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Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems

 

Tentative Symposium Program

 

Fourth Reservoir Symposium
Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems

June 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia

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June 7, 2007

Plenary Session: Reservoir Management Beyond the Shorelines

  08:00 -08:30 am Reservoir management at a crossroads: the new demands of resource management in the 21st Century.  L.E. Miranda, USGS, MS Coop. Fish and Wildl. Res. Unit, Miss. State University
  08:30 - 09:00 am Economics of Conflicting Uses of Water in Reservoir Systems.  E. Niemi, ECONorthwest
  09:00 -09:15 am BREAK

Session I - Balancing Fisheries Issues with Basin-wide Water Uses

  09:15 - 09:40 am The White River Fisheries Partnership: A template for cooperative fisheries management in Arkansas and Missouri.   M. Armstrong, AGFC and C. Vitello, MDC.
  10:05 am The effects of flow management on the Missouri River and its associated impoundments.  J.W. Erickson, SDGFP, M. Rath, SD DENR, D. Best, SD Att Gen Office
  10:30 am Peace in the Valley: Competing interests on Tennessee Valley Authority reservoirs.  T. Churchill, TWRA, W.L. Poppe, TVA, and W.C. Reeves, TWRA
  10:30 - 10:55 am Balancing reservoir releases, electric power demands, and instream biotic habitat in the Roanoke River system.  J. A. Gore, USF.
  10:55 - 11:20 am Columbia River Basin.  N. Ward, CBFWA
  11:20 - 11:45 am The Colorado River Basin: Native fish conservation in an impounded river system.  T. A. Burke, Bureau of Reclamation.
  11:45 am - 01:00 pm LUNCH, ON YOUR OWN
  01:00 - 01:25 pm The evolution of fisheries management of the Upper Chattahoochee River in response to changing water management.  J.M. Long, NPS, and C. Martin, GDNR.  (May move this one to another session)
  01:25 - 01:50 pm **ACF talk.  Lewis Jones, King and Spalding, LLC.
  01:50 - 02:15 pm **A comprehensive approach to balancing water for fish and people.  C.J. Goudreau, NCWRC, and 10 coauthors (CONTRIBUTED)
  02:15 - 02:40 pm **Fish Soup - an Australian case study.  N. Fowler, Dept of Primary Industries.  (CONTRIBUTED)
  02:40 - 03:05 pm **Coldwater Fishery Potential in the reservoirs in the Himalayan foothills in Nepal.  T.K. Shrestha, Tribhuvan University  (CONTRIBUTED)
  03:05 - 03:20 pm BREAK

