Session: River Herring: Towards a Holistic Understanding, Part 2 (144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society)

8:20 AM

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Physiological and Performance Consequences of Landlocking in Alewives
Jonathan Velotta, University of Connecticut; Stephen McCormick, USGS, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center; Eric T. Schultz, University of Connecticut

8:40 AM

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Effect of Environmental Conditions on River Herring Freshwater Survival: A Coastwide Perspective
Desiree Tommasi, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; Janet Nye, Stony Brook University; Charles Stock, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab; Katie Drew, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

9:00 AM

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Natural Variability in Alewife Abundances on the East Coast of North America: Long-Term Trends and Links with Climatic and Biological Indices
Trevor S. Avery, Acadia University; Adrian Jordaan, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Danielle Quinn, Acadia University; Joan Trial, Independent; Karen Wilson, University of Southern Maine

9:20 AM

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Projected Ocean Warming Poses a Challenge to Anadromous River Herring Populations
Janet Nye, Stony Brook University; Patrick Lynch, NOAA Fisheries; Jon Hare, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Charles Stock, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab; Michael Alexander, NOAA Earth System Research Lab; Jamie Scott, NOAA Earth System Research Lab; Kiersten Curti, National Marine Fisheries Service; Katie Drew, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

9:40 AM

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Past, Present and Future of the Allis Shad, Alosa Alosa, Assessed By a Two Steps Population Dynamics Modelling Approach
Thibaud Rougier, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Hilaire Drouineau, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Geraldine Lassalle, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Eric Rochard, Irstea, EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Patrick Lambert, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France

10:00 AM

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Thursday Morning Break

10:30 AM

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Can Alternative Management of the Striped Bass Fishery in the Connecticut River Help Conserve Blueback Herring?
Justin P. Davis, University of Connecticut; Katie Gherard, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Jonathan Velotta, University of Connecticut; Jason C. Vokoun, University of Connecticut; Eric T. Schultz, University of Connecticut

10:50 AM

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Corrective Measures to Improve the Accuracy of Electronic Fish Counting Systems in Estimating Run Size of Large Anadromous River Herring Populations
John Sheppard, Massauchsetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Michael Bednarski, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

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Evaluation of Culverts for River Herring Passage in the Albemarle Sound Watershed of North Carolina (Withdrawn)

11:30 AM

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Attraction and Passage Rates of River Herring through Two Different Fish Ladder Designs Using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags
Orion Weldon, Rutgers University; James Vasslides, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Andrew Lahr, Rutgers University; Olaf Jensen, Rutgers University

11:50 AM

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Determining the Efficacy of a Standard Denil Fish Ladder for Alewife Passage Using PIT Tags in a New Hampshire Coastal River
Kevin Sullivan, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department / University of New Hampshire

12:10 PM

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Thursday Lunch

1:30 PM

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Monitoring Spawning Runs of River Herring in Chesapeake Bay
Matthew B. Ogburn, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Rob Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Mike Goodison, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Kimberly Richie, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Paige M. Roberts, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Jason Spires, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland; Anson H. Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

1:50 PM

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Marine-Derived Nutrient Cycling in the St. Croix River, Maine
Betsy Irish, University of Maine; Joseph Zydlewski, U.S. Geological Survey, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Richard A. Cunjak, Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick

2:10 PM

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Striped Bass Predation Drives River Herring Population Dynamics
Desmond Kahn, none

2:30 PM

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There and Back Again: Can River Herring Reassume Their Traditional Ecological Role after Near Local Extinction?
Theodore V. Willis, University of Southern Maine; Karen Wilson, University of Southern Maine; Edward Ames, Penobscot East Resource Center; Philip Camill, Bowdoin College; Guillermo Herrera, Bowdoin College; Eileen Johnson, Bowdoin College; Lynne Lewis, Bates College; John Lichter, Bowdoin College

2:50 PM

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Diadromous Fish Assemblage Assessment and Food Web Characterization in the Saco River Estuary, ME
Kayla Smith, University of New England; Carrie Byron, University of New England; James Sulikowski, University of New England

3:10 PM

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Thursday Afternoon Break

3:40 PM

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Can River Herring be the Positive “Pied Piper” of Diadromous Fishes?
Kimberly Damon-Randall, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Diane Borggaard, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Dan Kircheis, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Jessica Pruden, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Tara Trinko Lake, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

4:00 PM

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Coast-Wide River Herring Conservation Planning for the Near Term (2014-2019)
Diane Borggaard, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Kimberly Damon-Randall, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Dan Kircheis, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office; Tara Trinko Lake, National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

4:20 PM

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A Wider Net: Improving Management of River Herring in the Northeast U.S. after Population Declines
Ben Gahagan, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Steve Gephard, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection; Claire L. Enterline, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Wes Eakin, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Michael M. Bailey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bradford C. Chase, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

4:40 PM

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Towards a Comprehensive Strategy to Recover River Herring on the Atlantic Seaboard: Lessons from Pacific Salmon
Alison Bowden, The Nature Conservancy

5:00 PM

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Discussion