Symposium Proposals

Monday, August 20, 2012

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1:15 PM-3:00 PM


 
Double-Crested Cormorants and Fisheries Management: Policy, Perceptions, and Research
Tom Heinrich, Doug Schultz and Steve Windels

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


 
Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals on Chemosensation and Behavior in Fish: Organismal, Ecological, and Regulatory Implications
Joseph Meyer and Greg Pyle

 
Fishery Information Networks as Agents of Change
Peter Lawson, Gil Sylvia and Terry Smith

 
Moving Beyond Distribution and Abundance in Quantifying Fish Habitat Selection
Karl M. Polivka, Amanda Rosenberger and Amanda E. Rosenberger

 
Standardization in Hydroacoustic Assessments: Fundament or Folly?
David M. Warner, Daniel L. Yule and Patrick M. Kocovsky

 
Teaming up Atlantic and Pacific Salmonid Biologists to Enhance Recovery of Endangered Salmon in North America
Graham S. Goulette, William R. Ardren and John F. Kocik

 
The Future of Fishing: Leisure, Sport and Conservation
Susan A. Schroeder, Jeremy Bruskotter and David C. Fulton

 
Understanding the Ecological and Social Constraints to Achieving Sustainable Fisheries Resource Policy and Management
Jesse Trushenski, Bruce Vondracek, Jim Bowker, Diane Elliott, Andy Goodwin, Carrie Simon and Melissa Wuellner

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


 
Climate and Fisheries: Responses of a Socio-Ecological System to Global Change
Malin L. Pinsky and James Watson

 
The New Food Web: Emerging Methods for Bringing Together Social and Ecological Networks
Joel Hoffman, Joseph Luczkovich, Mark R. Vinson and Jeffrey C. Johnson

 
Understanding the Ecological and Social Constraints to Achieving Sustainable Fisheries Resource Policy and Management - Part 2
Bruce Vondracek, Jesse Trushenski, Jim Bowker, Diane Elliott, Andy Goodwin, Carrie Simon and Melissa Wuellner

8:00 AM-3:00 PM


 
Collaboration Through Fisheries Networks: Restoration of Sturgeon and Paddlefish Populations
Stephania K. Bolden and Dewayne A. Fox

 
Development of Sustainable Fisheries Resources Internationally: Useful Tools in Simulations, Modeling, and Planning.
Ashish Thapliyal, Richard S. Brown and Madhu Thapliyal

 
Diel Vertical Migration: Scaling Down from Populations to Individuals
Jason D. Stockwell, Thomas R. Hrabik and Olaf Jensen

 
Free Data: Opportunities in Open-Access Network Databases to Advance Spatiotemporal Scales of Inquiry in Fisheries Science
Ryan M. Utz and Ryan A. McManamay

 
Great Lakes Fish Communities: Tales, Lessons, and Futures
Owen T. Gorman and David J. Jude

 
Making the Connection Between Land, Water, and Sustainable Fisheries: Management Beyond the Aquatic Zone
Andrew Turner, Derek Orner, Karen Terry and Andrew Turner

 
Teaming up Atlantic and Pacific Salmonid Biologists to Enhance Recovery of Endangered Salmon In North America - Part 2
William R. Ardren and John F. Kocik

1:15 PM-3:00 PM


 
Constructing Fish Passage Projects
Mike Garello

 
Making Native Fish and Their Habitat Relevant: Contemporary Challenges and Creative Solutions to Generate Broad Public Interest
Katrina Mueller

 
Understanding Complex Linkages Between Fish and Fisheries in a Changing Ocean
Sigrid Lehuta, Andrew Pershing and Dan Holland

 
Valuing Alternative Views in Fisheries Management
Nancy Auer, Nancy A. Auer and Marty Holtgren

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

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8:00 AM-9:45 AM


 
Comparing and Contrasting Fisheries Research and Management Paradigms Across Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Edward F. Roseman, Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, Douglas S. Vaughan and Steven X. Cadrin

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


 
Fisheries Data Dissemination - Building Better Networks for Public Consumption of Fish Data
Jeff Kopaska and Thomas Litts

8:00 AM-3:00 PM


 
The Interdependence of Fish Populations and Their Food Webs in Temporally Varying Environments.
Brian J. Shuter and Nigel P. Lester