Session II - Tools for Reservoir Fishery Managers: Aquatic Habitat

  03:20 - 03:40 pm Successes and failures of planting aquatic vegetation in reservoirs, M. Smart, US Army Corps of Engineers, Lewisville, TX
  03:40 - 04:00 pm Cooperative fish habitat management in Pennsylvania reservoirs.  D.F. Houser, PFBC
  04:00 - 04:20 pm Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Program.  B. Jacobson and J. Warnecke, AGFD, and K. Koch, BLM
  04:20 - 04:40 pm Toxic Prymnesium parvum: A potential threat to U.S. reservoirs.  D. Sager, TPWD, and E. Swanson, AGFD, and 10 coauthors
  04:40 - 05:00 pm Impacts of reservoir water quality dynamics on summer mortality of striped bass and blueback herring.  J. Rice, NCSU, C. Waters, NCWRC, and W. Bales, SCDNR.
June 8:
  08:00 - 08:20 am **Handling of fish gradients: Towards the precise assessment of the fish assemblages in reservoirs.  M. Prchalova, and 12 coauthors, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic (CONTRIBUTED)
  08:20 - 08:40 am **Cove fidelity of crappies during spawning seasons in a Nebraska irrigation reservoir.  N.J. Fryda, K.D. Koupal, and W.W. Hoback, UNK.  (CONTRIBUTED)
  08:40 - 09:00 am **Patterns of ecological succession and fragmentation: effects of aging on reservoir habitats.  T. Patton and C. Lyday, SOSU.  (CONTRIBUTED)
Session III - Tools for Reservoir Fishery Managers: Human Dimensions
  09:00 - 09:20 am Use of on-line surveys and panels for rapid and ongoing assessment of public opinion.  B. Wattendorf, FWC
  09:20 - 09:40 am Citizen Advisory Committees as a reservoir fishery management tool: Experiences from three cases in Arkansas.  M.L. Armstrong, AGFC
  09:40 - 10:00 am Integrating reservoir resource data into Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs.  M. Costello, SAS Institute and G. Summers, ODWC
  10:20 - 10:40 am BREAK
  10:40 am Human dimensions data needs for Golden Algae events, harmful algal blooms, oil spills, and other reservoir disasters.  R. Ditton, TAMU
  10:40 - 11:00 am Communicating With Anglers: A Lake Norman Case History.  C. Waters, NCWRC
Session IV - Tools for Reservoir Fishery Managers: Catch and Release and Use of Regulations
  11:00 - 11:20 am Effects of catch and release tournament fishing on dispersal and population characteristics of black bass in Lake Martin, Alabama.  B.R. Ricks and M.J. Maceina, Auburn University
  11:20 - 11:40 am Walleye tournaments: Are they any different from bass tournaments?  H. Schramm, USGS, MS Coop. Fish and Wildl. Res. Unit, Miss. State University and B. Vondracek, USGS, MN Coop. Fish and Wildl. Res. Unit, University of Minnesota
  11:40 am - 01:00 pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
  01:00 - 01:20 pm Development of state-wide regulation tool boxes for Minnesota lakes.  J.R. Reed and M.C. McInerny, MN DNR
  01:20 - 01:40 pm **Population response of Bear Lake cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah to the imposition of a slot limit, and the commensurate suppression of populations of non-native Utah chub Gila atraria in Strawberry Reservoir, Utah.  A. Ward, J. Robinson, and R. Wilson, UDWR (CONTRIBUTED)
  01:40 - 02:00 pm **Practices and perceptions of Texas anglers towards voluntary release of largemouth bass and slot length limits.  C. Bonds, J.B. Taylor, and J. Leitz, TPWD (CONTRIBUTED)
Session V - Tools for Reservoir Fishery Managers: Stocking Issues
  02:00 - 02:20 pm Challenges of using prey allocation to maximize reservoir sportfish capacity.  S. Hale, ODNR
  02:20 - 02:40 pm Evaluation of supplemental stocking efforts on the trout fishery in Henry’s Lake, Idaho.  D. Garren, J. Fredricks, and D. Keen, IDFG
  02:40 - 03:00 pm Evaluation of walleye stockings in two large Missouri reservoirs.  P. Michaletz, J. Allman, and T. Banek, MDC
  03:00 - 03:20 pm BREAK
  03:20 - 03:40 pm Largemouth bass stocking in Florida lakes.  M. Rodgers and M. Allen, University of FL
  03:40 - 04:00 pm Factors influencing largemouth bass stocking success and the implications for natural fish communities.  M. J. Diana and D.H. Wahl, INHS
Session VI - Tools for Reservoir Fishery Managers: Assessment and Analysis
  04:00 - 04:20 pm Largemouth bass in Puerto Rico reservoirs: Adaptive management through research.  Wesley Neal, UAPB
  04:20 - 04:40 pm **Exploring stunted sunfish populations: what’s the big deal with small body size?  D.D. Aday, NCSU.   (CONTRIBUTED)
June 9:
  08:00 - 08:20 am Fish consumption advisories in US reservoirs.  J. Ney, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (retired)
  08:20 - 08:40 am The rise and fall of a dominant prey resource: Walleye response to rainbow smelt population declines and subsequent liberalized angling regulations in a Missouri River mainstem reservoir.  B.D.S. Graeb, S.R. Chipps and D.W. Willis, SDSU, J.P. Lott, and W. Nelson-Stastny, SDGFP
  08:40 - 09:00 am Lake sturgeon reintroduction in the Coose River system, Georgia.  D. Peterson and J.D. Bezold, UGA
  09:00 - 09:20 am Assessment of physical, chemical, and biological factors and angling upon bluegill and crappie populations.  R. Schultz, IA DNR
  09:20 - 09:40 am Gizzard shad: A prey species at the northwestern edge of its range.  M.R. Wuellner, B.D.S. Graeb, and D.W. Willis, SDSU
  09:40 - 10:00 am BREAK
  10:00 - 10:20 am Use of herbicides in reservoirs.  M. Netherland, UF
  10:20 - 10:40 am **Evaluating tradeoffs for efficiently passing juvenile salmonids through Bonneville Dam on the Lower Columbia River, G. Ploskey, M. Weiland, PNNL, and J. Kim, PSMFC  (CONTRIBUTED)
  10:40 - 11:00 am **Trends over time for the Arkansas River fishery: Analysis of biomass from rotenone sampling.  R. Limbird, J. Ahlert, L. Rider, W. Bivin, and J. Quinn.  (CONTRIBUTED)
  11:00 - 11:20 am **The largemouth bass population and fish community structure in Area 7 Reservoir: a marsh restoration project in central Florida.  W.F. Porak, C. Steward, and W.E. Johnson, FFWCC, M. Sepulveda, Purdue Univ, T. Gross, UFL.  (CONTRIBUTED)
  11:20 - 11:40 am Looking forward and backward at the “Cross-Walk”.  D. Dennerline and J. Peterson, USGS, and Don Degan, Aquacoustics  (CONTRIBUTED)
  11:40 am SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW AND FINAL THOUGHTS.  M. Allen, UFL, and S.M. Sammons, AU
     
