The 8th Annual Fishermen and Scientists Research Society Conference was held 23-24 February 2000 at Keddy's Halifax Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Conference sessions included the following:

• Environmental and Catchability Effects on Lobster Catch Rates
  Guest Speaker: Ross Claytor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  
• Fishermen's Perspectives on Marine Sponge Biogeography on the Scotian Shelf
  Guest Speaker: Susanna Fuller, Dalhousie University
  
• Investigation of Seasonal Changes and Individual Variation in Condition and Drumming Muscle Size of Atlantic Cod
  Guest Speaker: Sherrylynn Rowe, Dalhousie University
  
• Marine Fish Division "Virtual Data Centre"
  Guest Speaker: Bob Branton, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  
• Bridging the Gulf - A Panel Discussion on the Collaboration of Fishermen and Scientists
  Guest Speaker: David Dobbs, Author of The Great Gulf - Fishermen, Scientists and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery
  
• Lobster Workshop Report
  Session Chair: Kees Zwanenburg
  
• Scientific Program Committee Report and Future Direction of the FSRS
  Session Chair: Kees Zwanenburg

Poster Displays & Information Booths

In addition to the conference sessions, poster displays and information booths were presented on the following subjects:

• Results of CTD Data Collection During 4VsW Sentinel Program
  
• 4VsW Sentinel Program Results
  
• Leatherback Sea Turtles
  
• Fundy Forum
  
• FSRS Short Term Lobster
  
• Recruitment Index Project Results
  
• Marine Invertebrate Diversity Initiative (MIDI)
  
• NS Museum of Natural History