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Fishery management conference in Fortuna

January 24, 2007 

EUREKA – The public is invited to attend a fishery management conference at Fortuna River Lodge Conference Center on the status and influence of disease pathogens in the Klamath River Basin.

The conference starts at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 31 and on Feb. 1 at the Fortuna River Lodge Conference Center, 1800 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna.

It is sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.

A recent press release reported that the two-day conference will provide presentations on a number of issues concerning fish health in the Klamath River Basin with information developed by researchers from universities, tribes, the State of California and federal agencies.

Topics will include:

• Updates on the distribution and habitat of disease pathogen hosts;

• Rates of infection among salmonid populations;

• The influence of flow rates on fish disease; and

• The integration of fish-health research on fishery management decisions.

The full agenda is at  http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/news/FHW_Agenda_2007.pdf

This conference is free of charge and open to the public and news media.

For more information, call (707) 725-7572.

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Agenda


2007 Klamath River Fish Health Conference
January 31, February 1 2007
River Lodge Conference Center, 1800 Riverwalk Drive Fortuna
http://www.fortunariverlodge.com/


Wednesday, January 31

8:30 Welcome/Introductory remarks – Nicholas Hetrick, US Fish & Wildlife Service

8:45:00–9:45 - Overview
Trends and Abundance of Salmon populations – Rebecca Quinones, USFS/UC-Davis (15)
Overview of disease problems – Scott Foott, US Fish & Wildlife Service (15 min)
Parvicapsula (Pm) and Ceratomyxa (Cs) life cycles – what we need to know to understand
these studies – Jerri Bartholomew, Oregon State University (25 min)

9:45 – 10:15 Break

10:15-11:30 – Juvenile Monitoring and Sentinel Studies
Juvenile Chinook, coho salmon infection data – Ken Nichols, Kim True, USFWS (20 min)
Tributary population susceptibility - Scott Foott, USFWS (15min)
2006 Sentinel studies - comparison with 2005 – Rick Stocking, Rich Holt, Jerri Bartholomew OSU (20 min)
Spore contributions from adult salmon – Scott Foott, Jerri Bartholomew (10 min)
Questions

12:00 – 1:15 – Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 - Infection Studies
Effects of salt water on survival of infected fish – Scott Foott, USFWS (15 min)
Dose infection studies for Chinook and coho salmon - Sarah Bjork, OSU (10 min)
Effects of flow on polychaete survival and infection in fish – Sarah Bjork, Jerri Bartholomew
OSU (15 min)

2:30 – 3:30 – Polychaete Sampling Results
2006 Polychaete distribution and infection studies – Rick Stocking, Jerri Bartholomew, OSU (20 min)
Field and lab studies on the distribution and ecology of Manayunkia speciosa – Peggy
Wilzbach, Cummins, Willson, Yost, and Malakauskas (20 min)
Ceratomyxa shasta and Manayunkia speciosa – Marlene Meaders, Gary Hendrickson HSU (20 min)

3:30 - 4:00 Break

4:00- 5:00 Water Sampling Studies
Overview of water sampling efforts– Sascha Hallett, OSU (10 min)
Relationship between data and biological effects– Sascha Hallett, Jerri Bartholomew, OSU (10 min)
Actinospore exposure level / infection study- Scott Foott (10min)
Trends evident from bi-weekly water sampling efforts (30 min)
Description of sampling effort - Susan Corum, Karuk tribe
Results of water sampling - Jerri Bartholomew, OSU
Relationship between spore load, temp and flow – Paul Zedonis, USFWS

5 -7 Evening mixer and poster session
 
Thursday, February 1

8:30 Synthesis and Perspectives on fish health plans from other systems and discussion
Don Ratliff, PGE – C. shasta in the Deschutes system and development of a fish health
management plan (30 min)
Rich Holt, OSU – C. shasta flow recommendations in the Willamette River (20 min)
Jim Winton – General Trends and Summary; Integrated Science Approach (30 min)

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 1:00 PM
Panel Discussions: Integrating Management and Fish Health Research
This period will provide an opportunity for questions and discussion between research presenters, agency, tribal and stakeholder representatives.


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