2025 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit

The Northeast Cooperative Research Summit brings together scientists, fishermen, managers, and fishing community representatives to share new cooperative research projects, identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration, and discuss best practices for applying cooperative research results to fisheries science and management.

The goals of the summit are to:

• Share the approaches and results of new cooperative research projects or those that have recently been concluded
• Identify opportunities for expanding the contributions of the fishing industry to research
• Facilitate regional coordination of cooperative research
• Develop new partnerships between the fishing and science communities
• Identify priorities for near-term science and management challenges that can be addressed by cooperative research

Presentations 

Presentations will focus on new or recently completed cooperative research projects. Both scientists (including graduate students and early career scientists) and members of the fishing community are encouraged to submit presentations. Questions and reflections from fishing industry members will be prioritized after each presentation.

Breakout Discussions

There will be breakout sessions featuring panels of experts from the fishing and science communities to discuss priority topics identified during past Northeast Cooperative Research Summits and other regional events.

Research Prioritization Exercise

There will be a research prioritization exercise to identify the top research priorities for cooperative research in the Northeast. Each attendee will vote on the research topics that they identify as top research priorities.

Industry Highlight

A member of the fishing community that has been engaged in cooperative research will provide remarks and reflections about their experiences and recommendations for the future.

Networking and Partnership Development

There will be ample time for networking between the fishing and science communities, through structured and unstructured interactions. Research institutions actively engaged in cooperative research in the Northeast will have informational booths for participants to learn more about their focus and long-term project suite.

Agenda

More details to come!

Morning

• Industry Highlight
• Research and Industry Presentations

Lunch 
Afternoon

• Breakout Discussion Sessions
• Research Priority Exercise
• Networking and Partnership Development Session
• Reception

Registration–Closed

Due to high interest in the 2025 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit, we have reached registration capacity.

Abstract Submission–Deadline November 22, 2024

If your work involves a collaboration between researchers and fishermen, please consider submitting an abstract for an oral presentation. Presentations on ongoing or recently completed cooperative research projects will be prioritized. Both scientists (including graduate students and early career scientists) and members of the fishing community are encouraged to submit presentations. All presentations should strive to be insightful, to be easily understood by a wide audience, and to specifically describe how research results are, or could be, applied. Fishing industry members who wish to provide an oral presentation/statement related to cooperative research are encouraged to indicate so on the registration form .

Speakers are limited to 8 minutes for their presentations. Powerpoint presentations must be submitted prior to the summit.

If you plan to submit an abstract for a presentation, you will be sent submission instructions after you register. Abstracts must be submitted by November 22, 2024.

Important Information

• Register for 2025 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit ( Deadline for registration is November 8, 2024.)
• History of Northeast Cooperative Research Summits