Collaboration Through Fisheries Networks: Restoration of Sturgeon and Paddlefish Populations

Tuesday, August 21, 2012: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Meeting Room 4,5 (RiverCentre)
Description: At present all 9 species of sturgeon and one species of paddlefish found in the U.S. are in some degree of conservation jeopardy, with some facing a high risk of extinction.  As such, great effort and resources are devoted at the federal, state and or local levels to protect and recover these species.  Through our symposium, we will examine the application of sturgeon and paddlefish recovery actions utilized throughout North America, with the intent of identifying shared successes and failures.   This symposium will facilitate network development and information sharing among sturgeon and paddlefish researchers in North America, and will ultimately aid managers and researchers as they identify actions to recover these species. The relative uniqueness of sturgeons and paddlefish has led to the natural development of a fisheries network that others can use as a model when developing networks for other species.  AFS members will benefit from this symposium’s presentations and discussions, as lessons learned may be applied to other species faced with similar anthropogenic threats.   
Organizers:
Stephania K. Bolden and Dewayne A. Fox
Moderators:
Stephania K. Bolden and Dewayne A. Fox
 
Assessing the Magnitude of Effect of Hydro-Electric Facilities on Lake Sturgeon Abundance in Ontario (Withdrawn)
8:00 AM
Restoring an Ancient Fish in a Modern World
John R. Waldman, Queens College

8:45 AM
Resilient Sturgeon? the Susceptibility of Sturgeons to Environmental Stressors, Exploitation and Extinction
David H. Secor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

9:15 AM
Role of Aquaculture in Recovery of North American Sturgeons
Serge Doroshov, University of California, Davis; Joel Van Eenennaam, University of California, Davis

9:30 AM
Reducing Uncertainty to Improve Gulf Sturgeon Stock Assessment and Inform Recovery Criteria
William Pine III, University of Florida; Steve Martell, University of British Columbia; Robert Ahrens, University of Florida

9:45 AM
Tuesday AM Break


10:15 AM
Sturgeon and Paddlefish Restoration Through Implementation of Fish Passage at the Prairie Du Sac Dam on the Wisconsin River
John Lyons, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Nicholas J. Utrup, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; James Andy Morton, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

10:45 AM
Sturgeon Restoration in Lake Michigan Through Fish Passage: Efficacy of Attraction Flows on Upstream Passage
Nicholas J. Utrup, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; James Fossum, River Alliance of Wisconsin and Michigan Hydro Relicensing Coalition; Michael C. Donofrio, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Jessica Mistak, Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Todd Jastremski, We Energies; Rick Loeffler, North American Hydro

11:00 AM
Reconnecting Rivers for Sturgeon and Ecosystems
Luther Aadland, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

11:45 AM
Cooperative Development and Testing of Sink Gillnet Modifications for Reducing Bycatch of Atlantic Sturgeon While Maintaining Target Species Catches
Dewayne A. Fox, Delaware State University; James L. Armstrong, Mid Atlantic Fisheries Management Council; Lori M. Brown, Delaware State University; Kevin Wark, Endeavor Fisheries, Inc

12:00 PM
Tuesday Lunch


1:15 PM
Recipe for Recovery of Lake Sturgeon in the Winnebago System, 1874 – 2012
Ronald M. Bruch, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Ryan Koenigs, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Kendall K. Kamke, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Daniel Folz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

1:30 PM
Lessons Learned with Lake Sturgeon Recovery Efforts in the Huron Erie Corridor
James Boase, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; Bruce A. Manny, US Geological Survey; Gregory W. Kennedy, US Geological Survey; Edward F. Roseman, US Geological Survey; Richard Drouin, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Michael Thomas, Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Matthew Child, Essex Region Conservation Authority; Jennifer Read, Michigan Sea Grant

2:00 PM
A Prey-Based Habitat Model to Inform Recovery Actions for Atlantic Sturgeon in Delaware Estuary
Joseph Smith, Nature Conservancy; Bartholomew Wilson, DNREC; Matthew Fisher, DNREC; Matthew W. Breece, Delaware State University; Phil Simpson, Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce; Dewayne A. Fox, Delaware State University

2:15 PM
Spatially Explicit Hydrological Influences on Individual Variation in Shovelnose Sturgeon Reproduction and Recruitment in a Regulated River
Daisuke Goto, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Martin Hamel, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jeremy Hammen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Matt Rugg, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Mark Pegg, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Valery Forbes, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2:30 PM
North American Green Sturgeon Impact Mitigation Measures in the Upper Sacramento River, California
William Poytress, US Fish and Wildlife Service: Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office; Richard Corwin, US Bureau of Reclamation; Michael Thomas, Biotelemetry Laboratory

 
T-4,5-23
Recovering Sturgeon with Less Water: Lessons Learned from the Tri-State Water War (Withdrawn)
3:00 PM
Poster P-119 Gulf Sturgeon Standardized Abundance and Mortality Study: A Two Year Look . D. Rosati and I. Baremore


3:00 PM
Poster P-120 A Riverscape Genetic Analysis of Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers . K. A. Chojnacki, A. J. DeLonay, G. R. Jordan, and E. Heist


3:00 PM
Poster P-121 Where Are You When I'm Not Looking: Insights into Pallid Sturgeon Behavior and Habitat Use from Surgically Implanted Data Storage Tags . A. J. DeLonay, K. A. Chojnacki, D. M. Papoulias, C. M. Elliott, R. B. Jacobson, M. L. Wildhaber, M. W. Ar


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