8:00 AM-5:15 PM


 
Advances in Telemetry in the Great Lakes and Beyond
Chris Holbrook, Thomas Binder, Todd A. Hayden and Charles C. Krueger

 
Biology and Control of Invasive Fishes: Lessons Across Species and Regions
Peter W. Sorensen and Przemyslaw G. Bajer

 
Collaboration Through Fisheries Networks: Restoration of Sturgeon and Paddlefish Populations - Part 2
Stephania K. Bolden and Dewayne A. Fox

 
Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes on Fish and Fish Habitat in Streams and Lakes: Special Emphasis on Strategies for Fisheries Management and Conservation
Damon Krueger, Yin-Phan Tsang and Dana M. Infante

 
Fish Habitat Condition Assessment in the Midwest and Great Plains
Robert A. Klumb and Maureen Gallagher

 
Innovations In Thermal Research and Ecological Effect From Thermal Discharges
Thomas L. Englert, Douglas Bradley and Margaret Murphy

 
Science and Management Community Aquatic Habitat Connectivity Discussion
Dale Burkett, John M. Dettmers, Gary Isbell, Dr. Brian D. Anderson, Patrick J. Doran and Brian Anderson, Ph.D.

 
The NOAA Habitat Blueprint: Improving Fisheries, Marine Life, and Coastal Communities Through Habitat Conservation
Brian Pawlak, Helen McMillan, Terra Lederhouse and Karen Abrams

 
Upper Mississippi River Restoration: Combining Habitat Rehabilitation, Monitoring, and Research to Enhance Fish Communities.
David Potter, Barry Johnson and Mike Jawson

10:15 AM-5:15 PM


 
Connectivity in Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes and Consequences
Thomas J. Miller, Howard M. Townsend and Robert J. Gamble

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


 
New Perspectives in Fish Habitat: Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Scaling
R. Daniel Hanks, John A. Sweka, Joe Margraf, Kyle J. Hartman and Amanda E. Rosenberger

Thursday, August 23, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


 
Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes On Fish and Fish Habitat In Streams and Lakes: Special Emphasis On Strategies for Fisheries Management and Conservation - Part 2
Damon Krueger, Yin-Phan Tsang and Dana M. Infante

 
Role of Forage Species in Ecosystem Approaches to Management
Derek Orner, Steve Meyers and Joseph Smith

 
Science Communication: Information Delivery and the New Face of 21st Century
Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and Elden Hawkes Jr.

 
Science and Management Community Aquatic Habitat Connectivity Discussion - Part 2
Dale Burkett, John M. Dettmers, Gary Isbell, Brian Anderson, Ph.D. and Patrick J. Doran

 
The National Fish Habitat Partnership - Building Relationships to Enhance Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems
Gary Whelan, Thomas R. Busiahn, Emily Greene and Douglas Stang

8:00 AM-5:15 PM


 
Biology and Control of Invasive Fishes: Lessons Across Species and Regions - Part 2
Peter W. Sorensen and Przemyslaw G. Bajer

 
Lake Trout East and West: What Can We Learn by Comparing Lake Trout Restoration in the Eastern USA to Lake Trout Suppression in the Western USA?
Michael J. Hansen and Robert E. Gresswell

 
Missouri and Mississippi River Flooding 2011: Impacts of Historic Flows on Big River Systems
Wells Adams Jr., Gerald E. Mestl, R. Scott Gangl and Quinton Phelps

 
The Role of Molecular Genetics in Fisheries Management in the Great Lakes Region
Wendylee Stott, Kim Scribner, Chris Wilson and Brian L. Sloss

 
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 75th Anniversary
Ron Essig, Robert Curry, Brian Bohnsack and Doug Nygren

10:15 AM-12:00 PM


 
Stakeholder Involvement in Fisheries Science: New Approaches and New Partnerships
Jeffrey S. Schaeffer and Edward F. Roseman

10:15 AM-5:15 PM


 
Calibration, Validation and Other Recent Progress on the AFS Standard Methods for Sampling Freshwater Fish.
Nigel P. Lester, Scott A. Bonar and Norman Mercado Silva

1:15 PM-3:00 PM


 
Geomorphic-Based Design Responses to Natural Disasters
Roy Schiff

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


 
Fish Habitat and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Lee Benaka and Abigail Franklin
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