An international Workshop on Rebuilding Techniques for Abalone in British Columbia was held at Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, 14-16 January 2003. The objective of the workshop was to examine past, present and future research on aquacultural, biological and ecological studies, which were relevant to future rebuilding efforts on northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, stocks in British Columbia. The workshop was attended by 50 individuals representing First Nations, local communities, international (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.S.A.) abalone research, management and aquaculture interests. Presentations and discussions at the workshop centred on community stewardship, enforcement, aquaculture, field research and rebuilding methods such as hatchery rearing, out-planting and restocking, wild stock manipulations, monitoring tools and evaluation perfOlmance indicators. There are four peer-reviewed papers and 13 abstracts in the Proceedings

An international Workshop on Rebuilding Abalone Stocks in British Columbia was held during February 23OCo26, 1999, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The main goal of the workshop was to develop a realistic strategy to rehabilitate depleted northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, stocks in British Columbia."

An international Workshop on Rebuilding Abalone Stocks in British Columbia was held during February 23-26 , 1999, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The main goal of the workshop was to develop a realistic strategy to rehabilitate depleted northern (pinto) abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, stocks in British Columbia. The workshop was also meant to clarify the roles, expectations, and shared interests of many of the interest groups in British Columbia,emphasizing the key role in the rebuilding plan of local communities,including First Nations and non-native communities.