Western Groundfish Conference Agenda

agenda

> January 31, 2006 - Tuesday
> February 1, 2006 - Wednesday
> February 2, 2006 - Thursday
> February 3, 2006 - Friday

January 31, 2006 - Tuesday
8:30	Opening Remarks	Heppell
	Topic	Presenter	Title
8:45	Fishery Biology	Kastelle	Age validation of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Gulf of Alaska using the disequilibrium of Pb-210 and Ra-226
		Kastelle
9:00		Davis	Age, growth and reproduction of the roughtail skate, Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert, 1892)
9:15		Smith	Life history of the California skate (Raja inornata)
9:30		Clausen	Grenadiers in Alaska
9:45		Caselle	Site-specific differences in life history traits of California sheephead from central Baja to southern California
		Caselle
10:00	Break
10:30	Fishery Biology	Britt	Realized fecundity and incubation period confirmation of Pacific sandfish (Trichodon trichodon)
		Britt
10:45		Lowery	Ambicoloration and flesh quality in Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
11:00		Rankin	Bartotrauma: Understanding Pressure Related Injuries in Rockfish (Sebastes spp.)
11:15		Pribyl	Recovery from Barotrauma in Black Rockfish (Sebastes melanops)
11:30		Hannah	Understanding barotrauma in rockfish: What can be learned from observing release behavior?
11:45		Tolimieri	Patterns in groundfish assemblage structure, richness and evenness on the continental slope in relation to environmental variables
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Stock Def. & Dist.	Orr	Systematics of Sebastes aleutianus: Morphological evidence for the resurrection of Sebastes melanostictus
		Orr
13:45		Bargmann	Stable isoptopic and trace elemental composition of Pacific cod in Puget Sound and adjacent waters
14:00		LeClair	Allozyme and Microsatellite DNA Analysis of Lingcod From Puget Sound, Washington, and Adjoining Waters
14:15		Diaz Ferguson	Genetic population structure in wild populations of the Pacific halibut (Hipoglossus stenolepis), evidence from three spawning areas
14:30		Miller	Population Connectivity in two Species of North Pacific Rockfish (Sebastes melanops and S. pinniger): An Application of Otolith Chemistry
14:45		Standish	Evaluating Connectivity Among Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) Populations Using Otolith Microchemistry
15:00	Ecosystem Processes	Johnson	Larval supply, post-settlement mortality, and cohort size of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)
15:00		Johnson
15:15		Levin	Species area relationships in western groundfish
15:30	Break
16:00	Ecosystem Processes	Yang	Historical Review of Capelin (Mallotus villosus) consumption in the Gulf of Alaska and Eastern Bering Sea
16:15		Baskett	Predation, competition and the recovery of overexploited fish stocks in marine reserves
16:30		Miller	Trophic dynamics of pelagic juvenile rockfish - inferences from diet and stable isotope analyses
16:45		Beaudreau	Food habits, trophic ontogeny, and size-based constraints on diets of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in the San Juan Archipelago, WA
17:00		Black	Otoliths, tree rings, and climate: long-term growth reconstructions and effects of ocean variability on splitnose rockfish.
17:15		Litzow	Do climate effects on Pacific cod abundance cause shifts between bottom-up and top-down ecosystem control?
17:30	Close Sessions
19:30	Poster Session

February 1, 2006 - Wednesday
	Topic	Presenter	Title
8:30	Habitat	Lochead	A Spatial Analysis of Longline Survey Catch Rates and Bathymetric Position Index Values
8:45		Pirtle	Structure-forming invertebrates as components of benthic habitat for groundfish on Cordell Bank, California
9:00		Tissot	The importance of large invertebrates as components of fish habitat: a synthesis of results from Pacific continental shelves
9:15		Zimmermann	Comparison of single-beam echosounder reflections to bottom trawl survey catches
9:30		Clarke	Integrated Mapping of West Coast Groundfish and Their Habitat Using the Seabed AUV and the ROPOS ROV
9:45		Lacko	Benthic Habitat Classification for Inshore Rockfish Stock Assessment in Juan Perez Sound
10:00	Break
10:30	Habitat	Juan Jorda	Integration of Oceanographic Information off the Oregon and Washington Coasts into West Coast Groundfish Ecology and Fisheries Management
		Juan Jorda
10:45		Ebert	Distribution and habitat associations of skates (Rajiformes: Arhychobatidae) along the eastern Bering Sea continental slope
11:00		Rodgveller	Associations and Distributions of Major Groundfish Species Caught During Longline Surveys in Alaska
11:15		Rooper	Juvenile POP habitat use and condition in the eastern Aleutian Islands
11:30		Lauth	Spatial and temporal distribution of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) spawning and nesting sites in Alaska
11:45		Shotwell	Adult rockfish benthic habitat associations in the Gulf of Alaska
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Habitat	Weeks	Spatial and Temporal Variability in Fish Density on a Nearshore Rocky Patch Reef
13:45		Stierhoff	Spatial patterns of habitat utilization by juvenile rockfishes in Monterey Bay
14:00		Pinkard	An investigation of the relationships between habitat characteristics and rockfish populations in the Southern California Bight
14:15		Laurel	Dynamic aspects of Essential Fish Habitat: density-dependent habitat associations in northern rock sole
14:30		Parker	Patterns in Vertical Movements of Black Rockfish off the Central Oregon Coast
14:45		Spencer	Flatfish-habitat associations in Alaska nursery grounds: use of continuous video records for multi-scale spatial analysis
15:00		Wang	Effects of spatial scale on groundfish habitat associations off the Washington state coast
15:15		Hixon	Comparison of trawled vs untrawled mud seafloor assemblages of fishes and macroinvertebrates at Coquille Bank, Oregon
15:30	Break
16:00	Best Student Poster Presentation
16:05	Plenary Talk
	Close Sessions
18:45	Buses depart for Rogue Brewery
19:00	Rogue Brewery Social

