The 7th Annual Fishermen and Scientists Research Society Conference was held 25-26 February 2000 at Keddy's Halifax Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Topics covered at the event included the following:

FSRS Lobster Projects Results

Guest Speaker: Carl MacDonald, FSRS Data Analyst/Coordinator

Topics:

• Carapace Length vs. Weight Relationship
  
• Length Frequency on Lobster Catches
  
• Short Term Recruitment Index Project

A Collaboration Between PEI Fishermen and DFO

Guest Speaker: Marc Lanteigne, Head of Coastal Invertebrate Fisheries Gulf Region, DFO

Topic:

• Sea Sampling Lobsters in PEI

V-Notch Lobster Research

Guest Speaker: Jason Cheverie

Topic:

• An Investigation of the Effects of V-Notching on Ovigerous ('Berried' Female) American Lobsters (Homarus americanus)

Atlantic Veterinarian College Lobster Science Center

Guest Speaker: Rick Cawthorn

Topic:

• Concepts of an Atlantic Veterinarian College Lobster Science Center

Trawl Impact Studies

Guest Speaker: Don Gordon, Research Assistant, DFO

Topics:

• Update on Trawl Inpact Research
  
• Results from Trawling with Vessel Alfred Needler, Examined by Underwater Cameras

Grey Seal Research

Guest Speaker: Don Bowen, Research Scientist, DFO

Topics:

• Seal Diet
  
• Foraging for Food, etc

Enhanced Fish Diet Collection Project

Guest Speaker: Paul Fanning, Research Scientist, DFO

Topic:

• A Look at Predator/Prey Relationships