Plenary Session Podium Book
141st Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington
Monday, September 5, 2011
8A.M.-12 Noon
Washington StateConvention Center
Room 4F
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Plenary Session---Order of Presentations
- 07:30– 08:00Sponsors Recognition
- 08:00 – 08:10Welcome – Wayne Hubert, President
- 08:10 – 08:20Welcome –Invocation by Muckleshoot Tribe
- 08:20 - 08:30Welcome– Dow Constantine, Executive Director, King County, Washington, introduced by Cleve Steward, Local Arrangements Co- Chair
- 08:30 – 09:00An Optimistic View of Challenges Facing Fisheries Scientists and Managers-Randall Peterman, Simon Fraser University– Introduced by Wayne Hubert
- 09:00– 09:10Awards Presentation-Introductions by William Fisher
- Distinguished Service Award-Colleen Caldwell, Jesse Trushenski and the Tennessee Chapter, Brad Ray
- Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award-Congressman Norm Dicks
- 09:10 – 09:40Native American Leadership in Management of Pacific Salmon – Billy Frank, Jr., Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission-Introduced by Wayne Hubert
- 09:40 – 10:00Awards Presentation- Introductions by Don Jackson
- President’s Fishery Conservation Award – AFS member, James Franks; non AFS entity, Trout Unlimited’s Eastern Mine Abandonment Program
- William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award-Joseph S. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta
- 10:00 – 10:30Break (sponsor recognition)
- 10:30– 11:00Science: Beacon of Reality– Robert Lackey, Oregon State University– Introduced by Wayne Hubert
- 11:00 – 11:10Awards Presentation-Introductions by John Boreman
- Meritorious Service Award –David W. Willis, professor, South Dakota State University
- Honorary Membership-Gus Rassam, AFS Executive Director
- 11:10 – 11:40The Ecology of Fisheries Education -- Are we adequately preparing the next cohort for a field in flux?-Jesse Trushenski Southern Illinois University, Introduced by Wayne Hubert
- 11:40– 11:50Awards Presentation-Introductions by Robert Hughes
- Award of Excellence-Fred W. Allendorf, professor, University of Montana
- Emmeline Moore Prize-Ambrose Jearld, Jr., Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- 11:50-11:55Closing Remarks – Wayne Hubert
- 11:55-noonHousekeeping Announcements – Larry Dominguez, Local Arrangements Co-Chair
Sponsors of the 141STAnnual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
Many Thanks to the Generous AFS 2011 Sponsors
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Smith-Root, Inc.
US Geological Survey
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.
U.S. Forest Service
MillerCoors
Northwest Marine Technology
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
US Bureau of Land Management
HTI – Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc.
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Golder Associates
Bristol Bay Processors and Promoters
Alaska Airlines
Cardno Entrix
Floy Tag & Mfg., Inc.
ICF International
Weyerhaeuser
HDR, Inc.
Sound Metrics
Pebble Partnership
Meacham Foundation
Trident Seafoods
Biosonics
Vemco
Marine Stewardship Council
Blue Mountain Cider Company
Salmon Recovery Funding Board
North Pacific Research Board
Taylor Shellfish
Wiley-Blackwell
Sonotronics
Anchor QEA
R2 Resources, Inc.
Northwest Hydraulics Consultants
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority
Trout Unlimited
Washington Forest Protection Association
Miller Ecological Consultants, Inc.
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission
Hart Crowser, Inc.
Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commission
Pacific Seafood
Wildlife Computers
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
State of the Salmon
Worthington Waterway Barriers
Oregon Chapter AFS
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Shoshone Bannock Tribes
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
Seattle Public Utilities
EPRI – Electric Power Research Institute
Oregon State University
Alaska Chapter AFS
Idaho Chapter AFS
Utah Chapter AFS
Parametrix
Potlatch Corporation
Arizona/New Mexico Chapter AFS
Cal/Neva Chapter AFS
Forest & Channel Metrics, Inc.
University of Washington – School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences
Deschutes Brewery
Norwegian Commercial Club
7 Seas Brewery
Onefishtwofish.net
GeoEngineers
Welcome & Call to Order
8:00-8:10
Wayne Hubert, President
Invocation
8:10-8:20
Muckleshoot Tribe
Welcoming Remarks
8:20-8:30
Dow Constantine, Executive Director, King County, Washington. Introduced by Cleve Steward
Introduced by Cleve Steward, Co-chair, Local Arrangements Committee, 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society.
First Plenary Address—Randall Peterman, Simon Fraser University
8:30-9:00
Speaker Introduced by: Wayne Hubert
Dr. Peterman will discuss several challenges facing the fisheries field, including recognition of uncertainties and risks, changes in productivity of aquatic systems, complex management objectives, and intricate quantitative models. He will discuss potential solutions to these challenges, including multi-disciplinary training needs for young scientists and future managers. Dr. Peterman is a Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management ( in British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in “Fisheries Risk Assessment and Management,” and specializes in quantitative methods to improve fisheries science and management. Dr. Peterman has authored or co-authored 116 journal articles and peer-reviewed papers. He has brought his research experience to the policy arena. For example, he was one of the authors of the 1995 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s “Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries”, and he chaired a 2010 Expert Panel for the Pacific Salmon Commission on causes of the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon.