February 2, 2006 - Thursday
	Topic	Presenter	Title
8:30	Management	Conners	Looking for Localized Depletion in Bering Sea Pacific Cod
8:45		Wiedoff	Oregon’s Nearshore Marine Resources Management Strategy - A Proactive Approach to Conservation
9:00		Shaw	West Coast Groundfish Disaster: What happened with the funds and the people impacted?
9:15		Cusick	At-Sea Observing Using Electronic Monitoring: The US Shore-based Hake Fishery
9:30		McElderry	At-Sea Observing Using Electronic Monitoring: An Audit-Based Approach for Fisher Logbooks in British Columbia’s Groundfish Longline Fishery
9:45		Mondragon	Fisheries Reporting in the Electronic Era: Successes and Challenges of Developing an Interagency Reporting System in Alaska
10:00	Break
10:30	Management	Gertseva	Longnose skate: What we know and what we need to know for successful management
		Gertseva
10:45		Davis	Behavior Impairment and Wounding Can Be Used to Predict Mortality in Captured and Released Fish
11:00		Gove	Estimation of Discard in the West Coast groundfish fishery: Using Hierarchical and Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models
11:15		Berkeley	Incorporating maternal effects into rockfish management
11:30		Spencer	The effect of maternal age of spawning on estimation of Fmsy for Alaskan POP
11:45		A'mar	The Management Strategy Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Management	Hague	The Use of Genetic Tagging to Assess Inshore Rockfish Populations Within a Marine Conservation Area in the Strait of Georgia
13:45	Assessment & Survey	Cope	Admitting aging error when fitting growth curves: an example based on the Von Bertalanffy growth function.
14:00		Seigle	Canary rockfish: where are the mature females?
14:15		Hanselman	Catchability: Surveys, submarines, and stock assessment
14:30		Ressler	Recent acoustic and video observations used in the development of a commercial vessel-based survey methodology for widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas)
14:45		Fay	Including predation mortality into stock assessments : ecosystem and single-species approaches for longspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus altivelis).
15:00		Schirripa	Combining observer, laboratory, and environmental data to estimate discard mortality of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) and subsequent management implications
15:15		Haltuch	Climate forcing and groundfish stock assessment – Evaluating statistical power
15:30	Break
16:00	Industry Panel:	Groundfish Science and Practice: Key Issues Related to Data and Research Needs in the Next Decade
17:30	Business Meeting
18:45	Buses depart for Oregon Coast Aquarium
19:00	Aquarium Soiree

February 3, 2006 - Friday
	Topic	Presenter	Title
8:30	Assessment & Survey	Buckley	Inducing trans-generational marks in larval marine fish otoliths to determine life-long distributions and the efficacy of Marine Protected Areas.
		Buckley
8:45		Demer	Non-lethal surveys for rockfish
9:00		Starr	Comparison of 1993 and 2004 Submersible Surveys off Monterey, CA.
9:15		Laidig	Comparison of fish assemblages from paired longline and submersible surveys
9:30		Matteson	The first application of a DIDSON ultrasonic imaging sonar to observe fish behavior and net structure in a groundfish trawl.
9:45		Butler	Use of a Video and Laser System to Quantify Transect Area for Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Rockfish and Abalone Population Surveys
10:00	Break
10:30	Assessment & Survey	Rogers	Species Allocation of Sebastes and Sebastolobus sp. Caught by Foreign Countries in 1965-76 off Washington , Oregon , and California
10:45		Kotwicki	The effect of light intensity on the availability of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) to bottom trawl and echo-integration trawl surveys
11:00		von Szalay	Variance reduction of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) trawl biomass estimates by incorporation of acoustic backscatter data between trawl stations
11:15		Lunsford	Sperm whale depredation of sablefish longline gear in the northeast Pacific Ocean
11:30		Thomas	Distribution and abundance of adult and juvenile Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) off the west coast of North America in 2005
11:45		Stewart	Model performance and simulated effects of alternate stock structure assumptions in the 2005 English sole stock assessment
12:00	Best Student Talk Award Presentation
12:05	Closing Remarks
12:30	End Conference