current EU-fisheries regulation tools already qualify for supporting EU Natura 2000 goals? nn, DG Mare, EU Commission 10:20 tbc: Grey seals (& harbour porpoises) and interactions with fisheries in Poland / in the Baltic Sea Iwona Pawliczka, Hel Marine Station, Poland 11:00 Coffee/Tea (30min) 11:30 The role of gear technology to support sustainable fishing in the North and Baltic Seas Christopher Zimmermann, Thünen-Institute, Germany 12:10 Worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities, with emphasis on sharks in European Waters nn 12:50 Future challenges: some key ideas 13:10 Lunch (ca. 1h) 14:30 Excursions o Guided Tour through the Ozeaneum, Stralsund o Guided Tour through the historic City of Stralsund o Guided Tour to the Isle of Vilm, Rügen o Guided Tour to the Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park, Rügen o Guided Tour to the Jasmund National Park, Rügen o Guided Tour on the Strelasund (by ship) o Foreseen: Sounds of the Sea films in the OZEANEUM 4

5 Thursday, 06 th September 2018 Further impacts of human activities 09:00 Key note: Trends in human impacts on the marine environment any improvements? nn 09:40 Ecological aspects of deep sea mining Antje Boetius, AWI, Germany 10:20 Short note: Possible risks of new technologies application of drones in the Antarctic and its effects on penguins Osama Mustafa, Thüringer Institut für Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaschutz, Germany 10:40 Coffee / Tea (30min) 11:10 Anthropogenic impacts and mitigation measures in Canadian and Arctic waters tbc: Kate Ladell, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 11:50 Impacts of offshore windfarms on seabirds Stefan Garthe, FTZ, Germany 12:30 Short note: Impacts of offshore windfarms on bats Antje Seebens-Hoyer, NABU, Germany 12:50 Lunch (1h) 13:50 Anthropogenic underwater noise: effects on harbour porpoises tbc, University of Aarhus, Denmark 14:30 Noise mitigation measures for offshore windfarms requirements and overview of best practice and techniques Sven Koschinski, Meereszoologie, Germany & Thomas Merck & Alexander Liebschner, BfN, Germany 15:10 Future challenges some key ideas 15:30 Coffee / Tea (30min) Conservation of species and habitats - part 1 16:00 Key note: Global seabird conservation: past successes, future prospects with new chances for bird protection on the High Seas Cleo Small & John Croxall, Bird Life International Marine Programme 16:40 Marine mammals in the North and Baltic Seas - between research and protection Harald Benke, DMM / OZEANEUM, Germany, Ursula Siebert, ITAW, TiHo Hannover, Germany 5

6 17:20 Reintroduction of Sturgeons in Europe a success story? Jörn Gessner, IGB Berlin, Germany 18:00 End of the session Friday, 07 th September 2018 Conservation of Species and Habitats part International Year of the Reef 09:00 Key note: Climate change and marine nature conservation effects on marine species and habitats Dan Laffoley, IUCN, UK 09:40 Coral Reef Conservation since Rio92 and the future of reefs Charles Sheppard, University of Warwick, UK 10:20 Improving cold-water coral protection in the NE Atlantic through Atlantic basinscale research and management Murray Roberts, University of Edinburgh, UK 11:00 Coffee/Tea (30min) 11:30 Restoration of European Flat Oyster Reefs current projects in Europe Bernadette Pogoda, AWI, Germany, Henning von Nordheim, BfN, Germany and William Sanderson, Heriot-Watt-University, UK 12:10 Protection of Bubbling Reefs in the Kattegat Anna-Grethe Underlien Pedersen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Denmark 12:50 Progress in biotope mapping of reef structures in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Alexander Darr, IOW, Germany; Roland Pesch, Bioconsult Schuchardt & Scholle, Germany 13:30 Future challenges some key ideas 13:50 Closing of the Conference 6

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