HAPPENING TUESDAY IN CANCUN

Plenary Session

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM EDT, Gran Cancun H

Mario Barletta

Federal University of Pernambuco​, Brazil

Ecology of Microplastics and Mercury Contamination within Food Webs
of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems

Pablo Arenas Fuentes

Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuacultura​, Mexico

The Future of Fishing in Latin America:
Sustainability and Research

Pick Up Your Badge

Registration is located on the first level of the Cancun Convention Center (map).

Registration & Information Booth Hours:
  • Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Thursday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Log In and Explore

Attendees should download the "American Fisheries Events" mobile app now available from the App Store or Google Play. Once you have logged in and created a profile, you can begin to build out your schedule. Personalized schedules created on either the mobile App or desktop Conference Platform are shared between the two platforms.

Helpful links:

Access Virtual Presentations

We are excited to introduce you to the LACFC Learning Center. On this platform, you will have access to the LACFC virtual presentations on-demand. Be sure to click around the platform and explore! Please click the button to log into the Learning Center. You will need to log in with the same log in information you used when registering.

Upload Your Presentation

Speaker Support in Cancun will be available in Tulum 4. If needed, you can update your slide decks in Cancun. In Cancun, slide decks must be updated at least 24 hours before your session starts. You will be unable to upload your slide deck after 10 May 2023 via the online link.

Refresh and Connect

Networking Event
  • Tradeshow and Poster Networking Event, Gran Cancun G, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Light appetizers will be provided. Poster authors are requested to be at their posters.
Breaks
  • Morning Break, Gran Cancun G, 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Afternoon Break, Gran Cancun G, 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Symposia and Contributed Paper Sessions

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
  • Contributed Topics: Fisheries Methodologies, Costa Maya 3
10:30 AM - 3:10 PM
  • Collections and their importance in the global defaunation process, Tulum 12
10:30 AM - 3:10 PM
  • Contributed Topics: Fisheries Management and Economics, Costa Maya 1
10:30 AM - 5:10 PM
  • Advances in movement and population connectivity of highly migratory fishes in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, Costa Maya 5
  • Batoids of Latin America and the Caribbean Day 1, Costa Maya 4
  • Characterizing Gulf and Caribbean Marine Recreational Fisheries: Current Management and Future Challenges Part I, Gran Cancun 4
  • Dispersal and movement behaviour of young and small-bodied freshwater fish, Gran Cancun 5
1:30 PM - 5:10 PM
  • Data Science as Empowering Fisheries Knowledge and Sustainability, Costa Maya 3
  • Fisheries sustainability improvement challenges and solutions for small-scale fishery communities - Day 1, Costa Maya 2
3:30 PM - 5:10 PM
  • The Status and Trends of the Inland Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Maya 1

Exhibit Hall and Poster Session

Visit with exhibitors and view almost 50 posters on a variety of fisheries topics. Gran Cancun G, 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM.

Get a Ride

For your safety and convenience, we recommend booking your transportation from the airport to the hotel in advance using our shuttle service.

For those driving to the conference, guest parking at the Aloft Hotel is complimentary, but limited. See nearby inexpensive alternatives.

Get Social

The official hashtag for the Latin America & Caribbean Fisheries Congress is #LACFC2023. Browse the Twitter feed in the mobile App for live tweets from the conference. Follow @AmFisheriesSoc and @latamericafish for live tweets from the conference.

lacfc.fisheries.org

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