Tenth Annual NCBO Fisheries Science Symposium
April 10-11, 2007
Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Laurel, Maryland The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office's tenth annual Fisheries Science Symposium featured two days of discussion on current research into fisheries issues, including multispecies management, trophic interactions, and a special focus on menhaden. For details on presenters, please see the agenda. Click on the links below to go directly to the presentations; these are large files that will open as PowerPoint slideshows.

April 10
The Role of Mycobacteriosis in Elevated Natural Mortality of Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass, Dave Gauthier and John Hoenig, VIMS
The Blue Crab: An Integrated Research Program, Yoni Zohar, UMBI-COMB
Dynamics of Stocking Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs, Tuck Hines, SERC
NCBO's Derelict Fishing Gear Study, Steve Giordano, NCBO
Trophic Portfolios in Commercial Fishing, James Sanchirico, Resources for the Future
Assessing Stakeholders' Preferences for Ecosystem Management Options for the Chesapeake Bay, Jim Kirkley, VIMS
Chesapeake TroSim, Denise Breitburg, SERC
Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model, Howard Townsend, NCBO
Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Monitoring Workshop Summary, Kevin Sellner, CRC
Advances and Directions: The VIMS Trawl Surveys, Chris Bonzek, VIMS
Implementation of a Bay-wide Midwater Trawl Survey, Tom Miller, UMCES

April 11--Focus on Menhaden
Coastwide Assessment of Atlantic Menhaden, Doug Vaughan, NOAA Fisheries
LIDAR, Alexei Sharov, MD DNR
Chesapeake Bay Sub-Stock Assessment Project, Steve Martell, University of British Columbia
Probing the Population Structure of Atlantic Menhaden in the mid-Atlantic, Tom Miller, UMCES
Diet and Size Spectrum of Large Migratory Striped Bass on the U.S. East Coast, Jason Clermont, East Carolina University
Diet and Size Spectrum of Large Resident and Migratory Striped Bass in the Chesapeake Bay, Jim Price, Chesapeake Bay Ecological Foundation
Estimating Removals of Key Forage Species by Predators in the Chesapeake Bay, Rob Latour, VIMS
Larval Ingress, Growth, and Environmental Factors Affecting Recruitment Variability of Menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, Eric Annis, UMCES
Application of Remotely Sensed Data to Study Anadromous Fish Recruitments in the Chesapeake Bay, Larry Harding, UMCES
Do Environmental Conditions in Nursery Habitat Contribute to a Mismatch in Growth and Production of Young Atlantic Menhaden and Striped Bass?, Tom Miller, UMCES