NaGISA Activities

NaGISA Workshops

In an effort to promote improved identification and an appreciation of taxonomy and to encourage the global use of standardized protocols NaGISA sponsors both taxonomic and protocol workshops. Photos and reports of past workshops are available on the pages below.

• Training Course & et cetera from ES Region
• I NaGISA Venezuela School Workshop, 25th and 26th of May of 2010, at the Ecological Research Center of Guayacan in Sucre, Venezuela.
• II SAS/CS NaGISA Workshop, April 15-17, 2010, Simón Bolívar University in Venezuela
• LIPI-NaGISA Sampling Protocol and Ophiuroid Taxonomy Training Workshop, March 2-4, 2010, Manado, Indonesia
• Gran Roque School students learn NaGISA protocol at a seagrass site in Venezuela
• JSPS-NaGISA Sponge Taxonomy Training Workshop, May 31 to June 2, 2009, Chonburi, Thailand.
• Tunicates Taxonomy Workshop at Margarita Island, Venezuela (20-25 April 2009)
• JSPS-NaGISA Bivalvia Taxonomy Training Workshop, 8-10 March 2009, Penang,Malaysia
• NaGISA Sorting Workshop, 22-23 November 2008, Shirahama, Japan
• LIPI-NaGISA Western Pacific Conference, 26-29 Oct. 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia
• NaGISA Sampling Workshop, 21-22 June 2008, Chichi Island, Japan
• NaGISA Protocol Workshop, 1-4 March 2008, Pulau Bassar, Malaysia
• NaGISA Taxonomy Workshop of Marine Free-living Nematoda, 21-24 March 2008, Shirahama, Japan
• NaGISA was introduced at Informando 2007, 14-22 November 2007, Pisa, Italy
• NaGISA Taxonomy Workshop of Tanaidacea and Harpacticoida, 26-28 September 2007, Iloilo City, Philippines
• NaGISA Protocol Dual Workshop, August 2007, Cobscook Bay USA, St. Andrews Canada
• Taxonomy of Scalidophora 13-17 March 2007, Shirahama Japan
• Gulf of Maine Biodiversity Workshop, 28 Feb. – 2 Mar. 2007, St. Andrews, Canada
• Taxonomy of Marine Gastropoda and Polyplacophora, 5-8 Dec 2006, Jakarta Indonesia
• High School Protocol Workshop July 2006
• Protocol Workshop, 26-30 June 2006, Mombassa Kenya
• Taxonomy of Marine Algae, 26-30 May 2006, Vancouver, Canada
• Protocol Workshop 27-29 April 2006, Pisa, Italy
• NaGISA Protocol Workshop, January 2006 Caracas Venezuela
• Taxonomy of Marine Decapoda and Stomatopoda, 7-10 September 2005, Indonesia
• Quantitative Marine Ecology, May 2005 Thailand
• Taxonomy of Echinodermata, March 2005 Japan
• High School Biodiversity Workshop, July 2004
• Marine Amphipods, September 2004 Vietnam
• Marine Fish and Polycheatea, October 2003 Thailand
• Meiofauna, October 2002 Thailand

NaGISA Meetings and Conferences

• NaGISA International Meetings
• Western Pacific
• Eastern Pacific
• Caribbean & South American Sea
• European Seas
• Indian Ocean

NaGISA Initiatives

NaGISA has a number of unique projects including joint initiatives and publications see some of these here: