Fisheries Data Dissemination - Building Better Networks for Public Consumption of Fish Data

Wednesday, August 22, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 7,8 (RiverCentre)
Fisheries professionals always collected copious amounts of data, but we don’t always do all we can with those data.  Recently advances in technology have allowed improved collection and organization of data, and now many entities are also making profound changes in how they disseminate those data.  Researchers have the ability to access data collected over broad spatial and temporal scales, managers have increased ability to make data-based decisions, and anglers can now view and compare fish survey information on systems where they recreate.  Organizing a meeting of leaders in this field to present their work and discuss new advances will help everyone improve their respective systems.
Organizer:
Jeff Kopaska
Moderators:
Jeff Kopaska and Thomas Litts
8:15 AM
Converting Kansas' Fisheries Data into Angler Consumable Communication
Tom Lang, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; Susan Steffen, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism

8:30 AM
Iowa's Online Fisheries Data Systems
Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Patrick Wilke-Brown, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Jamie Mootz, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Thomas Wilton, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Clay L. Pierce, Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

8:45 AM
Agency to Angler Data Dissemination in Minnesota
Al Stevens, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Rick Lorenzen, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

9:00 AM
Lake Data for the Masses - Lakefinder Mobile
Stephen Lime, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

9:15 AM
Texas Fishing Mobile Web
Dyanne Cortez, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; John Taylor, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Ken Kurzawski, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Randall Myers, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

9:30 AM
How to Manage Your Agency's Fish Web Pages without the Webmaster Lifting a Finger
Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Brandon Burnett, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Patrick Wilke-Brown, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

9:45 AM
Wednesday AM Break


10:15 AM
Setting the Hook: Capturing Anglers and Their Sales Through Technology
Elyse Walter, MI DNR - Fisheries Division; Gary Whelan, Michigan DNR Fisheries Division

10:30 AM
Development of an iphone Application for Collecting Fisheries Data with Visual Recognition Component
Andrew Loftus, Loftus Consulting; Jason Schratwieser, International Game Fish Association; Peter Belhumeur, Columbia University

10:45 AM
Mobile Technology in Fisheries Data Collection and Dissemination
M. Scott Baker Jr., North Carolina Sea Grant

11:00 AM
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program: Good Data In, Good Data Out, Good Decisions
Julie M. Defilippi, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program

11:15 AM
Side Imaging Sonar: The Angler and Beyond
Thomas Litts, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; Adam Kaeser, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Tanner Williamson, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

11:45 AM
Future of Data Collection and Dissemination
Rick Lorenzen, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

12:00 PM
Poster P-76 Fishing Tournaments, Coon Dogs, and Weddings: Using Technology to Manage Events on Public Land and Water . J. Kopaska


12:00 PM
Poster P-77 Using Creel Data from Minnesota Tributaries to Lake Superior in an Attempt to Increase Steelhead Angler Recruitment and Retention . M. Ward and D. R. Schreiner


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