Session: Freshwater Fish Mgt. III (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

8:00 AM

56-1

Is replacement of wild fish by stocked fish an emergent property of community-based recreational fisheries management in a stochastic world?
Brett T. van Poorten, University of British Columbia; Robert Arlinghaus, PhD, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Katrin Daedlow, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Daniel Huehn, M.Sc., Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Susanne S. Haertel-Borer, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)

8:20 AM

56-2

The decline of fishes and fisheries in Lake Champlain: A historic review
J. Ellen Marsden, Ph.D., University of Vermont; Richard Langdon, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

8:40 AM

56-3

Using freshwater mussel communities to inform dam removal decisions: lessons learned following removal of Carter's Dam, Conewango Creek, Pennsylvania
Nevin T. Welte, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy; Christopher A. Urban, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; Kenneth R. Anderson, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

9:00 AM

56-4

Factors related to growth and survival of fry- and fingerling-stocked saugeye
Jahn L. Kallis, The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory at The Ohio State University; Elizabeth A. Marschall, The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory at The Ohio State University

9:20 AM

56-5

Modeling largemouth bass growth following reductions in phosphorous loading in a recovering urban lake
Stephen M. Tyszko, SUNY ESF; Neil H. Ringler, PhD, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Karin E. Limburg, PhD, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

9:40 AM

56-6

Classification of Ohio upground reservoirs: Identifying attributes for a good yellow perch fishery
Ryan T. Crouch, Bowling Green State University; Jeffrey G. Miner, PhD, Bowling Green State University

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

56-7

Assessing tradeoffs in commercial harvest of Lake Huron's cold-water fish community
Brian J. Langseth, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University; Michael L. Jones, Michigan State University; Brian J. Irwin, Michigan State University

10:40 AM

56-8

Population characteristics of a recovering walleye population, Sander vitreus, in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
Christina M. Jovanovic, University of Michigan; David Fielder, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Michael Thomas, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, U.S. Geological Survey

11:00 AM

56-9

Changes in sport fish characteristics and biomass of aquatic vegetation before and after biological control of vegetation in southern Arkansas
Brett A. Timmons, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Steve E. Lochmann, PhD, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

11:20 AM

56-10

Cooperative conservation of endemic black bass species in the southeastern U.S.
Timothy Birdsong, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Dick Krause, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Jean Leitner, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; James M. Long, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey; Scott Robinson, Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership; Steven Sammons, PhD, Auburn University; James R. Sedell, Ph.D., National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

11:40 AM

56-11

Evaluating conservation concern for freshwater bycatch within a Canadian bait fishery
A. Drake, University of Toronto; N. Mandrak, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; H. Harvey, University of Toronto

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