These meetings will be most effective if there are few speakers and more time for questions. More groups of stakeholders should be given the opportunity to very briefly summarize their view and goals on the issues. The goal should be to more clearly define the issues and to try and build momentum towards products should be more binding to drive participation. If we have a goal we risk failure, if we don't then we risk being ignored. We also need to be more proactive and to document success stories.
Personal interactions are also very important.
Future meetings include more forced mixing between groups. A number of suggestions were advanced for more issue-specific and focused meetings. Among these were to discuss the proposition that aquaculture is a solution for feeding the anticipated population growth, and explore economic information about aquaculture. The subgroups should have representatives from all interests. Jack Archer, Donald L. Connors, Kenneth Laurence, Sarah Chapin Columbia, and Robert Bowen.