The 1998 CSEB Annual Meeting is being designed to constructively review environmental assessment goals, processes, achievements,and failures.

It is hoped that results of the meeting will contribute to an increased understanding of the topic areas and improvements in the processes. Sessions will consist of both invited and contributed papers as oral or poster presentations.

After review, accepted presentations will be published and distributed.

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• Federal and provincial assessment processes
• Proponents' critiques of processes
• Who is in charge ?
• What should assessment achieve ?
• Stakeholders' critiques of processes
• Efficiencies of processes
• Past successes in assessment
• Mitigation
• Compensation
• Ecosystem Approach
• Problems of scale
• No net loss of fish habitat
• Cumulative impacts
• Remediation
• Case studies

Titles, authors' names, addresses, affiliations, phone/fax/email and approximate 1/2 page abstracts should be mailed to Pat Ryan, Conference Co-chair, in electronic format (as email or on disc).

Authors' preference for oral or poster session should be indicated.

All papers selected for presentation must be provided as completed hard (paper) and electronic copies to conference organizers prior to presentation.

After review, accepted presentations will be published in the proceedings to be distributed to participants and, subsequently, available to all at cost price from the CSEB.

Preference for acceptance will be given to abstracts received no later than August 15, 1998.

Authors will be contacted for further instructions as to electronic preparation of final manuscripts.

The 38th Annual Meeting will be held at :

The Battery Hotel and Suites
100 Signal Hill Road
St. John's, Newfoundland
CANADA A1A 1B3

Telephone (709) 576-0040; 1-800-563-8181
Fax (709) 576-6943

Emailbattery@nf.sympatico.ca

A block of rooms has been reserved for participants at $ 83.00 / night ($ Canadian, tax incl.)

Information on the locale and climate can be found on the following web sites:

• Nfld. and Lab. Tourism
  http://www.wordplay.com/tourism.html

• St. John's InfoNET
  http://infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/ip/directory.html

Wednesday Sept. 30, 1998

Registration; CSEB Board of Directors' Meeting

Reception

Thursday Oct. 1, 1998

Registration; Oral Presentations; Poster Sessions

CSEB Annual Meeting (Members)

Banquet

Friday Oct. 2, 1998

Oral Presentations; Poster Sessions

Transcription of Opinions

Saturday Oct. 3, 1998

Field trip  Passenger Van and Tour Boat : St. John's and Southern Avalon Peninsula

(Cost $20-$40, payable at time of registration)

The following registration fees include banquet and published proceedings:

	Prior to August 15, 1998	After August 15, 1998
CSEB Regular & Associate Members	$ 65	$ 75
CSEB Student Members	$ 25	$ 30
Non-Members	$120	$ 135

(Memberships will be available at registration for $35 Regular or Associate, and $15 Student).

CSEB Membership information and forms are available online

Early registration should be by cheque or money order payable to Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists and mailed to Pat Ryan (see address below).

Patrick M. Ryan	Murray H. Colbo
Immediate Past (1992-96) President CSEB	Atlantic Region Director CSEB
Ryan Environmental	Head, Biology Department
P.O. Box 58	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mobile, Nfld. Canada A0A 3A0	St. John's, Nfld. Canada A1B 3X9
Tel: 709-334-2962	Tel: 709-737-7497
email: PATRICKR@morgan.ucs.mun.ca	email: MCOLBO@morgan.ucs.mun.ca

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