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146th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
Friday, August 19, 2016
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8:00 AM-12:00 PM
AFS Officers Meeting (Invitation Only)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Management Committee Meeting
Saturday, August 20, 2016
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7:00 AM-5:00 PM
AFS Governing Board Meeting
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Continuing Education - Electrofishing I: Power-Based Standardization in Electrofishing
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - NEW! Imaging Technologies in Fisheries: Side Scan Sonar in Management and Research
Jessica Mosley
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Continuing Education - Age and Growth Analysis with R
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - Bayesian I: Intro to Bayesian Inference Using Gibbs Sampling (BUGS) for Fish Biologists
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - Beginning and Intermediate GIS for Fisheries Scientists
Jessica Mosley
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
American Institute of Research Fisheries Biologists
Sean M. Lucey
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Registration and Information
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Continuing Education - Electrofishing II: Electrofishing Equipment Operations and Troubleshooting
Jessica Mosley
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
AFS Governing Board Reception (Invitation Only)
Sunday, August 21, 2016
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8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Continuing Education - Human Dimensions and Conflict Resolution in Fisheries
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - Leadership at All Levels in AFS (FREE)
Jessica Mosley
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Continuing Education - Bayesian II: Intermediate Bayesian Inference Using Gibbs Sampling (BUGS) for Fish Biologists
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - Bioenergetics
Jessica Mosley
9:00 AM-2:00 PM
American Institute of Research Fisheries Biologists
Sean M. Lucey
10:00 AM-6:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and AV Loading
10:00 AM-6:30 PM
Registration and Information
12:00 PM-2:30 PM
AFS Journal Editors Luncheon
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Fisheries Administration Section Meeting
Ken Kurzanski
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Continuing Education - NEW! Fisheries Information Network System (FINS) Application and Analysis Tools
Jessica Mosley
Continuing Education - Scientific Publishing & Communications (FREE)
Jessica Mosley
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Fish Culture Section Meeting
Carl Kittel
2:00 PM-6:00 PM
Trade Show Exhibit Move-in
Shawn Johnston
2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Fisheries Administration and Fisheries Management Sections Joint Meeting
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Fisheries Management Section Meeting
Mark Porath
3:30 PM-6:00 PM
Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) Meeting
Greg Conover
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Imperiled Aquatic Species Section Meeting
Gene Wilde
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Estuaries and Marine Sections Joint Meeting
Karin Limburg
Poster Set-up
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Education Section Meeting
Katie Bertrand
6:00 PM-9:30 PM
Welcome Social and Aquarium (7-9 PM)
Monday, August 22, 2016
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7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Plenary Speakers Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Registration and Information
Speaker Check-in and AV Loading
7:30 AM-9:00 AM
Trade Show Exhibit Move-in / Poster Set-up
Shawn Johnston
8:00 AM-9:20 AM
Plenary (Dr. Hal Schramm) and The Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award Presentation
Ron Essig
9:00 AM-8:30 PM
Trade Show and Posters
Shawn Johnston
9:40 AM-11:40 AM
Genetics (Contributed Papers)
9:40 AM-2:20 PM
Fisheries Management from the Great Lakes to the Gulf: Sea Grant’s Role in Research, Outreach and Building Partnerships along the Mississippi River (Symposium)
Jayson Beugly, Jayson Beugly, Matthew Bethel, Laura Kammin, Abigail Archer and C. Eliana Brown
9:40 AM-3:00 PM
Sturgeon and Paddlefish (Contributed Papers)
9:40 AM-4:00 PM
Management Strategy Evaluation, Decision Analysis, and Ensemble Modeling: Tools for Addressing Assessment and Management Uncertainty (Symposium)
Richard D. Methot Jr. and Teresa A'mar
