1. Joint RACs meetings on LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN 11-12 September 2008, Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire, Nantes Meeting Information

2. O n 11-12 September 2008, the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire, Nantes, will be the venue for a joint RAC meeting (of 100 attendees) co-hosted by the BS-RAC, NS-RAC, NWW-RAC, Pelagic-RAC and SWW-RAC, with invited experts and practitioners. We are most grateful to the generosity and the hospitality of the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire and the AGLIA for making this venue available I n this document you will find information regarding access to the venue, hotels and information on travel and transport.venuehotelstravel and transport I f you should need any further information please contact the one of the following RAC Secretariats: BS RAC Tobias Kerrn-Jespersen +45 33 93 50 00 bsrac@bsrac.orgbsrac@bsrac.org NS RAC Ann Bell +44 1224 665 341 ann.bell@aberdeenshire.gov.ukann.bell@aberdeenshire.gov.uk NWW RAC Patricia Comiskey+353 12 14 42 78nwwrac@bim.ienwwrac@bim.ie Pelagic RAC Aukje Coers+31 70 336 9624 info@pelagic-rac.orginfo@pelagic-rac.org SWW RAC Benoît Guerin+33 2 97 88 09 40info@ccr-s.euinfo@ccr-s.eu

3. Meeting Venue T he meeting will be held in the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire in Nantes. T he building is located in eastern point of the Beaulieu Island at the 2 rue de la Loire. T he meeting will start at 1:30 pm, please schedule the registration time.

4. Hotels M ercure Ile de NantesHotel web siteHotel web site 15 boulevard Alexandre Millerand Beaulieu+33 2 40 95 95 95 10 min walk booking are made under InterRAC. People have to pay before without any possibility to cancel September the 10th : 20 rooms 140 breakfast included + tax 0.80 September the 11th : 40 rooms 120 breakfast included + tax 0.80 September the 12th : 20 rooms on the 11th and 12th two nights : 180 breakfast included + tax 0.80 Pre-reservation until August the 13th T he first hotel is on the Beaulieu Island, the second one just across the bridge and the last one, near the train Station. There are more hotels on the city center or on the other side of the Island.

5. N ovotel Nantes Cité des Congrès Hotel web siteHotel web site 3 rue de Valmy +33 2 51 82 00 00 20 min walk booking are made under CCR.S Groupe 15 238. September the 10th : 5 rooms 140 + breakfast : 14,5 + tax:0.85 September the 11th : 20 rooms 140 + breakfast : 14,5 + tax:0.85 September the 12th : 5 rooms 92 + breakfast : 14,5 + tax:0.85 Pre-reservation until August the 20th M ercure SNHCH Hotel web siteHotel web site 50/51 Quai Malakoff +33 2 40 35 30 30 25 min walk booking are made under InterRAC. September the 10th : 5 rooms 122 + breakfast : 12 + tax:0.85 September the 11th : 15 rooms 110 + breakfast : 12 + tax:0.85 September the 12th : 15 rooms 85 + breakfast : 12 + tax:0.85 Pre-reservation until August the 28 th

6. Travel and Transport N antes has various national train connection. Coming from the Train Station, southern exit : - 20 min walk - Bus, Ligne n° 24 Direction Pirmil T he Airport has connections with Dublin, London, Madrid,… (www.nantes.aeroport.fr ). B us Options to Nantes and around can be found on www.destineo.frwww.nantes.aeroport.fr www.destineo.fr B y Car: free parking all around the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire T axis can be ordered from: +33 2 40 69 22 22