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 Boubée, 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

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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-Québec

9:00 AM

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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-Québec

9:20 AM

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

9:40 AM

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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, Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology; Enno Prigge, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Geomar; Rainer Oeberst, Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries; Reinhold Hanel, Thünen 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, Ministère du Développpement durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; Mélissa Larochelle, Ministère du Développpement Durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; Jean Caumartin, Hydro-Québec; David Stanley, Ontario Power Generation

1:50 PM

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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 Développement durable, de l'Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs; Alastair Mathers, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Pierre Dumont, Ministère du Développement 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