Texas Chapter AFS 2005 Meeting in Grapevine, Texas Program

	Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

Annual Meeting Program
January 21-23, 2005

Embassy Suites Outdoor World,
Grapevine Texas

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January 21, Friday
12:00 – 5:00 PM	Registration, Exhibitors/Poster Set-up. Location: First Floor - Pheasant Ridge Grand Ballroom – Lobby/Hall Area
1:00 – 3:00 PM	Presentation Graphics Workshop. Gene Wilde and Bart Durham. Texas Tech University. Location: First Floor - Pheasant Ridge Grand Ballroom (II)
3:00 – 5:00 PM	Student Workshop on Professionalism. Larry Hysmith. Texas A&M University. Location: First Floor - Pheasant Ridge Grand Ballroom (II)
5:30 – 7:30 PM	Professional/Student Mixer. Location: Embassy Suites Outdoor World Atrium

January 22, Saturday (Embassy Suites Hotel – First Floor – Pheasant Ridge Grand Ball Room (I))
Opening Remarks
8:00 AM	Welcome to Grapevine: Michael D. Kemp, Director, Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau and Dave Terre, President-Elect, Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

Contributed Paper Session (S denotes student presenter)
8:15 AM	Trends in Atlantic croaker populations using coastal fisheries monitoring data. Leslie Williams and Glen Sutton (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
8:30 AM	Effect of hook removal on recapture rates of angler-caught Australian fishes. Gene R. Wilde (Texas Tech University) and William Sawynok (Infofish Services)
8:45 AM	Effects of flooding on fish habitat selection in a west Texas stream. Jackie Watson (S) and Timothy H. Bonner (Texas State University-San Marcos)
9:00 AM	*Status of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus* in Texas coastal waters with research recommendations.** Glen Sutton and Tom Wagner (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
9:15 AM	Origins of red drum stocks: assessing the contribution of different nursery grounds using chemical signatures. Gregory W. Stunz (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Jay Rooker (Texas A&M University-Galveston), Joan Holt, and Scott Holt (University of Texas-Austin)
9:30 AM	*The identification of nursery habitat for juvenile southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma* in Aransas Bay, Texas.** Suraida Nañez-James (S), Gregory W. Stunz (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Scott Holt (University of Texas-Austin), and Jay Rooker (Texas A&M University-Galveston)
9:45 AM	Increases in voluntary release rate of largemouth bass of legally-harvestable size from Texas creel surveys over 1985-1999. John Barry Taylor and Randall A. Myers (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

10:00 - 10:30	BREAK - Sponsored by the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau

10:30 AM	Comparison of guided and unguided fishing trips from two Texas reservoirs. John H. Moczygemba, Bruce T. Hysmith, and J. Warren Schlechte (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
10:45 AM	Can invasiveness of native species be predicted by life history traits? Brad Littrell (S) and Timothy H. Bonner (Texas State University-San Marcos)
11:00 AM	*Catch-and-release mortality of spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus.* Jason T. James (S), Gregory W. Stunz, and David A. McKee (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
11:15 AM	*Morphology, meristic counts, and pigmentation of Dionda diaboli* (Cyprinidae) during development.** Julie Hulbert (S), Timothy H. Bonner, David Pendagrass (Texas State University-San Marcos), and Joe Fries (National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center-San Marcos)
11:30 AM	Fish population changes in the lower canyons of the Rio Grande: 1977-2003. Robert J. Edwards (University of Texas-Pan America) and Gary P. Garrett (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
11:45 AM	*The International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo: trends in the recreational tarpon Megalops atlanticus* fishery in the western Gulf of Mexico.** William Dailey (S), André M. Landry, Jr. (Texas A&M University-Galveston), and Steve Hein (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries)

12:00 – 2:00	LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION w/ authors in attendance (see posters on page 4)

2:00 PM	*The upper and lower thermal tolerances of wildtype and transgenic zebra danios Danio rerio.* Cheryl Cortemeglia (S), and Thomas L. Beitinger (University of North Texas)
2:15 PM	Texas Fish Recovery Plan goals and the Lake Livingston example. Greg Conley and Joan Glass (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
2:30 PM	Fish communities in urban settings: multiple hypotheses testing of fish incidence patterns. Christopher J. Chizinski (S), Christopher L. Higgins, and Kevin L. Pope (Texas Tech University)
2:45 PM	Economic characteristics, attitudes, and management preferences among Lake Amistad anglers 2002 – 2003. Timothy Bradle (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

3:00 – 3:30	BREAK – Sponsored by meeting exhibitors (see program supplement for a complete list of exhibitors)

