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The Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society will hold its 19th annual meeting from 9 March to 11 March, 1999 at the Withlacoochee Training Center near Brooksville, Florida. The Florida Chapter was organized in 1980 to promote the wise use of Florida's aquatic resources. Membership in the Chapter and participation in the annual meeting is open to anyone with an interest in the fish and aquatic resources of Florida.
Meeting: The theme of this year's meeting is FISHERIES ECONOMICS, MARKETING AND EDUCATION. Declining fishing license sales and angling participation (as a percentage of the population) have led to significant concerns about future funding for fisheries management activities. As a direct result, several major new national initiatives are underway. Invited speakers will present an overview on these topics from both a freshwater and saltwater perspective and include industry representatives as well as agency and university personnel. In addition to these topics, there will be a variety of contributed papers and posters on traditional fisheries topics.
The Chapter's annual business meeting will also be held during this time period. This is an opportunity to help decide the future of the Chapter and to get updated on happenings at the Division and International level, such as the retirement of Executive Director Paul Brouha, the search for his replacement and the status of the AFS Strategic Plan.
There will be bonfire socials Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and the Florida Chapter raffle Wednesday night. The meeting provides an excellent opportunity to renew old acquaintances, meet other individuals who are interested in Florida's fisheries and exchange information. Come on out and enjoy the best camaraderie our profession and avocation has to offer.
Location: The 600-acre Withlacoochee Training Center is approximately 10 miles north of Brooksville on US Highway 41. The Training Center has heated and air conditioned, dormitory-style accommodations for 96. There are motels available in Brooksville and Floral City in case of overflow. The Training Center kitchen will provide cafeteria style meals. The kitchen staff will make every effort to accommodate special diets, so if you have a preference for vegetarian meals or require some other diet, please indicate it on the registration form.
The Training Center has a recreation building available for use after the meeting. McKethan Lake recreational area is within walking distance and features boating, picnicking, hiking, fishing, and self-guided nature trails.
Student Travel Grants: The Florida Chapter has a limited number of student travel grants available to assist students attending the meeting. These grants cover the cost of room and board. The student is responsible for the registration fee. The Florida Chapter gives preference to students who are presenting papers or posters at the meeting, but a presentation is not required. Apply to Dr. Chuck Cichra, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, (352) 392-9617.
More Information: Contact Bob Wattendorf, President Elect Florida Chapter AFS, if you need more information. He can be reached at the Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399; phone: 850/488-0520; fax: 850/413-0381; email: watt@mail-me.com.
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"COME EARLY FOR THE UNIFICATION DISCUSSION...
...STAY LATE FOR GRANT GILMORE'S "FORBIDDEN DEPTHS"
9 March 1999 (Tuesday)
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1700 Registration in Foyer Area & Meeting
1300-1315 Welcome by President Grant Gilmore and Introductory
Comments
1315-1400 Update on Plans for the new FISH AND WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION that resulted from
Amendment 5's passage (Click here to link to online unification updates). Mr. Ed Moyer, Director, Division of Freshwater Fisheries, GFC and Mr. Lee Schlesinger,
Operations Manager, MFC will update you on the Legislature's plans for creating a new all-inclusive Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and answer your questions.
1400-1700 TECHNICAL SESSION (CONTRIBUTED PAPERS ON FISH/
FISHERIES TOPICS)
1400-1420 Break
1420-1440 Anne Marie Eklund, Christopher C. Koenig and Felicia C.
Coleman. Recovery of jewfish (Epinephelus itajara)
populations in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: assessment of
population parameters and essential habitat characterization.
1440-1500 John Ransier, Buck Dennis, Randy Edwards, and Carole
Neidig. The Use of Sonic tags to Track Mixed Assemblages of
Wild and Hatchery-Reared Red Drum.
1500-1520 Nathan Brennan, Kenneth Leber, Steve Serfling and
William B. Halstead. Evaluation of
Snook Stock Enhancement in Sarasota Bay, Florida.
1520-1540 Heidi Ferrell. The Effects of Hydrodynamic and
Meteorological Processes on Larval and Juvenile Fish
Recruitment through Sebastian Inlet, Florida.
1540-1600 Mark Flock and Deborah Leffler. Species Composition,
Relative Abundance, and Trends in Community Structure of
Sub-Adult and Adult Fishes in Four Florida Estuarine Systems.
1600-1620 Robert Heagey and Julie Fine. Spatial and Temporal
Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Fishes Collected in the
Tampa Bay Estuary.
1620-1640 Sven Kupschus and Derek Tremain. The Influence of
Environmental Parameters in Determining the Fish Assemblages
of Large Mobile Species in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida.
1640-1700 Michael Mitchell, Gregg Poulakis (Speaker), David Blewett and Charles
Idelberger. Species Composition, Habitat Associations, and
Community Structure of Fishes and Selected Invertebrates in
Charlotte Harbor, Florida.
1715-1830 Dinner
1700-1900 Poster Setup
1900-???? Bonfire Social & ***Poster Review*** (Drinks and Snacks will be available in the poster area, and the presenters will be available to answer questions)
10 March 1999 (Wednesday)
0700-0730 Breakfast
0800-1700 Registration
0800-1000 FISHERIES ECONOMICS SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
0800-0810 Bob Wattendorf. Welcome, Housekeeping and Introduction of
Symposium Topic
0810-0830 Scott Hardin, GFC. Overview of the Value of Freshwater
Fisheries in Florida-Recreational and Commercial.
