The block rate has expired, but you can call and ask for the "Summer Gas Promotion" for a good deal if it is still available, or ask them to find the best rate they have. The Sheraton is a short drive or a healthy walk (approx 1 mile) from the IGFA symposium location.

Third International Bonefish and Tarpon Symposium

November 14-16, 2008

Agenda (minor changes possible)

* = presenter

Friday, November 14

9:00 – 9:15                  Welcoming Remarks

                                    Russ Fisher*

9:15 – 9:30                  Keynote Address (TBA)

General Papers

9:30 – 9:50                  A model for a proactive non-profit organization: research-based conservation and education

Authors: Aaron Adams*, Tom Davidson, Russ Fisher

9:50 – 10:20                Socio-economic estimates for the Belize recreational bonefish, tarpon, and permit fisheries

Author: Tony Fedler*

10:20 – 10:40              BREAK

Session I: Bonefish

10:40 – 11:00              Overview of the status of knowledge of bonefish in the Caribbean

Author: Aaron Adams*

11:00 – 11:20              Hawai‘i’s bonefish: past, present, and future

Authors: Bruce Anderson*, Richard Gushman, Kimberlee Harding, and Alan Friedlander

11:20 – 11:40              Identification of a novel member in the family Albulidae (Bonefishes)

Authors: Elizabeth M. Wallace* and Michael D. Tringali£

11:40 – 12:00              Evolutionary Relationships of Bonefishes (Albula spp) from Venezuela (South Caribbean), Based on Cytochrome b Sequence Analyses.

Authors: Denise Debrot*, Luis M. Márquez and Juan M. Posada

12:00 – 1:00                LUNCH

1:00 – 1:20                  Quantifying the timing and location of spawning activity for bonefish in Eleuthera, The Bahamas

Authors: Andy J. Danylchuk*, A. Adams, S.J. Cooke, C.D. Suski1, K. J. Murchie, T.L. Goldberg, S.E. Danylchuk1, J. Koppelman, A. Shultz, A. Oronti, and D.P. Philipp.

1:20 – 1:40                  Bonefish larvae in the Mexican Caribbean (southern Yucatan).

Authors: Monica R. Lara*, Lourdes Vásquez-Yeomans, Martha Váldez-Moreno, Carolina Quintal

1:40 – 2:00                  Improving our understanding of catch-and-release angling practices on bonefish

Authors: C. D. Suski*, A. J. Danylchuk, A. Adams, S.J. Cooke, K. J. Murchie, T.L. Goldberg, S.E. Danylchuk, J. Koppelman, and D.P. Philipp

2:00 – 2:20                  The thermal biology of bonefish

Authors: Karen J. Murchie*, S.J. Cooke, A.J. Danylchuk, S.E. Danylchuk, T.L. Goldberg, J. Koppelman, C.D. Suski, and D.P. Philipp.

2:20 – 2:40                  BREAK

2:40 – 3:00                  Assessment of Florida’s Bonefish Fishery

Authors: Michael F. Larkin*, Jerald S. Ault, Jiangang Luo, Natalia Zurcher

3:00 – 3:20                  Florida Keys Bonefish Population Census: 2003-2008

Authors: Jerald S. Ault*, Sandy Moret, Michael F. Larkin and Natalia Zurcher, Jiangang Luo, Steven G. Smith

3:20 – 3:40                  Promoting a sustainable bonefish recreational fishery based on the collaboration of recreational fishing guides

Authors: Jose F. Gonzalez*, Denise Debrot, Michael F. Larkin, Juan M. Posada, Jerald S. Ault.

3:40 – 5:00                  Management Needs Discussion

                                    Lead = Aaron Adams

5:00 – 6:00                  Poster Display and Reception

6:00                             Dinner

                                    Keynote Speaker – TBA

Posters

Title: Preliminary experiences, about the behavior of the Bonefishing in the Ciénaga de Zapata National Park on Cuba’s south coast.

Authors: Ing. Lázaro Viñola Valdés, 

Title: Environmental Education Program for the Ciénaga de Zapata National Park to implement a more stronger action to support the bonefishing in areas of its patrimony

Authors: Ing. Lázaro Cotayo Cedeño

Title: Differentiation between two Hawaiian bonefishes, Albula glossodonta and Albula virgata through life history characteristics

Authors: Kimberlee Harding, Alan Friedlander, and Tom Ogawa

Title: The energetics of bonefish in tropical tidal flats systems - insights from proximate body composition and health indices

Authors: Karen J. Murchie, S.J. Cooke, and A.J. Danylchuk

 Saturday

Session II: Tarpon

9:00 – 9:20                  Population dynamics, resource ecology, and fishery management of

Atlantic tarpon

Author: Jerald S. Ault

9:20 – 9:40                  Occurrence of newly hatched tarpon larvae in the Gulf Stream

Authors: Jonathon M. Shenker*, Wyatt Hoover, Amy C. Hirons, and Alexander Soloviev

9:40 – 10:00                Decline in larval and juvenile tarpon critical habitat: ignorance or complacency?

Authors: R. Grant Gilmore*, Jr., Daniel A. Davis

10:00 – 10:20              Otolith microchemistry and otolith morphometrics of juvenile tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) collected from sites in Florida and Grand Cayman

Authors: John O’Connell*, Jonathan Shenker, Aaron Adams, Junda Lin, John Trefry

10:20 – 10:40              BREAK 

10:40 – 11:00              The diet of age-0 tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in Indian River Lagoon (Florida) mosquito control impoundments: examining dietary composition in relation to size and habitat.

Authors: Zack Jud*, Jon Shenker

11:00 – 11:20              A History of Harvest and Possession Permits for Florida’s Recreational Tarpon Fishery

Authors: Kathryn Guindon* and David Westmark

11:20 – 11:40              The Stress Effects of Body-Size and Catch-and-Release Angling in Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

Authors: Kathryn Guindon*, David Westmark, and Jessica Carroll

11:40 – 12:00              Using satellite PAT tags to study migratory patterns, spawning areas, and

habitat preferences of Atlantic tarpon

Authors: Jerald S. Ault*, Jiangang Luo, Scott Holt, Michael F. Larkin,

Bruce A. Ungar, Scott Alford, and Angel Reqeujo

12:00 –                        Lunchtime and continuing Management Needs Discussion

Lead = Jerry Ault

Sunday

9:00 – 10:30                Three Bonefish Presentations. Questions follow presentations in a panel format.

                                    Moderator: Aaron Adams

-          Andy Danylchuk

-          Mike Larkin

-          Liz Wallace

10:30 – 12:00              Three Tarpon Presenations. Questions follow presentations in a panel format

                                    Moderator: TBA

-          Zack Judd

-          Kathy Guindon

-          Jerry Ault

 Register Today