9:40 AM-4:40 PM
Documented and Documenting the Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fish and Fisheries (Symposium)
Kristen Bouska, Bonnie Myers, Craig P. Paukert, Abigail J. Lynch, Michelle D. Staudinger and Joanna Whittier
Pop-Up Satellite Tagging - Challenges and Solutions (Symposium)
Timothy F. Sheehan and Mark D. Renkawitz
9:40 AM-5:00 PM
Angling for Dinosaurs: Status and Future Study of the Ecology, Conservation and Management of Ancient Fishes (Symposium)
Sarah Huck, Solomon David, Jeffrey Stein and Jeffrey A. Stein
Best Student Papers and Posters (Symposium)
Mark Fincel, Amanda Rosenberger and Daniel E. Shoup
Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems: From Policy to Practice Session I (Symposium)
Angela Collins, Richard S. McBride, Nick Trippel, Chris Bradshaw, Kim Bonvechio, Dave Herzog and Quinton Phelps
Ecological Flow Science and Policy: Protecting Stream Systems Today; Preparing for Tomorrow (Symposium)
Paul Blanchard, Jason Persinger and Emily Tracy-Smith
Effects of Diploid Grass Carp and State Grass Carp Stocking Policies on Aquatic Ecosystems (Symposium)
Greg Conover, Ron Brooks and Larry Pugh
Fish Research and Conservation in the “Scapes”: Needs, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Symposium)
Jordan Hofmeier, Sean Hitchman, Ryland Taylor and Martha Mather
Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Restoration: Innovative Techniques to Restore Habitat in our Nation's Impoundments Session I (Symposium)
Jeff Boxrucker and Tom Lang
10:00 AM-9:30 PM
Management of Marine Fisheries
Aquaculture
Best Student Posters
Mark Fincel
Conservation and Restoration
Contaminants and Toxicology
Control of Invasive Species
Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems
Freshwater Fish Ecology
Freshwater Fish Management
Habitat and Water Quality
Marine Fish Ecology
Methods for Fisheries Management
Population Dynamics
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Socioeconomics Section Meeting
Tom Lang
12:30 PM-2:30 PM
Plenary Speakers & Award Recipients Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Global Importance and Threats to Floodplain Fisheries: Potential Mitigation Measures to Reconnect Floodplains, Including Synergistic Benefits of Working with other Water Resource Sectors (Symposium)
Quinton Phelps, Ian G. Cowx and Ian Cowx
2:20 PM-5:00 PM
Translating Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Science into Fishery Management Decisions (Symposium)
Anthony R. Marshak, Lauren Latchford, Christopher Meaney, Terra Lederhouse and Kirsten Larsen
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Fisheries Information and Technology Section Meeting
Julie Defilippi
Missouri Chapter of AFS EXCOM Meeting
Greg Pitchford
3:20 PM-5:00 PM
Sampling Strategies (Contributed Papers)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM
AFS Journal Editorial Board Meeting
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Hutton Oversight Committee Meeting
Water Quality Section Meeting
Yushun Chen
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Genetics Section Meeting
Jeff Olsen
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Michigan State Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social
Sharon Reasoner
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Introduced Fishes Section Meeting
Pam Fuller
6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Trade Show and Poster Networking Event
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Registration and Information
Speaker Check-in and AV Loading
8:00 AM-9:20 AM
Plenary (Danielle Brigida) and Meritorious Service, Excellence in Fisheries Education, 2016 Fellows, and Emmeline Moore Prize Presentations
Ron Essig
9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Management of Marine Fisheries
Aquaculture
Best Student Posters
Mark Fincel
Conservation and Restoration
Contaminants and Toxicology
Control of Invasive Species
Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems
Freshwater Fish Ecology
Freshwater Fish Management
Habitat and Water Quality
Marine Fish Ecology
Methods for Fisheries Management
Population Dynamics
Trade Show and Posters
Shawn Johnston
9:30 AM-11:30 AM
AFS-Future of the Nation's Fisheries - Recommendations for Next President
Taylor Pool
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Missouri Department of Conservation Walleye Planning Team Meeting
Paul Cieslewicz
9:30 AM-5:00 PM
Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) Meeting
Greg Conover
9:40 AM-11:40 AM
Stephen Weithman: His Life Honored Through the Student Award (Symposium)
Keith Criddle, Tom Lang, Heather Triezenberg and Vince Travnichek
9:40 AM-1:00 PM
