GSARP Spring 2009 Meeting

GULF & SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES
Holiday Inn Downtown Riverfront
Shreveport, LA
March 31 – April 2, 2009

TUESDAY, March 31, 2009

10:00 – 5:00 Field Trip to Lake Caddo

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

8:30 Call to Order – Earl Chilton

• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:40 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Earl Chilton

8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes (12/9-12/10, 2008, Savannah, GA) – Earl Chilton

9:00 Northern Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Management Overview – James Seales

9:20 The Natural History of an Urban Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Population 2005-2008 and the Implications for Management and Control – Jacoby Carter

9:40 Final Report on Rat Lung Worm Study – John Teem
10:00 Preliminary Studies on Invasive Island Applesnails (Pomacea insularum) in Southern Louisiana – Jacoby Carter

10:20 BREAK

10:30 Invasive Plant Education: A Recipe in the Making – Amy Richard

11:15 Update on Invasive Lionfish – Lad Akins

11:30 Update on ED/RR in Florida and the Caribbean – Lad Akins/Pam Schofield

11:45 USFWS Triploid Grass Carp Program Review – Earl Chilton

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 Members Forum

• Florida – Hardin/Schmitz
• Alabama – Rider
• Mississippi – Brainard/Perry
• South Carolina – Knott
• North Carolina – Murphey
• Texas – Chilton/Hartman
• Louisiana – Longo

3:00 BREAK

3:15 State’s VHS/Shrimp Virus Issues – TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC

4:00 Discussion on Alternative Funding Sources For AIS Demonstration Projects

4:45 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – James Ballard

4:55 Vote to Move Chuck Jacoby to an At-Large Member

5:00 Public Comment

RECESS

Thursday, April 2, 2009

8:30 Call to Order – Ear Chilton

• Public Comment

8:35 Work Group Breakout Session

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Continue Work Group Breakout Session

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

12:00 Other Business

• Next Meeting, Time and Place
• Public Comment

ADJOURN