GSARP Spring 2008 Meeting

GULF & SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES
Holiday Inn Market Square
San Antonio, Texas
April 22 – April 23, 2008

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008

9:00 Call to Order – Chilton

• Introductions
• Public Comment

9:10 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Chilton

9:20 Review and Approval of Minutes (10/30-11/1, 2008, Miami, FL) – Chilton

9:30 Biological Controls of Arundo donax – Goolsby

10:00 Current Research Efforts for Control of Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) – Schmitz

10:30 BREAK

11:00 Need for a National Center for Invasive Species – Schmitz

11:30 Politics Involved with Utilizing Herbicidal and Biological Controls – Chilton

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 Members Forum

• Florida – Hardin/Schmitz
• Alabama – Hartman/Rider
• Mississippi – Reicke/Brainard/Perry
• South Carolina – Knott/de Kozlowski
• North Carolina – Morris
• Texas – Chilton/Robinson
• Louisiana – Blanchet
• Georgia – Weaver

3:15 BREAK

3:30 Risk Analysis of Ornamental trade – Hardin

4:00 Use of a Dipteran for Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) Control – Nachtrieb.

4:30 Nile Tilapia Update – 1) Survey and Eradication in Southern Mississippi; 2) Effect of Salinity on Survival, Growth and Reproduction. – Schofield

4:50 Public Comment

RECESS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008

9:00 Call to Order – Chilton

• Public Comment

9:05 Overview of 2005-2009 Strategic Plan for Work Groups – Ballard

9:50 Work Group Breakout Session

10:30 BREAK

11:00 Work Group Updates to the Panel and Future Directions for all Work Groups

11:35 Marine Realm in Texas – Robinson

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Expert Database Demonstration – Fuller

2:00 Applesnails and Other Exotic Mollusks: Status in Texas and the Gulf Coast – Howells

2:30 Results of Rat Lung Worm Study – Teem

2:50 North American Brown Tree Snake Control Team (Update) – Wisniewski

3:10 BREAK

3:40 Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers Brochure (Revision) – Riecke

3:55 Nutria Distribution and Status – for ANSTF National Management Plan – Gregoire/Fuller

4:15 MRBP Concerns with Proposed Trophy Carp Regulations – Ballard

4:25 Other Business

• Key Points to Address at the ANSTF Meeting
• Next Meeting, Time and Place
• Public Comment

ADJOURN