Session: International Eel Symposium 2014: Are Eels Climbing Back up the Slippery Slope?, Part 7* (144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society)

8:20 AM

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Characteristics of a Stocked Eel Population in a New Zealand Hydro Reservoir
Jacques Boub�e, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Erica Williams, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Ken Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

8:40 AM

Th-207-2

21st Century Improvements in American Eel Upstream Passage on St. Lawrence River
Benjamin Lenz, New York Power Authority; Ron Threader, Ontario Power Generation; Jean Caumartin, Hydro-Qu�bec

9:00 AM

Th-207-3

Distribution and Speed of Migration for Upstream Migrating American Eels Tagged at the Beauharnois Power Dam and Recaptured at the Moses-Saunders Power Dam
Scott Ault, Kleinschmidt Associates, Inc.; Ron Threader, Ontario Power Generation; Ben Lenz, New York Power Authority; Lee Harper, Riveredge Associates; Jean Caumartin, Hydro-Qu�bec

9:20 AM

Th-207-4

Selectivity of Water Dams on Glass Eel : Transcriptomics Approach
Tomasz Podgorniak, Irstea Bordeaux

9:40 AM

Th-207-5

An 11-Year Series of Passage Counts of Upstream Migrant American Eels at the Millville Dam Eel Ladder, Lower Shenandoah River, USA
Stuart Welsh, USGS, WV Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Steve Hammond, Anne Arundel County Department of Health; Heather Liller, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Jennifer Zimmerman, West Virginia University; Melissa Braham, West Virginia University; Joni Aldinger, West Virginia University

10:00 AM

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Thursday Morning Break

10:30 AM

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Timing, Size, and Movement of Upstream Migrating American Eels in the Santee-Cooper Basin, South Carolina
David Coughlan, Normandeau Associates; Bill Post, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Allan Hazel, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

10:50 AM

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It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This: The Distribution, Biomass, and Abundance of American Eel in Headwaters of the Undammed Delaware River
Mari-Beth DeLucia, The Nature Conservancy; Barry P. Baldigo, U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center; George E. Schuler, The Nature Conservancy

11:10 AM

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A Long Way Down � Escapement Success of European Silver Eels from a German River System
Lasse Marohn, Th�nen Institute of Fisheries Ecology; Enno Prigge, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Geomar; Rainer Oeberst, Th�nen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries; Reinhold Hanel, Th�nen Institute of Fisheries Ecology

11:30 AM

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Current Status of Protection of Silver Eels at Hydro Power Stations in Germany
Uli Dumont, Floecksmuehle Consultants; Armin J. Peter, Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

11:50 AM

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Management of European Eel Spawner Escapement in an Irish River Used for Hydroelectricity Generation
T. Kieran McCarthy, National University of Ireland, Galway; Jonathon Grennan, National University of Ireland, Galway; Dariusz Nowak, National University of Ireland, Galway; Ruairi MacNamara, Southern Illinois University; Anne Bateman, National University of Ireland, Galway; Colin Lawton, National University of Ireland, Galway; Dennis Doherty, ESB Electricity Ireland

12:10 PM

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Thursday Lunch

1:30 PM

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Monitoring the Migration of American Eel in the Beauharnois Canal of the Upper St. Lawrence River Using Acoustic Telemetry
Daniel Hatin, Minist�re du D�velopppement durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; M�lissa Larochelle, Minist�re du D�velopppement Durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; Jean Caumartin, Hydro-Qu�bec; David Stanley, Ontario Power Generation

1:50 PM

Th-207-12

Trap and Transport of large American eels in Upper St. Lawrence River � Implications for Turbine Mortality Mitigation
David Stanley, Ontario Power Generation; Guy Verreault, Ministere du D�veloppement durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; Alastair Mathers, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Pierre Dumont, Minist�re du D�veloppement durable, de l'Environnement de la Faune et des Parcs; Greg Pope, Ontario Power Generation

2:10 PM

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Turbine Survival of Silver Eels: What Do We Know and How Can We Improve It?
Stephen V. Amaral, Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.; Celeste Fay, Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.; George Hecker, Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.

2:30 PM

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Passage Method, Turbine Mortality, and Migratory Delay of Silver American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) at Five Hydroelectric Dams on the Shenandoah River
Sheila Eyler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Stuart Welsh, USGS, WV Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; David Smith, U.S. Geological Survey; Mary Mandt, USGS - Leetown Science Center

2:50 PM

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Downstream Passage and Movements of Silver-Phase American Eels at Three Hydroelectric Projects on the Shetucket River, Connecticut
Alex Haro, U.S. Geological Survey; Theodore Castro-Santos, U.S. Geological Survey; Melissa Grader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

3:10 PM

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Evaluation of Bar Rack Spacing and Approach Velocity for Preventing Entrainment of Silver American Eels at Hydropower Projects
Stephen V. Amaral, Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.; Tresha Melong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul Mathisen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Daniel Giza, Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.; Paul T. Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute