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If you have any suggestions for workshop topics please contact Chris VanMaaren at ccvanmaa@gw.dec.state.ny.us or (315) 785-2268. Workshops can held any time during the year.
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Annual Meeting Workshop:
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Aquatic Entomology -January 30, 2013; 9:00AM-5:00PM
Aquatic Entomology Workshop
This 8-hour workshop introduces the life histories, collection methods and identification of aquatic insects in streams and lakes of the Northeast. Special adaptations such as gills, air stores, antennae, setae and other structures will be described and utilized in identification. The workshop emphasizes orders that are particularly consumed by fishes, as well as those commonly imitated by anglers: Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Hemiptera, Megaloptera/Neuroptera, Trichoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. A few of the thousands of imitations of aquatic insects will be demonstrated. Each participant will utilize a stereomicroscope to identify a set of known insects, typically to the genus level, utilizing keys and other aids that will be provided. Ideal collecting sites will be identified for future use; and the appropriate literature will be introduced.
Your instructors are Dr. Neil Ringler, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY ESF who has taught this subject at the College since 1987, with previous experience at University of Michigan; Dr. Stefanie Kroll, who has just completed her PhD in aquatic entomology at ESF, comparing the stream fauna in Spain and the Northeast; and Ms. Stephanie Johnson, who is just completing her doctoral dissertation at ESF in studies of aquatic invertebrates as colonists in a highly perturbed ecosystem.
Registration: cost $35, only 40 spaces available, current chapter members have preference, to preregister contact Chris VanMaaren ccvanmaa@gw.dec.state.ny.us Pay Here
Sign up by clicking one of the following links below... Space is limited to 40 Members and costs $35.00 to attend.
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Upcoming Workshops:
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Modeling workshop: Alewife and smelt interactions in Lake Champlain
Date: January 11, 2013 (Snow date: January 14)
Location: SUNY Plattsburgh, Alumni Room, Angell College Center
Cost: No Charge
Pre-Registration contact: Janet.Manor@plattsburgh.edu
This workshop will facilitate an understanding of the effects of alewife on native forage fish dynamics and by extension, the larger ecosystem of Lake Champlain. Fisheries managers will become familiar (in a general sense) with a model describing alewife/smelt interaction in space and time, and how changes in several parameters influence the abundance/composition of our “new” forage base. The model will then be used to explore future possible changes in management policies (i.e. altered stocking levels/species ratios and changes in control of sea lamprey and cormorants) to better understand the possible outcomes associated with those policy changes. These management strategies are not explicitly part of the model and will be explored through hypothesized effects on abundance, growth and distributions.
Winter Fisheries Training for Acoustic Tag & Hydroacoustic Assessments
Co-Hosted by HTI and the University of Washington (UW) Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society at the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Science
Using Acoustic Tags to Track Fish
7-8 February 2013 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
At University of Washington, Seattle, WA
http://www.HTIsonar.com/at_short_course.htm
This short course addresses all aspects of tracking fish movement with acoustic tags, including three-dimensional tracking with sub-meter resolution. The course includes hands-on-operation and a variety of applications are covered. Lunch is provided. For more info or to save a seat, email support@HTIsonar.com.
Special Tuition Offer for Students, Non-Profits and Tribal Organizations at http://www.htisonar.com/Training_Special_Offer.htm.
Using Hydroacoustics for Fisheries Assessment
14-15 February 2013 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
At University of Washington, Seattle, WA
http://www.HTIsonar.com/ha_short_course.htm
The hydroacoustic short course covers mobile and fixed-location survey techniques, and subjects include basic hydroacoustic theory, deployment logistics, data collection and processing, as well as typical results. Split-beam, single-beam, and multi-beam frequency techniques are discussed in detail. Lunch is provided. For more info or to save a seat, email support@HTIsonar.com.
Special Tuition Offer for Students, Non-Profits and Tribal Organizations at http://www.htisonar.com/Training_Special_Offer.htm.
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