Actions to Increase the Engagement of Underrepresented Minorities in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Symposium)
Mamie Parker, Ambrose Jearld Jr., Christine M. Moffitt, Steve E. Lochmann and Gwen White
9:40 AM-1:40 PM
Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems: From Policy to Practice Session II (Symposium)
Angela Collins, Richard S. McBride, Nick Trippel, Chris Bradshaw, Travis Tuten, Kim Bonvechio, Quinton Phelps and Dave Herzog
9:40 AM-2:20 PM
Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Restoration: Innovative Techniques to Restore Habitat in our Nation's Impoundments Session II (Symposium)
Jeff Boxrucker and Tom Lang
9:40 AM-4:00 PM
Hatchery Fish Biologist... A Career for the Future (Symposium)
Steve Lochmann, Mike Barnes and Carl Kittel
9:40 AM-5:00 PM
An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support Session I (Symposium)
Tom Lang, Ken Kurzawski, J. Wesley Neal, Kevin Hunt, John Taylor and Rebecca M. Krogman
Fisheries Science in 140 Characters: The Role of Social Media in Our Science (Symposium)
Sean M. Lucey, Abigail J. Lynch, Patrick B. Cooney and Brandon Peoples
Freshwater Fisheries Management Session I (Contributed Papers)
Interactions Between Hydrology and Nonnative Aquatic Species (Symposium)
Duane Chapman and Scott A. Bonar
Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams Session I (Symposium)
Michael Siepker, Jeffrey Quinn, Robert Humston, Christopher Middaugh and Amy Cottell
Movement and Aquatic Organism Passage Session I (Contributed Papers)
Release and Discard Mortality Estimation: Lessons from Freshwater and Saltwater Environments Session I (Symposium)
Lee Benaka, David Rudders, Noelle Yochum and Derek Orner
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Wild Jobs Café
Michelle Dobbins
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Equal Opportunities Section Meeting and Luncheon (Invitation Only)
Marybeth K. Brey
World Council of Fisheries Societies Luncheon (Invitation Only)
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
Best Student Paper and Poster Judges Luncheon (Invitation Only)
Amanda Rosenberger
1:00 PM-4:40 PM
Blue Catfish: Lessons from a Large Riverine Opportunistic Catfish (Symposium)
Joseph Schmitt, Martha E. Mather and Donald J. Orth
1:40 PM-5:00 PM
Inland Drivers of Coastal Hypoxia (Symposium)
Gwen White, Thomas Bigford, Mary C. Fabrizio, Karin Limburg and Benjamin Walther
2:30 PM-3:30 PM
AFS Book Editorial Advisory Board Meeting
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Biologically-Based Design and Evaluation Initiative for Hydropower
Alison Colotelo
3:20 PM-5:00 PM
General Fisheries Session I (Contributed Papers)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Student Speed Mentoring
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Fisheries Editorial Reception (Invitation Only)
Denise Spencer
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Bioengineering Section Meeting
Mike Garello
5:00 PM-6:30 PM
International Fisheries Section Meeting
Robert Hughes
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
VEMCO Acoustic Telemetry Demo/Social
Nancy Edwards
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Fish Habitat Section Meeting
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Reception for AFS Award of Excellence (Invitation Only)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Student Networking Event – Cowboy and Cowgirl Up (Students Only)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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7:00 AM-9:00 AM
Spawning Run and Carcass Crawl
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Registration and Information
7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and AV Loading
8:00 AM-9:20 AM
Plenary (Dr. Zeb Hogan) and William E Ricker Resource Conservation Award, President's Fishery Conservation Awards (Member and Non-Member), and Award of Excellence Presentations
Ron Essig
9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Management of Marine Fisheries
Aquaculture
Best Student Posters
Mark Fincel
Conservation and Restoration
Contaminants and Toxicology
Control of Invasive Species
Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems
Freshwater Fish Ecology
Freshwater Fish Management
Habitat and Water Quality
Marine Fish Ecology
Methods for Fisheries Management
Population Dynamics
Trade Show and Posters
Shawn Johnston
9:30 AM-11:30 AM
AFS-Future Direction for Resource Policy Efforts
Tom Bigford
9:40 AM-11:40 AM
Fish and Cooling Water Intakes (Contributed Papers)
Release and Discard Mortality Estimation: Lessons from Freshwater and Saltwater Environments Session II (Symposium)
Lee Benaka, David Rudders, Noelle Yochum and Derek Orner
