Topic:

"The Ocean Economy: The Case of the UK"

Speaker:

David Pugh

When:

Thursday, October 9, 1997 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Where:

Nova Scotia Economic Development and Tourism

Meeting Room 5D

World Trade and Convention Centre, 5th Floor

How Much:

$10.00 (payable at the door, lunch provided)

Dr Pugh is Secretary of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST) that reports to the Chief Scientific Advisor in the UK Office of Science and Technology. IACMST is based at the Southampton Oceanography Centre in southern England. He is author or co-author of 50 scientific publications, including a paper on ocean-related sectors in the UK economy published in December 1996.

His presentation will be of interest to anyone involved in ocean-related sectors and their importance to the Atlantic economy, such as the fishery, aquaculture, tourism and recreation, boatbuilding, shipbuilding, and ocean technologies.