The Southern Division American Fisheries Society will be conducting a special American Eel Research and Conservation symposium for the Southeastern U.S. This special session will focus on progress in managing American Eel and next steps needed for conservation.
Organizers: Robby Maxwell, Sean Kinney, Kevin Mayes, & Stephen Curtis
April 9, 2021
All times shown in Eastern Standard Time
9:00 – Announcements
Gulf of Mexico – Stephen Curtis, moderator
9:20 – Quinn – Conservation and biology of American Eel in the Gulf of Mexico [7.1]
9:40 – Vale et al. – Preliminary assessment of American Eel demographics at the Toledo Bend Hydropower Project, Sabine River, Gulf of Mexico [7.2]
10:00 – Rider et al. – Status and survey of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in Alabama [7.3]
10:20 – Blische et al. – Distribution and detection of American eels Anguilla rostrata in Mississippi [7.4]
10:40 – Break
11:00 – Curtis et al. – American Eel in Texas: Ongoing and future research [7.5]
11:20 – Maxwell and Kinney – American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in Louisiana: Ages, growth rates, diet, and emerging patterns [7.6]
11:40 – Quinn et al. – Migration dynamics of American Eels Anguilla rostrata in Ouachita-Black-Red-Atchafalaya River navigation system, Arkansas and Louisiana [7.7]
12:00 – Lunch
Atlantic coast – Robby Maxwell, moderator
1:00 – Anstead et al. – American eel updates from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission [7.8]
1:20 – Tuckey et al. – American Eel recruitment, demographics and disease in Virginia [7.9]
1:40 – Cheatwood and Mack – Comparative analysis on a decade of American Eel passage at Roanoke Rapids, NC and at three additional East Coast hydropower projects [7.10]
2:00 – Holder and Bonvechio – Long-term monitoring project developed for spring runs in Florida’s St. Johns River suggest these ecosystems may be important habitats for American Eels [7.11]
2:20 – Lavoie and Oliveira – Non-lethal detection of the invasive swimbladder parasite Anguillicola crassus in American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) [7.12]
2:40 – Discussion
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