9:40 AM-2:00 PM
Movement and Aquatic Organism Passage Session II (Contributed Papers)
9:40 AM-3:00 PM
An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support Session II (Symposium)
Rebecca M. Krogman, John Taylor, Tom Lang, J. Wesley Neal, Kevin Hunt and Ken Kurzawski
Coupled Interactions between Natural and Human Systems – On the Interplay between Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Human Behavior and Decision-Making, and Aquatic Invasive Species (Symposium)
Hongyan Zhang, Doran M. Mason, Victoria Campbell-Arvai and Edward S. Rutherford
Ecology and Life History Session I (Contributed Papers)
Effects of Drought on Aquatic Resources, Fisheries Management, and Mitigation Strategies Session I (Symposium)
Stephan Magnelia, Kevin Mayes, Karin E. Limburg, Matthew Altenritter, Timothy H. Bonner, Tom Lang, Ryan Roberts, Lindsay A. Campbell and Karin Limburg
Freshwater Fisheries Management Session II (Contributed Papers)
Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams Session II (Symposium)
Michael Siepker, Jeffrey Quinn, Jan-Michael Hessenauer, Matthew Wegener, Jonathan. Watson and Brett Timmons
Managing Riverscapes: Conservation Tools to Assess and Improve Stream Fisheries (Symposium)
David Schumann and Katie Bertrand
Preparing Fisheries Professionals with Depth and Breadth (T-Shaped Professionals)- Session I (Symposium)
Heather Triezenberg and Erin Jarvie
Salmonids Session I (Contributed Papers)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
AFS Chapter Presidents Meeting
11:40 AM-1:00 PM
LOTEK Luncheon – New Technology and Product Overview (Invitation Only)
Joseph DiLullo
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
AFS Past-Presidents Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
General Fisheries Session II (Contributed Papers)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Trade Show and Poster Takedown
Shawn Johnston
3:30 PM-5:30 PM
AFS Business Meeting
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
The Grand Networking Event
Thursday, August 25, 2016
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7:00 AM-8:30 AM
Incoming AFS Governing Board Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:30 AM-12:00 PM
Registration and Information
7:30 AM-5:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and AV Loading
8:00 AM-11:00 AM
River Restoration (Contributed Papers)
8:00 AM-11:40 AM
Carp Ecology and Management (Contributed Papers)
Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams Session III (Symposium)
Michael Siepker, Jeffrey Quinn, Wes Porak and Patrick Shirey
8:00 AM-1:40 PM
Fish Conservation (Contributed Papers)
8:00 AM-2:00 PM
Modeling and Statistics (Contributed Papers)
8:00 AM-4:20 PM
Applications of Methods and Techniques and Collaborations in Managing and Conserving Large River Basin Fishery Resources and Environment (Symposium)
Yushun Chen, Duane Chapman, Quinton Phelps, Michael Eggleton, Daqing Chen and Zhongjie Li
Protecting Fish at Cooling Water Intakes: New Rules and Science-based Solutions (Symposium)
Jon Black, Daniel Giza, Terry E. Cheek, Ronald Heun, Chuck Coutant, William Dey, Douglas A. Dixon, William Dey and Jon Black
Salmonids Session II (Contributed Papers)
8:00 AM-4:40 PM
Theory and Application of Behavioral Guidance Technologies to Deter Invasive and Native Fish (Symposium)
Peter W. Sorensen, Daniel Zielinski and Clark Dennis III
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support Session III (Symposium)
Tom Lang, J. Wesley Neal, Kevin Hunt, John Taylor, Ken Kurzawski and Rebecca M. Krogman
Effects of Drought on Aquatic Resources, Fisheries Management, and Mitigation Strategies Session II (Symposium)
Stephan Magnelia, Kevin Mayes, Karin E. Limburg, Matthew Altenritter, Timothy H. Bonner, Tom Lang, Ryan Roberts, Lindsay A. Campbell and Karin Limburg
Understanding Pallid Sturgeon Population Dynamics and Stressors in the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (Symposium)
Nathan Gosch, Tim L. Welker, Todd Gemeinhardt, Joseph Bonneau and George A. Williams
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Kansis City -- Tampa Hand-off Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Ecology and Life History Session II (Contributed Papers)
Fish Culture (Contributed Papers)
Marine Fisheries Management (Contributed Papers)
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
What Data are Needed to Ensure Freshwater Mollusk Conservation into the Future? (Symposium)
Wesley Daniel, PhD, Arthur R. Cooper and Dana M. Infante, PhD
3:20 PM-5:00 PM
Preparing Fisheries Professionals with Depth and Breadth (T-Shaped Professionals) Session II (Symposium)
Heather Triezenberg and Erin Jarvie