3:30 PM	Improving angling opportunities in public ponds through intra-agency collaboration. C. Craig Bonds and Stephan J. Magnelia (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
3:45 PM	Bioaccumulation of mercury in fish from two Texas lakes. William C. McClain (S; Texas Christian University), Matthew M. Chumchal (University of Oklahoma), Ray W. Drenner, and L. Newland (Texas Christian University)
4:00 PM	Do fish advisories accurately convey risk?: effect of small sample size and species specific advisories. Matthew M. Chumchal (S), K. David Hambright (University of Oklahoma), William C. McClain, Ray W. Drenner, and David Cross (Texas Christian University)
4:15 PM	Texas Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Workgroup. Meridith Byrd (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

Texas Chapter AFS Awards Program
4:30 – 5:00	Chapter Award Presentations, Dave Peterson/Dave Terre
	Student Scholarship Award Presentations, Perry Trail
	Clark Hubbs Student Research Award Initiative, Ray Mathews

Evening Social Activities
5:30 – 7:30	Happy Hour/Reception. Location: Embassy Suites Outdoor World Atrium
7:30 - late	Banquet and Auction. Location: Pheasant Ridge Grand Ball Room

January 23, Sunday
7:00 AM	Past Presidents Breakfast: Embassy Suites Outdoor World Atrium
8:00 – 11:30	Bass Management In Texas Symposium – Sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, TXU Power, Mercury Marine, and Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse. Embassy Suites Hotel, First Floor, Pheasant Ridge Grand Ball Room I (see symposium program on page-5 for details)
11:30 – 12:00	TCAFS Business Meeting
12:00 – 1:00	Media/Bass Management Symposium Speaker Luncheon – Sponsored by Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Saturday (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) and Sunday (8:00 AM to 12:00 PM) (Embassy Suites Hotel – First Floor - Pheasant Ridge Grand Ballroom, Lobby Area)
1.	Effects of acclimation time and season on post-stocking mortality of red drum in freshwater. Michael S. Baird (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
2.	*Projected U.S. distribution of wildtype and transgenic zebra danios Danio rerio* based on temperature tolerance data**. Cheryl Cortemeglia and Thomas L. Beitinger (University of North Texas)
3.	Application of population dynamics models to the conservation of imperiled stream fishes. Bart W. Durham and Gene R. Wilde (Texas Tech University)
4.	An assessment of diet overlap for the inland silverside. Maricruz Longoria, Caleb G. Huber, Christopher J. Chizinski, and Kevin L. Pope (Texas Tech University)
5.	The Rocky Barra Bounty: a research-driven fishing competition. William Sawynok (Infofish Services) and Gene R. Wilde (Texas Tech University)
6.	*Effect of angler recaptures on growth of Gold Spot Estuary cod Epinephelus coiodes* in Australia**. Gene R. Wilde (Texas Tech University) and William Sawynok (Infofish Services)
7.	An individual-based model for alligator gar: why failing to consider intersexual differences in growth and mortality rates leads to overfishing. Gene R. Wilde, Kevin L. Pope (Texas Tech University), and Allyse Ferrara (Nicholls State University)
8.	Comparison of maximum size of fish caught with recreational angling and standard fish-collection gears. Kevin L. Pope, Gene R. Wilde (Texas Tech University), and Daryl. L. Bauer (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)
9.	Fish biomarkers of exposure to thyroid disrupting contaminants in aquatic environments. Sanddeep Mukhi and Reynaldo Patiño (Texas Tech University)

Special Symposium: Bass Management in Texas Sponsors: Bass Pro Shops, TXU Power, Mercury Marine, Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse
8:00 AM	Introduction: symposium purpose and scope. Dave Terre, President-Elect, Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
8:10 AM	Working together to improve bass management in Texas. Tim Cook, Conservation Director, Texas B.A.S.S Federation.
8:25 AM	Operation World Record: a cooperative trophy largemouth bass program. Allen Forshage, Dijar J. Lutz-Carrillo, and Loraine T. Fries (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
8:45 AM	Factors related to angler catch of trophy largemouth bass in Texas reservoirs. Randall A. Myers (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) and Michael S. Allen (University of Florida)
9:00 AM	Bass 101 Symposium. Billy Higginbotham, Professor and Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialist, Texas Cooperative Extension (Texas A&M University)

9:15 – 9:45	BREAK – Sponsored by TXU Power

9:45 AM	Evaluation of a largemouth bass tournament monitoring program at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. M. Todd Driscoll (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
10:00 AM	The Lake Fork trophy bass survey. Kevin Storey (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
10:15 AM	Use of an angler incentive program for data collection and management of a trophy bass fishery. Michael J. Ryan, Michael W. Brice, and Loraine Fries (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
10:30 AM	Twenty-four years of restrictive largemouth bass length limit regulations on a power cooling reservoir in central Texas. Stephan J. Magnelia and C. Craig Bonds (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
10:45 AM	Annual exploitation of largemouth bass at Sam Rayburn Reservoir: incorporating the tournament-related mortality component. M. Todd Driscoll, Jules L. Smith, and Randall A. Myers (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
11:00 – 11:30	Questions/Discussion/Closing Remarks (if time permits)

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