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Dale Logsdon

Minnesota DNR
Sunday, January 28
 

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

2:30pm CST

AFS NCD Walleye, Centrarchid, and Esocid Technical Committee Meeting Hilton: Wright Ballroom A

4:30pm CST

AFS NCD Executive Meeting Hilton: Wright Ballroom B

6:00pm CST

Featured Event! Welcome to Wisconsin Social Ballroom C & Foyer
 
Monday, January 29
 

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

Plenary Session, Awards Presentation & Ignite Session Ballroom A/B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

WALLEYE: Biological and Social Responses to Walleye Recruitment Failure on Minocqua Chain, Wisconsin 103A

1:40pm CST

WALLEYE: Recovery and Management of the Saginaw Bay Walleye Population 103A

2:00pm CST

WALLEYE: Ecosystem Changes and Effects on Walleye Sustainable Harvest in Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota 103A

2:20pm CST

WALLEYE: Identifying Recruitment Bottlenecks for age-0 Walleye in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 103A

2:40pm CST

(CANCELLED) WALLEYE: Lac Vieux Desert: Management Challenges and a Cooperative Plan to Restore a Naturally-reproducing Walleye (Sander vitreus) Population in a Northern Wisconsin Lake 103A

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Walleye Habitat: Considerations for Successful Natural Reproduction and Stocking 102D&E

3:40pm CST

WALLEYE: Quantifying the Costs of Climate Adaptation to Agencies and Anglers: A Case Study of Wisconsin’s Inland Lake Walleye Fishery 103A

4:00pm CST

WALLEYE: Walleye Management in the Red Lakes, Minnesota: Collapse, Recovery, and Cooperative Management 103A

4:20pm CST

WALLEYE: Assessing the Dispersal of Stocked Walleye Fry in a Northern Minnesota Chain of Lakes 103A

4:40pm CST

WALLEYE: Differential Effects of Algal and Sedimentary Turbidity on the Visual Systems of Walleye (Sander vitreus) and Their Prey 103A

5:00pm CST

AFS NCD Business Meeting 101B

7:30pm CST

UW-Madison and UW-Stevens Point Alumni & Friends Combined Reception Ballroom A/B
 
Tuesday, January 30
 

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: The “Tails” That Walleye Tell: The History of Walleye Management in Nebraska Reservoirs 103D

8:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-09: Ecological Niche Modeling to Disentangle the Effects of Climate and Eutrophication on Minnesota Lakes 102C

8:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Assessment of Walleye Reproduction Success in the Tamarac River, MN 103D

9:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: A Multi-scale Approach to Identifying and Addressing the Causes of Minnesota’s Declining Yellow Perch Populations 103D

9:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Habitat Use, Diet and Growth Rate Analysis of Walleye and Yellow Perch in Green Bay Coastal Wetlands, Lake Michigan 103D

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Forecasting the Impacts of Climate and Land-use Change on Percid Recruitment in Lake Erie 103D

10:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Changes in Yellow Perch Recruitment in Relation to Walleye Abundance in Green Bay 103D

11:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Walleye Movements in Green Bay: Testing Assumptions of the Current Conceptual Model for Management 103D

11:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Variability in Spatial Distribution of Larval Yellow Perch in a Northern Lake Ecosystem 103D

11:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: A Proposal to Implement a 21” Minimum Length Limit on Walleye Harvest at Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas 103D

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Genetic Origins and Movement of Lake Sturgeon in the St. Louis River and Western Lake Superior 103D

1:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Summer Tributary Use and Movement of Lake Sturgeon at Its Southern Range Margin 103D

2:00pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Examining Movement and Maximizing Capture of Lake Sturgeon in the Fish Elevator on the Menominee River 103D

2:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Shifting Population Dynamics of the Commercially Exploited Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) in the Wabash River 103D

2:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Use of Fin Rays for Estimating Age of Muskellunge 103D

3:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Muskellunge Population Responses to Angler Catch-and-Release Practices in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1987-2014 103D

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Using Variation in Lake Sturgeon Microsatellite Loci to Assess Artificial Spawning Reefs and Sampling Methods in a Large River System 102A

4:00pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Adult Muskellunge Growth and Annual Survival in Escanaba Lake, WI 1956-2015 103D

4:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: A Tool for Evaluating the Growth Potential Status of Muskellunge in Wisconsin Lakes 103D

4:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Natal Origin and Growth Rate of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Larvae in the Lower Waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan 103D

5:30pm CST

Michigan State University Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Hilton: Oak

6:00pm CST

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Comparison of Northern Pike Age Estimates and Reader Precision Among Anal, Pelvic, and Pectoral Fin Rays Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Developing a High-throughput SNP Panel for Walleye in Wisconsin and Minnesota Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Estimating Angling Effort on Four of Minnesota’s Fishing in the Neighborhood Lakes via Time Lapse Cameras Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Methodologies for Estimating Age and Growth of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Flood Level Impact on Channel Catfish Hatch Success in the Wabash River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Genetic Analysis of Sauger Populations in the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Larval Fish Monitoring in the Upper Mississippi River Pools 8-13: Surveys for Emerging Populations of Asian Carps in Novel Habitats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mapping High-Resolution Sonar as a Biological Research Tool Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Patterns of Walleye Larvae Dispersal from Spawning Grounds in the Maumee River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Quantifying Physical Maturation of Artificial Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System Ballroom C & Foyer
 
Wednesday, January 31
 

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D

8:20am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: What’s in a Name? The Case for Discontinuing the Term Asian Carp 103C

8:40am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Bridging the Social-Ecological Gap with Anglersheds 103C

9:00am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Economic and Spatial Assessments of Angling at Small South Dakota Lakes 103C

9:20am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Beaver vs. Trout: Untangling a Controversy in the Western Great Lakes (U.S.) Region 103C

9:40am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Fishing for Answers: A Binational Analysis of Creel Survey Data in the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS) 103C

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Angler Opposition to an Increase in the Minimum Length Limit for Walleye at Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas 103C

10:40am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing and Sustaining a Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Training for Professionals in Wisconsin, USA 103D

11:20am CST

LIGHTING TALK: Walleye Age Estimation Using Otoliths and Dorsal Spines: Insights on Precision at a Statewide Level 103C

11:40am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Bigheaded Carp Environmental DNA Detection in the Upper Mississippi River: A Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Digital PCR 103A

12:00pm CST

Conference Adjourns N/A