{"id":2135,"date":"2026-04-17T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/fits\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:40:13","slug":"data-focused-symposium-is-open-for-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/fits\/2026\/04\/17\/data-focused-symposium-is-open-for-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Data-focused Symposium is Open for Abstracts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an opportunity to tell your data story!<\/p>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">TITLE\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">What kinds of data are needed for successful 21st century fisheries conservation and management?:\u00a0 integrating existing strengths, persistent gaps, and new perspectives<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">WHO<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">In this symposium, we cast a\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">wide net<\/i>\u00a0across professionals who work with fisheries field data.\u00a0 We would like to include\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">freshwater, estuarine,\u00a0<\/i>and<i data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0marine<\/i>\u00a0examples from\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">lakes, reservoirs, streams, rivers, coastal areas,\u00a0<\/i>and<i data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0blue water ecosystems.<\/i><\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">We are interested in hearing from\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">project planners, data collectors,\u00a0<\/i>and<i data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0analysts<\/i>\u00a0in\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">research, management, restoration, monitoring,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">administration<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">We would like to hear talks about\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">data successes, data challenges,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">data surprises<\/i>\u00a0(especially case studies that include all three issues).<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">We are also interested in hearing\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">creative perspectives on new and existing approaches<\/i>\u00a0to collecting, connecting, and interpreting data as well as ideas about data-tool-analysis needs.<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">If the above describes you or your team, please consider joining us by submitting an abstract (information below).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">RATIONALE FOR SYMPOSIUM<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Data provide the foundation for fisheries conservation, management, and restoration.\u00a0 Reviewing current status, gaps, and future goals can help 21st\u00a0century professionals get enough of the right kinds of data to get ahead of persistent problems.<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Fisheries \u00a0professionals presently have extensive knowledge of how to plan field studies, collect environmental data, and run statistical analyses. Consequently, in many areas of fisheries and natural resource conservation, as a profession, we are very successful.<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Yet, at one time or another, most field biologists (researchers, managers, administrators) have been disappointed by the ability of even the most successful field studies to answer all questions of interest, explain unanticipated results, accumulate insights across studies, guide future needs, and translate research into useful actions.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Here we start a profession-wide conversation about (a) present successful data collection and analysis capabilities for management and research, (b) persistent road blocks with which we currently struggle, and (c) new ways to think about data needs.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">POTENTIAL TOPICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING<\/b><\/div>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\">Where We Are Now<\/i><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\"><\/i>Success stories for data collection and analysis that deliver solutions for fisheries problems (management, research, monitoring in freshwater and marine ecosystems).\u00a0\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">We are especially interested in data examples for which some objectives were achieved, others were not, and surprises emerged (positive and negative).<\/i><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\"><\/i>Integrating research and management; status and trend monitoring; data case studies that aid understanding, and or aid decisions and management actions.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\">Gaps and Challenges<\/i><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\"><\/i>Why are we often not ready to address emerging problems?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">We \u00a0know a lot but often we don\u2019t know what we need to know<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(23, 78, 134)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Are we asking the right questions?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\">Improving Our Future Effectiveness<\/i><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">New perspectives on team interactions; data synthesis; realistic expectations; funding, time frames, capacity; strategic planning<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Tools that are needed<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">What does success look like?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\">What do we need?\u00a0 How can we make change happen?<\/i><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">CONTACTS<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Martha Mather, mmather@ksu.edu<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Stephen Tyszko, Stephen.tyszko@ohio.gov<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Sean Hitchman,\u00a0 Sean.Hitchman@uncp.edu<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Dennis DeVries, devridr@auburn.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org\/2026\/03\/10\/what-kinds-of-data-are-needed-for-successful-21st-century-fisheries-conservation-and-management\/\">abstract page<\/a>. Abstracts are due April 22nd, find the submission form <a href=\"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org\/call-for-abstracts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an opportunity to tell your data story! 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