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UPDATE - The SDAFS Alligator Gar Technical Committee will hold its 2012 meeting in conjunction with the 2012 SDAFS Annual Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi at the IP Casino Resort and Spa. The Alligator Gar Technical Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012, in Room H of the Conference Facilities in the IP. Important topics for this meeting will include Agency/State/University updates and informal presentations, discussions on proposed basin wide management efforts, and a guest speaker. This year, because of time constraints, we will keep presentations somewhat informal (i.e., do not feel obligated to produce a 15-20 minute powerpoint).
If someone wishes to share information that requires a 15-20 powerpoint presentation and time slot, we can accommodate a few (3-4 at most) requests. However, these will be limited and will be accommodated on a first come basis. For those of you needing additional time slots, please submit your request to me by C.O.B. on January 13, 2012. For all other update information (e.g. Agency/State/University), please keep the time limited. Again, this is due to limited time constraints, especially in the morning session. The afternoon session will be obligated to our guest speaker and proposed basin wide management efforts.
Also this year, the Alligator Gar Technical Committee is hosting a workshop. The workshop will be held on Friday, January 27, 2012 and is titled: Telemetry/tagging techniques and sonar sensing/habitat assessment technologies. The intent of the workshop is to provide a convenient and less distracted environment for researchers to be introduced to, and become familiar with, advancements of multiple telemetry/tagging gear types and sonar sensing and habitat assessment technologies. Vendors from various companies will be in attendance to present information and discuss their products. Hopefully, this workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for fisheries professionals to interact with vendors and to discuss specific research needs by utilizing the most recent technological advancements in fisheries monitoring. The workshop will be from 9am-3pm (FYI - times have not yet been updated on the SDAFS Meeting website) and is open to everyone. Registration for this workshop is $30 for professionals/$15 for students. Workshop information can be found below.
I have attached a tentative agenda for the meeting. Please feel free to contact me, Lindsey Lewis, or Allyse Ferrara if you have questions regarding the meeting or workshop. I look forward to seeing everyone in Biloxi. Please go to the Southern Division Meeting Page for more information at the Meeting Page and click here for the Meeting Agenda.
Lee Holt
- Telemetry/tagging techniques and sonar sensing/habitat assessment technologies (full day)
Facilitators: Allyse Ferrara/Lee Holt/Lindsey Lewis.
Cost: $30 for professionals / $15 for students
Time: 8:00 am-5 pm
Max number of participants: 55
Description: The goal of this workshop is to provide a convenient and less distracted environment for researchers to be introduced to, and become familiar with, advancements of multiple telemetry/tagging gear types and sonar sensing and habitat assessment technologies. Vendors from various companies will be in attendance to present information and discuss their products. This workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for fisheries professionals to interact with vendors and to discuss specific research needs by utilizing the most recent technological advancements in fisheries monitoring.
Target Audience: This workshop is aimed at students and professionals interested in general tagging approaches and is coordinated by the Alligator Gar Technical Committee.
Background required: None.
- The 2011 SDAFS Alligator Gar Technical Committee Meeting was a great success. Thank you to everyone that worked so hard on organizing the meeting, presenting, and providing a fantastic fish fry. The Tennessee folks really went above and beyond with their hospitality.
Meeting information, minutes, photos, and presentations from the meeting will be posted on the site as they become available. Check back often for updates on the Meeting Page.
- Age, Growth and Reproductive Biology of Coastal Marsh Populations of Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula in Louisiana
- Alligator Gar Electrofishing Study or
Effects of Electrofishing Waveforms on Juvenile Alligator Gar,
Initial Investigations
- A Year in the life of an alligator gar
- The Effects of Salinity Acclimation on the Physiology of Juvenile Alligator Gar
- Preliminary Design of an Alligator
Gar Production Facility
- Monitoring Diets and Growth Rates of Native Predatory Fish Stocked to Suppress Non-native Tilapia
- Movement, Habitat Use, and Diet Selectivity of Re-introduced Juvenile Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula, in Clarks River, Kentucky
- Histological Examination of
Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula Gonads from the Lower
Terrebonne Estuary, Louisiana
- Population Metrics of Alligator Gar in the Trinity River, Texas
- Fish Tails: Alligator gar happenings in and around Arkansas
- Observations of the Spawning and Nursery Habitat of the Alligator Gar,
Atractosteus spatula, in a tributary of the Arkansas River, Arkansas
- Use of ultrasound for noninvasive determination of gar gender.
- Ricky Campbell (out-going Co-Chair) being presented with an award by Allyse Ferrara in recognition of his outstanding leadership, dedication and service to Alligator Gar Conservation, the working group, and technical committee.
- Peter Pershbacher showing a Native American alligator gar blanket to attendees.
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