0830-0850 Joe O'Hop, Steve Brown, Martha Norris, Richard Cody, DEP.
Overview of the Value of Marine Fisheries in
Florida-Recreational and Commercial.
0850-0910 Paul Zajicek, DACS. Overview of the Value of Freshwater and Marine Commercial Aquaculture in
Florida.
0910-0930 Tony Fedler, University of Florida, Economics Terminology
and Placing Florida's Fisheries Resources in a National Context.
0930-0950 Tim Adams and Richard Thomas, Commercial Fishermen.
Commercial Fishing Perspective of Florida's Fisheries.
0950-1010 Break
1010-1200 FISHERIES MARKETING SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
1010-1030 Bob Wattendorf, GFC. Initiatives to Increase Freshwater
Fishing Participation and License Sales.
1030-1050 Tonja Wilt, Visit Florida. Florida Tourism Perspective on
Recreational Fishing and How to Increase Participation.
(Tentative)
1050-1110 Rob Southwick. National Sportfishing Promotional Efforts-An
Overview of the American Sportfishing Association, and Fishing
and Boating Promotion Foundation efforts.
1110-1130 Nick Venditti, Culprit. Tackle Manufacturers Perspective on
Recreational Fishing and How to Increase Participation.
(Tentative)
1130-1150 Glenda Kelley, IGFA. Industry Perspective on Recreational
Fishing and How to Increase Participation.
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1500 FISHERIES EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
1300-1320 Doug Haymans, DEP. Aquatic Education Efforts in Salt Water.
1320-1340 Steve Marshall, GFC. Aquatic Education Efforts in Fresh
Water.
1340-1400 Don Morrison, Oak Ridge High/Marine Biology, The Use of Fisheries in Secondary Education
1400-1420 Becky Clayton, Florida Aquarium. Aquatic Education
Approaches at the Florida Aquarium.
1420-1440 Amy Richard, University of Florida. LAKEWATCH as a
means of Educating the Public about the Aquatic Environment.
1440-1500 Steve Bortone, SFWMD. Communicating Environmental
Issues to the Public.
1500-1520 Break
1520-1700 TECHNICAL SESSION (CONTRIBUTED PAPER)
1520-1540 Fred Bell. Economic Impact and Recreational Value of Artificial Reefs in Northwest Florida.
1540-1600 Robert Werner. The use of Aquatic Animals in Research:
Regulation, Review, Responsibility and Recommendations.
1600-1620 Brent Winner, Dave Blewett and Kevin Peters. Abundance and
distribution of common snook, (Centropomus undecimalus)
along shoreline habitats of three Florida estuaries.
1620-1640 Michael Johnson, Lew Bullock, and Richard McBride. Fishery
and Biological Data for Hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, in
Florida.
1640-1700 Kathryn Guindon-Tisdel and Hiana Quintero. An Overview of
the Fishes in the Rivers of Tampa Bay, Florida.
1715-1830 Dinner
1900-2030 Business Meeting
2030-???? Florida Chapter Raffle, Bonfire Social
11 March 1999 (Thursday)
0700-0730 Breakfast
0800-1200 Registration
0800-1000 TECHNICAL SESSION
0800-0810 Bob Wattendorf, Housekeeping Items and Introduction to
Session
0810-0830 Rich Cailteux and Jeff Nordhaus. Using Angler Reports as an
Alternative to Counting Fish in Creel Surveys.
0830-0850 John Chick, Sean Coyne, and Joel Trexler. Effectiveness of
Airboat Electrofishing for Sampling Large Fishes in Freshwater
Marshes: Coming Full Circle.
0850-0910 Steve Huskey. Dietary Switch Through Ontogeny in
Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides: A Comparison
Between Michigan and Florida Lakes.
0910-0930 William Pine and Mike Allen. Differential Growth and Survival
of Early- vs. Late-hatched Black Crappie in Lake Wauberg,
Florida.
0930-0950 Ryan Taylor. The Effects of Competition and Age-structured
Predation in an Everglades Fish Community.
0950-1010 Break
1010-1030 Jeffrey Hill, Charles Cichra, Leo Nico, and Carter Gilbert. Gape
Limitation of the Exotic Peacock Cichlid in Florida.
1030-1050 Debra Murie and Daryl Parkyn. Age and Growth, and Total
Mortality of White Grunt in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
1050-1110 Derke Snodgrass and Roy Crabtree. The Early Life History of
Bonefish, Albula vulpes, fro the waters of the lower and middle
Florida Keys.
1110-1130 Michael Wessel and Brent Winner. Development of a 183-meter Purse Seine as an Estuarine Fish Monitoring Tool.
1130-1150 Brian Kiel and William Lindberg. Homing Behavior and
Spatial Use of Gag Grouper, Mycteroperca microlepis.
1150-1200 Poster Takedown
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1320 FLORIDA CHAPTER AWARDS
1320-1420 Grant Gilmore Presents a Behind the Scenes look at the filming
of the Discovery Channel's "Forbidden Depths" about the fish
populations off Cuba's Coast and the use of a deep sea
submersible to discover new fishes. Plus insights into Fidel
Castro's love of marine science...don't miss it.
1420-1500 Incoming Florida Chapter ExCom meet to debrief and begin
planning for Y2K.
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