The meeting will be held on November 18-19, 2025 at the Tides Folly Beach Hotel (1 Center Street, Folly Beach, SC 29439).

[All times stated in the agenda are in Eastern Daylight Time.* Indicates virtual presentation]

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

8:30     Call to Order – Matt Phillips, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FL FWCC), Panel Chair

• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:45     Review and Adoption of Agenda – Matt Phillips, FL FWCC

8:50     Review and Approval of Minutes from the Spring GSARP Meeting [Orlando, Florida, April 22^nd-23^rd] – Matt Phillips, FL FWCC

9:00     USFWS State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan (SIANSMP) funding to the SCDNR Marine Resources Research Institute: From FY2014 to the present day – Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR

9:20     The SC Aquatic Nuisance Plants Program at the Department of Environmental Services – Julie Holling, SC Department of Environmental Services (SC DES)

9:40     Aquatic invasive plant management activities on the Santee Cooper Lakes – Chad Holbrook, Santee Cooper (a.k.a. South Carolina Public Service Authority)

10:00   BREAK

10:20   An overview of the aquatic, invasive herpetofauna of South Carolina – Andrew Grosse, SCDNR

10:40   Update on New ANS Introductions – Wesley Daniel, US Geological Survey (USGS)

11:00   The genetic legacy of a global marine invader; the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas – Erik Sotka, College of Charleston

11:20   Invasive eel swimbladder nematode, Anguillicola crassus research – Jordan Parish, SCDNR

11:40   Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF) Update *– Susan Pasko, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

12:00   LUNCH (on your own)

1:00     Tracking an invasion: How the distribution and abundance of lionfish (Pterois spp.) has changed along the U.S. Atlantic coast – Margaret Walker Finch, SCDNR

1:20     Impacts of Alabama bass invading South Atlantic Slope waterways – Mark Scott, SCDNR

1:40     Impacts of flathead catfish established in South Atlantic Slope Waterways – Kevin Kubach, SCDNR

2:00     White spot syndrome virus; pathways for invasion – Daniel Sasson, SCDNR

2:20     Investigating the geographic distribution of the blue land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, by leveraging citizen science – Daniel Sasson, SCDNR

2:40     Caribbean creeping crabs: Implications of the continued spread of the green porcelain crab, Petrolisthes armatus up the southeast US coast – April Blakeslee, East Carolina University (ECU)

3:00     BREAK

3:15     Non-native symbionts – Greg Rothman, SCDNR

3:35     Quantifying occupancy of non-native aquatic species in South Carolina’s coastal plain using eDNA and electrofishing – Catherine Masatani, Clemson University

3:55     Seasonal variation in thermal refugia use and angler participation in removal efforts of suckermouth armored catfish in San Felipe Creek, Val Verde County, Texas *– Matthew Troia, University of Texas – San Antonio

4:15     Understanding boater behavior to prevent aquatic invasive species: A multistate test of Protection Motivation Theory * – Ben Ghasemi, Ohio State University

4:35     Soft coral presentation * – Nilda Marrero / Maria Rodriguez, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources – TBC

4:55     Other business

RECESS @ 5pm

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

8:30     Call to Order – Matt Phillips

• Public Comment

8:45     Overview of aquatic invasive plants in SC – Keith Bradley, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)

9:05     USGS Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Database Update – Wesley Daniel, USGS

9:25     GSARP Business updates – Jim Page, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

9:30     State Reports / Members Forum

10:00   BREAK

10:15   State Reports / Members Forum – cont’d

11:30   Other Business – Matt Phillips, FL FWCC

• Next Meeting (spring 2026, Alabama?)

11:45   Public Comment

ADJOURN @ 12:00 PM