Information and Agenda

Gulf & South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species

Hilton Garden Inn
Jackson, MS
April 10-11, 2018

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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 (5/11-12/2017 Savannah, GA) – Kristen Sommers

9:00 Rotenone Sampling of Oxbow Lakes With and Without Asian Carp – Nathan Aycock

9:30 Overview of the Aquatic Invasive Plant Research at Mississippi State University – Gray Turnage

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Overview of the Coastal Mississippi Invasive species Program – Mike Pursley

10:45 Overview of Riparian Plant Control Efforts in Texas – Monica McGarrity

11:15 Don’t Let Your Pets Become Pests – Monica McGarrity

11:30 LUNCH

1:00 USACE-ERDC Research on Aquatic Invasive Plants – Linda Nelson

1:30 USACE-ERDC Research on Invasive Fishes – Jan Hoover

2:00 Implications of the Lacey Act Ruling for States – Kristen Sommers

2:30 Region 4 USFWS / Small Grants Program / Regional Coordinators Meeting – Cindy Williams

3:10 BREAK

3:25 Update on New Introductions – Pam Fuller

3:50 Alert Risk Mapper (NAS ARM) and Flood and Storm Tracking Maps (NAS FaST) – Pam Fuller

4:15 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – Cindy Williams

4:30 Discussion about the Panel’s Website Redesign – All

4:45 Public Comment

RECESS

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

8:30 Call to Order – Kristen Sommers

•  Public Comment

8:35 Tracking of Asian Carp in the Tenn-Tom Waterway – Trevor Knight

9:05 Asian Carp Effects on Age-0 Fish Dynamics in the lower White River – Michael Eggleton

9:35 Diet Overlap Between Asian Carp and Gizzard Shad in Kentucky Lake – Michael Flinn

10:05 BREAK

10:20 Developing eDNA Protocols for the Early Detection of Rusty Crayfish – Louise Nicholson

10:50 Monitoring for Didymosphenia geminat: An Environmental DNA Approach – Gregory Moyer

11:20 State Reports / Members Forum

11:45 LUNCH

1:15 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:15 State Reports / Members Forum

4:00 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All

4:30 Election of Officers

• Chairman
• Vice Chairman

4:45 Other Business

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

ADJOURN