International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

After Thursday’s hectic running around, I had a much more relaxed day yesterday. In the morning, I attended my father’s presentation. Most of the talks were very easy for the layman to understand. They were concerned with getting accurate and consistent data from trawling. Chief included the conflict between improving technique vs. keeping it the same for reasons of comparability, and the matter of whether or not to work closely with the fishing industry and doing research from their boats.

My father’s presentation was more theoretical and sought to clarify the differences and differences in application of two distinct types of statistical analysis.

In the evening, we went to a fancy closing dinner put on by the conference organizers. It was again on Mt. St. Pieter right next to the ruins of the fort. They offered a brief tour. I learned that the fort was built around 1700 to defend against French invasion. We got to see the cannons, which were accurate to one meter down to the river, which looked to be a good half mile away, and we also got to check out the place where they kept their prisoners. Very creepy!

Today, my father and one of his colleagues named Sumerton and I are hoping to go to Aachen, Germany.