30 August - 3 September, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The symposium will be the first major international meeting to focus comprehensive presentation and discussion on the health of a diversity of aquatic animals including shellfish, fish , and marine mammals. The symposium will be sponsored by the American Fisheries Society - Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, European Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Japanese Society of Fish Pathology, and the National Shellfisheries Association. The meeting is supported by The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland at Baltimore. The symposium will cover four days of plenary lectures and contributed oral and poster presentations. Tours will be offered of facilities at the Aquatic Pathobiology Center, U. of Maryland, the Center for Marine Biotechnology, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. For further information please contact: Dr. Sarah L. Pynton, Division of Comparative Medicine, Ross Research Building 4th Floor, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Tel: 410-955-3273
fax: 410-550-5068
e-mail: spoynton@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
(from National Shellfish Association Quarterly Newsletter, early summer 1997)