2001 Fish Management Section Progress Report to the Governing Board
AFS, Fisheries Management Section
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 140
Arlington, VA 22203
703-358-1849
tim_hess@fws.gov
MEMORANDUM
TO: Carl Burger, AFS President
FROM: Tim Hess, President
DATE: 26 February 2001
COPIES: FMS EXCOM, Betsy Fritz
SUBJECT: 2001 Fish Management Section Progress Report to the Governing Board
Action Requested: None
Recommended Motion: None
Unit Program of Work: The Fisheries Management Section's charge is to promote effective fisheries management by:
a) promoting sound fisheries management practices and developing new management concepts and techniques;
b) encouraging professional growth among Section members and others via meetings, symposia, workshops, and publications,
c) encouraging publication of case histories, policy analysis, and management program evaluations, and
d) providing a forum for identifying, focusing attention on fisheries management, and resolving issues and problems.
Officers: Tim Hess - President, Jeff Boxrucker - Past-President,
Steve Rideout - President-Elect, Cliff Stone - Secretary-Treasurer,
Ryan Oster - Newsletter Editor, Website Manager - Fred Janssen,
Randy Schultz - NC Division Rep., Tim Brush - NE Division Rep.,
Ron Remmick - W Division Rep., Vic DiCenzo - S Division Rep.,
Elise Irwin - FIN Representative
Accomplishments:
1) Electrofishing Injury Project - This project has a scheduled completion date of May 2002. Presentations were given of Project results by Ted Henry and Chad Dolan at the Annual AFS Meeting in St. Louis. One MS student is about to finish his thesis; the Ph.D. student is beginning to write his dissertation. Most of the experimental work is completed; what remains is
tissue examination by MS State Vet School. A discussion was held at the SD FMS meeting regarding the best ways to distribute the information to management staffs and the popular press.
2) Window-based Mortality Model (FAST) - This slick fisheries management software was developed by Mike Maceina and Jeff Slipke at Auburn University and copies have been provided to funding agencies and subunits. sponsoring states free of charge. Further distribution of the software will be handled by the Computer Users Section ($75).
3) Awards Committees - Nominations are currently being solicited for the four awards given by the Section. The Section's most prestigious award, the Hall of Excellence Award is being chaired by Steve Rideout. Last year's recipients were Ken Carlander and Gordon Hall. Other awards being considered include the Award of Excellence (Steve Quinn and Steve LaMere received year 2000 awards), the Award of Merit (Mike Maceina, Jeff Slipke, Gary Whelan, and Mike Vanderford received year 2000 awards), and the Conservation Achievement Award (In-Fisherman Magazine received a year 2000 award).
4) FMS Symposia - The Section sponsored or co-sponsored six different symposia at the annual conference in St. Louis. These included sessions involving white bass, crappie, catch-related aspects of the fishing experience, GIS, Black Bass 2000, and The Mississippi River basin: ecology, issues and management. Currently, the FMS is sponsoring or co-sponsoring two symposia at the meeting in Phoenix: Partnerships in Tribal Fisheries (w the Native Peoples Fisheries Section) and Special Regulations and Sport Fishing.
5) Division Meetings - Division Meetings of the FMS were held at the Western, Southern and North Central AFS Division meetings to date. A Northeast Division FMS meeting is planned in April at the Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Western Division summer meeting in 2001 will be held in conjunction with the national AFS Conference and FMS annual business meeting in Phoenix in August.
6) Web Site Development/Status - The FMS now has its own website at http://www.sdafs.org/fmsafs/. Steve Filipek had primary responsibility for seeing this to fruition. Fred Janssen, with Texas Parks & Wildlife, is our current webmaster. Any material to be posted on the web site should be sent to Fred at fred.janssen@tpwd.state.tx.us.
7) Fish Management Section Archives - Jeff Boxrucker has agreed to maintain these files.
8) Others - Salary Survey - FMS Representative on any new Salary Survey will be Wes Porak of Florida; FMS Representative Steve Rideout provided comments to the Executive Director in regard to Fish Passage Policy to be passed along to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.