26 Marine Fish Mgt. I

Tuesday, September 14, 2010: 1:20 PM-3:00 PM
318 (Convention Center)
Moderator:
Roger A. Rulifson, PhD
1:20 PM
Development and testing of a molecular based assay to look for environmental reservoirs of a lethal parasite effecting blue crab fisheries
Ammar Hanif, IMET-Univ of MD Center for Environmental Science; Holly Bowers, IMET-Univ of MD Center for Environmental Science-COMB; Joseph Pitula, PhD, University of Maryland Eastern Shore-LMRCSC; Gretchen Messick, PhD, NOAA/NCCOS/Cooperative Oxford Lab; Whitney E. Dyson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore-LMRCSC; Eric Schott, PhD, IMET-Univ of MD Center for Environmental Science
1:40 PM
Effects of spatial closures on California trawl fishing effort
Janet Mason, NOAA; Rosemary Kosaka, PhD, NOAA; Aaron Mamula, PhD, NOAA; Cameron Speir, PhD, NOAA; Cindy Thomson, PhD, NOAA
2:00 PM
Evaluation of a modified turtle excluder device in the North Carolina summer flounder winter trawl fishery
Sara E. Mirabilio, MSc, North Carolina Sea Grant; Christopher J. Parkins, BS, University of Rhode Island; Joseph T. DeAlteris, PhD, University of Rhode Island
2:20 PM
A cooperative research gillnet study: The effects of hanging ratio on Harbor porpoise bycatch and targeted finfish species
Gwynne M. Schnaittacher, A.I.S. , Inc.; Henry O. Milliken, National Marine Fisheries Service
3:00 PM
Break
See more of: Contributed Abstracts