GULF & SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES
Perdido Beach Resort
Orange Beach, AL
April 5-6, 2016

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

8:30 Call to Order – Kristen Sommers

• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:45 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Kristen Sommers

8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes (10/6-7/2015 Myrtle Beach, S.C.) – Kristen Sommers

9:00 Invasive Pacific Lionfish: A Threat to Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Reef-Fish Communities? – Mark Albins

9:25 Regional Lionfish Abundance, Habitat Use, and Impact Utilizing an Existing Fisheries Monitoring Survey – Peter Kingsley-Smith

9:50 Update on the Alabama Adopt-a-Reef Program – Craig Newton

10:05 BREAK

10:20 Maculata Apple Snail Research along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast – Jacoby Carter

10:45 Distribution, Demographics, and Impacts of the Island Applesnail (Pomacea maculata) in South Carolina: Past, Present and Future Research Efforts – Peter Kingsley-Smith

11:10 Zebrafish: a Model System for Developing a Gene Drive to Eradicate Invasive Fish – John Teem

11:35 LUNCH

1:00 The USFWS’ Grass Carp Certification Program – Bill Wayman

1:25 Update on the Efforts to Switch All States Over to Triploid Grass Carp – Dennis Riecke

1:45 Impacts of Asian Carp on Sport Fish Populations in Delta Lakes – Nathan Aycock

2:05 Asian Carp Distribution in the Tenn-Tom Waterway – Dennis Riecke

2:25 Update on the USGS Invasive Plant Program – Dan Thayer

2:45 Fourteen years of invasive in the Delta – Smoot Major

3:10 BREAK

3:30 Developing a qPCR Tool to Detect the Invasive Nematode Parasite (Anguillicoloides crassus) – Peter Kingsley-Smith

3:50 Update on New Aquatic Nuisance Species Introductions – Matt Neilson

4:05 Discussion about the Use of Incentive Programs to Control AIS in the Region – All

4:35 Update on the 2016 USFWS Region 4 AIS Small Grants Program – James Ballard

4:50 Public Comment

RECESS

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

8:30 Call to Order – Kristen Sommers

• Public Comment

8:35 Development of Fact Sheets, New Brochures, Outreach Materials for the Region – All

9:05 Update on Ballast Water Treatment Technologies and Standards – Paul Carangelo

9:25 Update on USFWS Region 4 Aquatic Nuisance Species Activities – Tim Strakosh

9:40 Update on Aquatic Nuisance Species Activities on Mexico – Roberto Mendoza

9:55 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – TBD

10:10 BREAK

10:30 Invasive Species Traveling Trunk Update and Discussion – James Ballard

10:50 Discussion about Panel Membership – All

11:10 Establishment of a GSARP Distinguished Service Award – All

11:35 LUNCH

1:00 Review and Approval of the GSARP Standard Operating procedures – All

1:15 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:20 State Reports / Members Forum

4:20 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All

4:40 Other Business

• Next Meeting, Time and Place (Louisiana)
• Public Comment

ADJOURN