Management: Monitoring, Sampling, & Aquaculture

Wednesday, August 22, 2012: 8:00 AM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room 12 (RiverCentre)
 
W-12-1
Optimising Calcein Marking Techniques for Juvenile Murray Cod Stocked into Riverine Systems (Withdrawn)
8:30 AM
Estimation of Tag Shedding and Reporting Rates for Lake Erie Jaw Tagged Walleyes
Christopher S. Vandergoot, Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Travis Brenden, Michigan State University; Michael Thomas, Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Don Einhouse, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; H. Andrew Cook, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Mark Turner, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

8:45 AM
Efficacy of Single-Suture Vs. Double-Suture Incision Closures in Seaward-Migrating Juvenile Chinook Salmon Implanted with Jsats Acoustic Transmitters
Katherine Deters, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Alison Colotelo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richard S. Brown, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; M.B. Eppard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District

9:00 AM
Using Acoustic Telemetry Data to Advise Management of An Atlantic Cod Spawning Closure
William Hoffman, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Micah Dean, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Michael P. Armstrong, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Douglas Zemeckis, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

9:15 AM
9:30 AM
Using the DIDSON to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Different Fish Attractors in Turbid Reservoirs
Jessica Baumann, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission; Corey Oakley, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission; Brian McRae, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

9:45 AM
Wednesday AM Break


10:15 AM
10:30 AM
Distributions of a Larval Fish Community in a Puerto Rico Reservoir
M. Clint Lloyd, Mississippi State University; J. Wesley Neal, Mississippi State University

10:45 AM
Evaluating the Efficiency of a Quantitative Egg-Sampling Gear
Shannon Brewer, U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Thomas Worthington, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Julia Mueller, Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Texas Tech University; Timothy B. Grabowski, Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

11:00 AM
Evaluating the Impact of Thermal Effluent on Sportfish Abundance in a Midwestern Cooling Lake
Anthony P. Porreca, Eastern Illinois University; Robert E. Colombo, Eastern Illinois University

11:15 AM
A Tale of the Wabash River Flathead Catfish: Sampling Inefficiencies and Demographics
Cassi J. Moody, Eastern Illinois University; Les Frankland, Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Greg G. Sass, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Robert E. Colombo, Eastern Illinois University

11:30 AM
Evaluating Removal and Mark-Recapture Methods for Estimating Abundance of a Small, Non-Game Fish
Brandon S. Harris, Grand Valley State University; Carl R. Ruetz III, Grand Valley State University; Jared Homola, Grand Valley State University; James N. McNair, Grand Valley State University

11:45 AM
Improving Indices of Abundance for Gray Snapper in Eastern Gulf of Mexico Estuaries: Results from Four Years of Habitat-Based Sampling of Polyhaline Seagrass Beds
Kerry E. Flaherty, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Theodore S. Switzer, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Brent L. Winner, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Sean F. Keenan, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Amanda Tyler-Jedlund, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

12:00 PM
Wednesday Lunch


1:15 PM
Influence of Multi-Scale Factors on Fish Structural Indices in Freshwater Impoundments: Implications for Successful Fisheries Management
Brittany Trushel, University of Georgia; James T. Peterson, USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Cecil A. Jennings, USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

1:30 PM
Immediate Benefits of a New Long-Term Monitoring Program
Stephen M. Tyszko, Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois River Biological Station; Nerissa N. Michaels, Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael A. McClelland, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

1:45 PM
Adaptation, Evaluation, and Calibration of FISK as a Risk Screening Tool for Non-Native Fish in Florida
Larry Lawson Jr., University of Florida, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory; Jeffrey E. Hill, University of Florida; Scott Hardin, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC); Lorenzo Vilizzi, La Trobe University; Gordon Copp, Cefas

2:00 PM
Traditional Management of Fish Behavior to Increase Yield in the South Pacific
Fraser Januchowski-Hartley, James Cook University; Nicholas Graham, James Cook University; Joshua Cinner, James Cook University

2:15 PM
Management Implications of Post-Stocking Survival of Grass Carp
Daniel S. Stich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brian R. Murphy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2:30 PM
Paper Withdrawn


 
W-12-23
Local Abundance and Movement of Atka Mackerel and Other Steller Sea Lion Prey in the Aleutian Islands (Withdrawn)
3:00 PM
Wednesday PM Break


3:30 PM
Maintaining Production Performance of Rainbow Trout While Reducing Reliance on Fish Oil-Based Feeds
Brian R. Gause, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Jesse Trushenski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

3:45 PM
Evaluation of Phase I Hybrid Striped Bass Culture Techniques Using Stable Isotope Analysis
James Wamboldt, Iowa State University; Alan Wanamaker, Iowa State University; Joseph Morris, Iowa State University

4:00 PM
Development of Sperm Cryopreservation Protocol of Koi Anabas Testudineus
K. M. Shahriar Nazrul, Bangladesh Agricultural University; M.R.I. Sarder, Bangladesh Agricultural University; Umma Salma Tonny, Bangladesh Agricultural University

4:15 PM
Effectiveness of Two Potential Immediate-Release Compounds (AQUI-S20E and BENZOAK) to Sedate a Variety of Finfish to Handleable
Jim Bowker, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Niccole Wandelear, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Molly Bowman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dan Carty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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