International Eel Symposium 2014: Are Eels Climbing Back up the Slippery Slope?, Part 2*

Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 8:20 AM-5:20 PM
206B (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
Did a “Perfect Storm” of Oceanic Changes and Continental Anthropogenic Impacts Cause Northern Hemisphere Anguillid Recruitment Reductions?
Michael J. Miller, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo; Eric Feunteun, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Katsumi Tsukamoto, Nihon University

8:40 AM
Gerem (Glass-Eel Recruitment Estimation Model) : A Model to Estimate Glass-Eel Recruitment at Different Nested Spatial Scales
Hilaire Drouineau, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Cédric Briand, Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine; Patrick Lambert, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Laurent Beaulaton, ONEMA

9:00 AM
Science for Glass Eel Fisheries Management: How to Define TAC in France?
Laurent Beaulaton, ONEMA; Patrick Lambert, Irstea, UR EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France; Etienne Prévost, INRA; Agnès Bardonnet, INRA

9:20 AM
Glass Eel Recruitment Dynamics in a Southern Europe Estuary (Oria, Spain), 2003-2012
Aizkorri Aranburu, AZTI-TECNALIA; Estibaliz Díaz Sr., AZTI-TECNALIA; Cédric Briand, Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine

9:40 AM
Young-of-the-Year American Eel Monitoring on the U.S. Atlantic Coast
Bradford C. Chase, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

10:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Respect Your Elvers! Migration Monitoring for Both Conservation and Constituency-Building
Chris Bowser, Cornell University, Water Resource Institute

10:50 AM
The Japanese Eel Does Not Climb Back up
Wann-Nian Tzeng, National Taiwan Ocean University

11:10 AM
Population Dynamics of the American Eel in South Carolina Estuaries, As Determined By a Long-Term Electrofishing Survey
Stephen A. Arnott, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Jennifer L. Hein, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; John Archambault, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; William A. Roumillat, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

11:30 AM
Improvements to Fishery-Dependent Monitoring of American Eel in North Carolina
Stephanie McInerny, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

11:50 AM
Tuesday Lunch


1:30 PM
Long Term Evolution of Silver European Eel Indicator of Abundance in the Loire Watershed (France) (1987-2013), a Unique Data Set for Europe
Catherine Boisneau Sr., UMR CITERES, University of Tours; Philippe Boisneau Sr., Association Agréée Interdépartementale des Pêcheurs Professionnels en eau douce du Bassin de la Loire et des cours d’eau Bretons

1:50 PM
Inter-Annual Trend in Recent Years (2001-2012) of Population Size and Reproductive Potential of Silver-Phase European Eels in the Loire River
Anthony Acou, Station Marine de Dinard, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Mathieu Bodin, Association Agréée Interdépartementale des Pêcheurs Professionnels en eau douce du Bassin de la Loire et des cours d’eau Bretons; Catherine Boisneau Sr., UMR CITERES, University of Tours; Philippe Boisneau Sr., Association Agréée Interdépartementale des Pêcheurs Professionnels en eau douce du Bassin de la Loire et des cours d’eau Bretons; Eric Feunteun, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

2:10 PM
Reconnecting American Eels to the Upper Roanoke Basin
Prescott Brownell, National Marine Fisheries Service; John Ellis, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Joseph Hightower, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina State University; R. Wilson Laney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Arthur “Bud” L. LaRoche, III, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (retired); Dan Michaelson, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Kathy Rawls, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Fritz Rohdes, National Marine Fisheries Service; Garry Wright, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Bennett Wynne, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

2:30 PM
Escapement Rate and Population Size of Silver European Eel in Ichkeul Lake (Northern Tunisia)
Emna Derouiche, INSTM; Mejdeddine Kraiem, INSTM; Pierre Elie, Association "Santé Poissons sauvages"

2:50 PM
Interpretation of Monitoring Data - Aspects and Prospects
Anders Silfvergrip, Stockholm, Sweden

3:10 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Break


3:40 PM
Status and Trends in European Eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) Stocks and Mismatches with Recruitment
Brian Knights, Retired; Brian Jessop, Retired, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

4:00 PM
Baltic Eel Recruitment and Escapement; Quantitative Estimates from Survey Data
Håkan Westerberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,; Håkan Wickström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU

4:20 PM
Stock abundance and estimation of European eel stocks in Estonian waters
Priit Bernotas, Estonian University of Life Sciences; Ain Järvalt, Estonian University of Life Sciences; Markus Vetemaa, Tartu University; Maidu Silm, Estonian University of Life Sciences

4:40 PM
An Eel`s Life: Stock Assessment and Estimation of Silver Eel Escapement in a German Eel Management Unit with Intense Stocking
Uwe Brämick, Institute for Inland Fisheries Potsdam-Sacrow; Erik Fladung, Institute for Inland Fisheries Potsdam-Sacrow; Janek Simon, Institute for Inland Fisheries Potsdam-Sacrow

5:00 PM
Assessment of Eel Production in England and Wales in Light of the EU Recovery Plan
Alan Walker, CEFAS; Miran Aprahamian, Environment Agency; Ayesha Taylor, Environment Agency; Anna Harlow, Environment Agency; Darryl Clifton-Dey, Environment Agency

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