Alternates for Symposium (if no slots open up, these will be included in the poster session)
    Spatial distribution of fish in cascade and non-cascade reservoirs in Central Europe.  V. Draštík, J. Kubečka, M. Tušer, T. Jůza, and O. Jarolím
    An evaluation of common reservoir conflicts using predictive relationships between water quality and productivity and fish growth potential.  P. Budy, G. Thiede, and K. Dahle, USGS, Utah Coop Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
    Application of Multimetric Bioassessment Techniques in a 316(a) Demonstration at Georgia Power Company's Plant Branch, Lake Sinclair, Georgia.  T.E. Cheek, A. R. Dodd, and R.G. King, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc, and S. Henricks and B. Evans, GA Power Co.
    Use of an incremental triploid grass carp stocking plan for maintaining vegetation coverage in a riverine Texas reservoir.  E. Chilton and S.J. Magnelia, TPWD.
    Assessing larval fish assemblages and their impacts on reservoir communities: What happens when the shad are gone?  M.T. Porath and J.J. Jackson, NGPC
     
Poster Social, Grand Salon Promenade
June 7, 2006,  06:00 - 10:00 pm
    A Four-Year Drought Increases Mean Water Temperature and Lowers Mean Chlorophyll a in a Nebraska Irrigation Reservoir, B.P. Olds, B.C. Peterson, K.D. Koupal, W.W. Hoback, and K.M. Skinner
    The Importance of Reservoirs in the Western U.S. for the Recovery of Endangered Populations of Anadromous Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).  F. Thrower, J.E. Joyce, A. Celewycz, and P. Malecha
    Time Series Models of Some Physical, Chemical and Biological Components in the Early Life of a Reservoir.  F.J. Brenner, Grove City College, and R. P. Steiner, The University of Akron
    Crowding and Response:  Angler Perceptions on Western North Carolina Reservoirs.  D. L. Yow, K.B. Hodges, and A.P. Wheeler, NCWRC
    Are Blueback Herring Distributed Randomly within Desired Habitat During Summer Stratification?  J.Ruiz, USGS, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, D. Degan, Aquacoustics Inc., D. Dennerline, USGS, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and W. Jabour, USACE
    Food Habits of Co-occurring Populations of Largemouth Bass and Spotted Bass in Two New Mexico Reservoirs.  K. L. Pope, S.R. Denny, C.L. Harthorn, and C.J. Chizinski, and K.K. Cunningham
    Changes in the fish community after reservoir drawdown in two New Mexico Reservoirs.  S.R. Denny and C.L. Harthorn
    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Monitoring Ecological Effects of Lake Level Management on Voyageurs National Park.  S. Windels, NPS, L. Kallemeyn, USGS, and  R. Maki, and C. Holbeck, NPS
    Preliminary Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on Fisheries of the Yangtze River, China.  B.R. Murphy, VPI&SU and X. Songguang, Chinese Academy of Sciences