Population Dynamics and Sustainable Fisheries for Highly-Migratory Large Pelagic Species, Part 2

Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 8:20 AM-5:20 PM
301B (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:40 AM
Potential Impacts of Minimum Weight Regulations for Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Lisa E. Ailloud, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; Todd Gedamke, MER Consultants; John M. Hoenig, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary

9:00 AM
Fleet Dynamics of Tuna Purse-Seiner Fishery in the EPO: An Application of the Fishscape
Jenny Sun, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Michael Hinton, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; D.G. Webster, Dartmouth College

9:20 AM
Abundance Trends of Highly Migratory Species in the Atlantic Ocean
Patrick Lynch, NOAA Fisheries; Kyle Shertzer, NOAA/NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Enric Cortes, National Marine Fisheries Service; Robert J. Latour, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

9:40 AM
Domestic and International Management Challenges in Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
LeAnn Hogan, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division - Office of Sustainable Fisheries; Sarah McLaughlin, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division - Office of Sustainable Fisheries; Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division - Office of Sustainable Fisheries; Margo Schulze-Haugen, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division - Office of Sustainable Fisheries

10:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Break


 
T-301B-6
Management of Multiple Objectives (Withdrawn)
10:50 AM
Status of Bycatch Mitigation Measures in the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery for Highly Migratory Species
Randy Blankinship, NOAA Fisheries; Joseph Desfosse, NOAA Fisheries; Craig Cockrell, NOAA Fisheries

11:10 AM
Evaluating the Effect of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Movement on the Perception of Stock Units
Lisa A. Kerr, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Steven X. Cadrin, University of Massachusetts; David H. Secor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Nathan Taylor, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

11:30 AM
Habitat Use of Juvenile Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Benjamin Marcek, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Mary C. Fabrizio, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; John Graves, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

11:50 AM
Genetic Variation and Stock Structure of Yellowfin Tuna in the Atlantic Ocean
Luca Antoni, The University of Southern Mississippi/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; Patricia L. Luque, The University of Southern Mississippi/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; Emily Short, The University of Southern Mississippi/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; Eric Saillant, The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center

12:10 PM
Tuesday Lunch


1:30 PM
Growth of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus): Analysis of Tag Recapture, Direct Aging and Size Frequency Data
Matthew V. Lauretta, National Marine Fisheries Service; Lisa E. Ailloud, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; John M. Hoenig, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; John F. Walter III, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

1:50 PM
Who Goes Where? Use of Multiple Tagging Approaches to Characterize the Behavior of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the Northwest Atlantic
Jennifer Cudney, East Carolina University; Andrea Dell'Apa, East Carolina University; Charles Bangley, East Carolina University; Roger Rulifson, East Carolina University

2:10 PM
Ocean Front and Eddy Utilization By Highly-Migratory Large Pelagic Fishes from Satellite Tagging Data
Jiangang Luo, University of Miami; Jerald S. Ault, University of Miami; John P. Hoolihan, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; Eric D. Prince, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Jay R. Rooker, Texas A&M University at Galveston

2:30 PM
Difficulties, Solutions and Age Comparisons Between Dorsal Spines and Otoliths for Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Implications for Management
Elise Koob, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Walter Golet, University of Maine; Shannon Cass-Calay, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Molly Lutcavage, Large Pelagics Research Center; Graham D. Sherwood, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

2:50 PM
Application of Risk Analysis to a Stock Assessment of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the North Pacific Ocean
Annie Yau, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Yi-Jay Chang, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research; Jon Brodziak, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

3:10 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Break


3:40 PM
Estimating Juvenile Bluefin Tuna Abundance through Aerial Surveys in the Northwestern Mediterranean
Robert Bauer, Ifremer Sète; Jean Marc Fromentin, Ifremer Sète; Sylvain Bonhommeau, Ifremer Sète; Hervé Demarcq, IRD

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