Contributed Papers - Lobsters and Crabs

Wednesday, August 20, 2014: 8:20 AM-12:10 PM
302A (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
Moderators:
Kim Émond and Louise Gendron
Moderators:
Kim Émond
Email: kim.emond@uqar.ca

Louise Gendron
Email: louise.gendron@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

8:20 AM
W-302A-1
The Role of Forecasting in Fisheries
Andrew Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Katherine E. Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Nicholas Record, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

8:40 AM
W-302A-2
Assessing Industry's Perspective of State and Federal Management Regulations of the Maine Lobster Fishery
Ariadne Dimoulas, University of Maine; Jocelyn Runnebaum, University of Maine; Yong Chen, University of Maine

9:00 AM
W-302A-3
Impact of the 2012 Gulf of Maine Heatwave: Market Integration of US-Canada Lobster Economy
Jenny Sun, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Alexa Dayton, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Fu-Sung Frank Chiang, National Taiwan Ocean University

9:20 AM
W-302A-4
Evaluation of Fixed-Station Sampling for Lobster Settlement Survey in the Mid-Coast Region of Gulf of Maine
Bai Li, University of Maine; Jie Cao, University of Maine; Jui-Han Chang, University of Maine; Carl Wilson, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Yong Chen, University of Maine

9:40 AM
W-302A-5
Climate Changes and Lobster in the Gulf of Maine: Investigating the Temporal Impact on Moulting
Kevin Staples, The University of Maine; Yong Chen, University of Maine; David Townsend, The University of Maine

10:00 AM
W-302A-6
Wednesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
W-302A-6
Renewed Observer Coverage of the Lobster Pot and Trap Fishery in the Northeastern United States
Glenn Chamberlain, Integrated Statistics; Sara Weeks, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Burton Shank, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Loretta O'Brien, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Larry D. Jacobson, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Susan Wigley, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

10:50 AM
W-302A-7
A New Forecasting Model for the American Lobster Fishery Using the American Lobster Settlement Index
Noah Oppenheim, University of Maine; Richard Wahle, University of Maine; Damian Brady, University of Maine; Peter Lawton, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

11:10 AM
W-302A-8
Indicators for Success: Influence of Protected Status on the Growth Rate of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) from the Eastport Marine Protected Area in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Victoria Howse, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Sherrylynn Rowe, Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland

11:30 AM
W-302A-9
Do Changes in the Spatial Distributions of the Newfoundland Snow Crab Fleets Affect CPUE Estimates?
Stephanie Lelievre, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jonathan Fisher, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Noel Cadigan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

11:50 AM
W-302A-10
Trends in Horseshoe Crab Abundance Along the Atlantic Coast
John A. Sweka, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Marin Hawk, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; Michelle Klopfer, Virginia Tech; Michael Millard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Scott Olszewski, Rhode Island Marine Fisheries; David Smith, USGS - Leetown Science Center; Rachel Sysak, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Rishcard Wong, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

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