8th Consultative Committee Meeting, July 3-4, 2006

The Eighth Consultative Committee Meeting on LMEs was held on 3-4 July 2006. The consultation was convened by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the US Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

It was hosted by IOC at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France. The meeting was co-chaired by IOC Executive Secretary, Dr. Patricio Bernal, Dr. Kenneth Sherman of NOAA, and Dr. Carl Gustaf Lundin of IUCN.

Agulhas Somali Progress Since July, 2005
Application of National Coastal Assessment Pollution & Ecosystem Health to LMEs in Regional Seas
Assessment and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems
Baltic Sea LME and Eutrophication
Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project
BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science - Network of Funding Agencies
Canary Current LME Project: Preliminary TDA, Project Design & Pre-SAP
Climate Change in the Benguela Current LME and the Benguela Current Commission
Ecosystem Modeling Training and Application for GEF/LMEs, 2004-2007
Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management (GFEMN) & the World Council of Fisheries Societies (WCFS)
Large Marine Ecosystems of the Arctic Regional Seas
LME Projects and GOOS and GEOSS in Africa
Promoting Ecosystem-based Approaches to Fisheries Conservation in LMEs
Reflections on the LME Approach: The GCLME Scenario
The CLME Project: Governance for Caribbean Living Marine Resources
The Contribution of LME Indicators to Climate Change Assessments, GEOSS & IOOS
The Ecological Conditions of Arctic LMEs
The New GESAMP: Science for Sustainable Oceans
The UNDP-GEF Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project, Phase II (2004-2007)
Yellow Sea LME Project: Assessment and Fisheries Conditions