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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 1
September 2008
Fishermen urged to attend Northeast tagging symposium
DURHAM, NH – Fishermen are being encouraged to register now for an Oct. 17 event called the “2008 Northeast Regional Tagging Symposium.”
Funded by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), New Hampshire Sea Grant, the Northeast Consortium, and several fish tag manufacturers, the symposium will bring researchers and fishermen together to discuss various marine fish tagging programs, including those for cod, haddock, yellowtail, striped bass, and bluefin tuna.
“This is an outreach opportunity for the fishing industry,” said Ken La Valley, New Hampshire Sea Grant commercial fisheries specialist. “Many fishermen have participated in tagging projects and this symposium will illustrate how the data have resulted in or will result in improved fisheries management.”
The first keynote speaker is David Welch, president of Kintama Research Corp. in British Columbia, Canada. He will discuss the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking array, which is the world’s largest telemetry system for studying the movements and survival of marine fish.
Molly Lutcavage, director of the UNH Large Pelagics Research Center, is the second keynote speaker. She will talk about her lab’s research on the movements of Atlantic bluefin tuna using satellite pop-up tags and how this information can improve international bluefin management.
Assessments
Several speakers will talk about the use of tag data in stock assessments, including:
l Alexie Sharov of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources on striped bass;
l Steve Cadrin of the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, who heads the Cooperative Marine Education and Research program with the University of Massachusetts, on yellowtail flounder; and
l Shelly Tallack of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) on cod.
Cadrin and Tallack also will participate as panelists for a discussion on the use of tagging data for closed area applications, along with Lara Slifka of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association and Graham Sherwood of GMRI, who are both engaged in haddock tagging work.
Tom Nies of the New England Fishery Management Council will discuss the management implications of tagging studies in the region.
Registration info
The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in fish tagging and fish population structure and dynamics, including fishermen, scientists, fishery managers, students, and the public.
Symposium organizers are accepting abstracts for the poster session through Oct. 3.
The daylong event will be held at the University of New Hampshire Memorial Union Building in Durham, NH from 9 am to 5 pm. Registration costs $20 and covers parking fees, break refreshments, and lunch.
To register or for more info, visit the symposium web site at <www.fishtagging.org> or contact La Valley by phone at (603) 862-4343 or e-mail at <ken.lavalley@unh.edu>. /cfn/
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