Conference Overview Agenda Registration HIHWNMS Home Participant Information Poster and Exhibitor Information Acknowledgements Working Groups Reports   International Marine Debris Conference On Derelict Fishing Gear and the Ocean Environment  August 6-11, 2000 Hawai`i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and its partners invite you to attend the International Marine Debris Conference to be held August 6-11, 2000 at the Hawai'i Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawai`i. The Conference will address the Pacific-wide nature of discarded fishing gear and its impacts on protected and endangered species, coral reefs and other important aspects of the marine environment. [top]