Joint Meeting of the Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel And Mississippi River Basin Panel
October 9-11, 2012
Four Points by Sheraton
New Orleans, LA

Tuesday, October 9

ICS Training Workshop

7:30 Registration

8:00 – 5:00 ICS training

Wednesday, October 10

Joint Panels Meeting

7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Introductions

8:00 Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel (Leslie Hartman)

8:15 Mississippi River Basin Panel (Nick Schmal)

Vector Management

8:30 New Introductions of Interest (Matt Cannister)

8:45 Organisms in Trade (Mike Hoff)

9:15 Ornamental Trade (Jeff Hill)

9:45 Incidental Hitchhikers (Earl Chilton)

10:15 Break

10:45 Overview of MAP Vector Management Workshop (Fredrika Moser)

11:15 Group Discussion: Implementing Vector Management (All)

• Identify principal vectors
  • Information gaps/needs
  • Priority actions
• How to implement vector vs. species management approaches?
• Recommendations for ANSTF or Panels?

Lunch 12:00 – 1:30

Updates / Reports

1:30 ANSTF (Susan Mangin)

• Group Discussion: Reporting State Expenses on AIS Prevention and Control

2:00 Southern Division AFS and Parent Society Resolutions on ANS Funding and the Asian Carp Management Plan (Dennis Riecke)

2:10 MICRA (Steve Shults / Jason Goeckler)

2:20 SARP (Jeff Herod)

2:30 ISAC (Earl Chilton)

2:40 AFWA Invasive Species Committee (Kim Bogenschutz)

3:00 Break

Outreach and Education

3:20 GSARP Traveling Trunk (Herb Kumpf)

3:40 Wildlife Forever’s “Invader Crusader” School Curriculum (Karen Hollingsworth)

4:00 Sharing what we have learned: Outreach products designed to change behaviors (Linda Walters)

4:20 Awareness vs. Behavior Change (Eileen Ryce)

4:40 Group Discussion: Communication Strategies (All)

5:20 Wrap-up

5:30 Adjourn

GULF & SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES
Four Points by Sheraton
New Orleans, LA

Thursday, October 11, 2012

8:00 Call to Order – Leslie Hartman

• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:15 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Leslie Hartman

8:20 Review and Approval of Minutes (4/2-3/2012 Mobile, AL) – Leslie Hartman

8:30 Year-long absence of an invasive species in LA: current status of introduced tilapia – Tom Lorenz

9:00 Previous and ongoing behavioral studies of invasive cichlids in Louisiana – Manalle Al-Salamah

9:30 Louisiana’s Aquatic Plant Control program – Rob Bourgeois

10:00 BREAK

10:30 Update – Reproductive Sterility as a Tool for Prevention/Control of AIS – John Teem

10:50 Update – Trojan Y Chromosome Eradication of Invasive Fish Project – John Teem

11:10 Update on GSARP Rapid Response Plan and Plans for Completing – Leslie Hartman

11:25 Update on Penaeus monodon activities – Peter Kingsley-Smith

11:45 National Invasive Lionfish Prevention and Management Plan Update – James Ballard

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 The use of AIS for Biofuels in Texas – Earl Chilton

1:50 Update on AIS Activities in México – Roberto Mendoza

2:00 The 40 Year Plan – Leslie Hartman

2:30 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:30 State Reports / Members Forum

4:00 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All

4:25 Other Business

• Next Meeting, Time and Place
• Public Comment

ADJOURN