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
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