Please help me welcome Randall Peterman (Lead applause)
Randall Peterman’s talk is entitled“An optimistic view of challenges facing fisheries scientists and managers"
Awards Presentations
Introduced by William Fisher
9:00-9:10
(Wayne hands awards to winners)
1. Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes outstanding contributions of time and energy for special projects or activities by AFS members
Recipients:
Colleen Caldwell, New Mexico Cooperative Research Unit-This recognition focuses on Dr. Caldwell’s successful efforts to develop the new AFS policy on Climate and Fisheries.
- Dr. Caldwell led the effort to complete the development of the AFS policy on Climate and Fisheriesover several years.
- It took Dr. Caldwell’s dedication and commitment to build on early drafts, coordinate updated chapters by a dozen individual authors, and edit those contributions into a solid background document that supported a policy suitable for consideration by AFS leaders and subsequent passage by AFS membership.
- Without Dr. Caldwell’s steadfast efforts as author, coordinator, and editor, AFS would not have a policy statement on climate and fisheries.
Please join me in congratulating Colleen Caldwell(Lead applause)
Presentation of plaque
Jesse Trushenski, Southern Illinois University- Dr. Trushenski is honored for her leadership in the development of a policy statement on Anesthetic/Sedative use in fisheries.
- Currently, there is no ideal compound that can be legally used on fish without adhering to a lengthy withdrawal period.
- The availability of safe and effective fish sedatives or anesthetics is crucial to fisheries research and management, and fish culture activities.
- As President of the Fish Culture Section, Dr. Trushenski assembled a team of experts from various scientific disciplines, and was instrumental in the development of a document entitled: “AFS Policy Statement on the Need for an Immediate-Release Anesthetic/Sedative for Use in the Fisheries Disciplines.”
- Dr. Trushenski was the driving force behind completing this project in about 18 months, an undertaking that normally takes 3-5 years.
Please join me in congratulating Jesse Trushenski (Lead applause)
Presentation of plaque
Tennessee Chapter, accepted by president, Bradley Ray-
This small chapter is recognized for their dedication and service to the Southern Division and the Society.
- Since its formation in 1977, the Tennessee Chapter has hosted annual Chapter meetings with attendance ranging from 70-150 members, 3 Southern Division meetings, the 139th Annual meeting in Nashville, as well as 2 annual Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency conferences, and the Third National Reservoir Symposium.
- As a result of the chapter’s ongoing contributions to science, and information exchange, the Tennessee Chapter is recognized with a Distinguished Service Award.
Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in congratulating Bradley Ray, accepting for the Tennessee Chapter(Lead applause)
Presentation of plaque
2. Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award“the Sully” to
Congressman Norm Dicks
The Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award, known as the "Sully," was created in 1991 and was first awarded to Carl Sullivan shortly before his death. It is awarded annually in his memory. It is given to an individual or organization for outstanding contributions to the conservation of fishery resources that may be political, legal, educational, scientific, or managerial in scope.
Recipient:U.S. Representative Norm Dicks, 6th District, State of Washington
Accepted by:
Congressman Dicks is presented this award for many reasons. They include:
● Congressman Dicks has supported and sought funding for scientific investigation of salmonid hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest by means of the Hatchery Scientific Review Group. His personal guidance of interactions among agencies involved in this effort has resulted in profound changes in the ways hatcheries are operated leading to better management of fisheries and protection of wild stocks.
● He championed the restoration of the Elwha River, the largest dam removal project in the United States, which provided access by salmon to 70 miles of riverine habitat with Olympic National Park.
● He has worked to protect the Puget Sound for over 40 years and has been instrumental in creating and funding the Puget Sound Partnership which has aided in the recovery of large areas of estuarine habitat.
Please join me in honoring Representative Norm Dicks for his contributions to fisheries conservation. (Lead applause)
Presentation of carving
Second Plenary Address
Billy Frank, Jr. –
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
9:10-9:40
Speaker Introduced by: Wayne Hubert
Mr. Billy Frank, Jr. will describe his experience in the leadership of Native Americans as the tribal role evolved from activists, fighting to secure fishing rights reserved in treaties with the U.S. government, to managers of the resources. Mr. Frank is a member and elder of the Nisqually Indian Tribe. For 22 years, he has served as the Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission where he “speaks for the salmon” on behalf of 20 Treaty Indian Tribes in western Washington. Mr. Frank is an advocate for fish habitat protection and healthy salmon runs and has a strong legacy of experiences and accomplishments to share.
Please join me in welcoming, the honorable, Mr. Billy Frank, Jr.
Billy Frank, Jr.’stalk is entitled"Native American leadership in management of Pacific salmon"
Awards Presentations
Introductions by Don Jackson
9:40-10:00
3.Presidents Fishery Conservation Award
The President’s Fishery Conservation Award was established in 1996 to recognize individuals or entities for singular accomplishments or long-term contributions that advance aquatic resource conservation at a regional, national, or international level.
AFS individual or unit category:
Recipient: -- James (or Jim) Franks, Fisheries Research Biologist at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi
There are several aspects of Mr. Franks' career for which he is recognized. They include:
● His outstanding research on several coastal and marine species, particularly cobia and his current work with tripletail.
● His research identifying the importance of pelagic Sargassum to the young of several marine species
● These are just a couple ofmany ways in which Mr. Frank’s work has contributed to legislation, regulations, and management activities contributing to the conservation of aquatic resources of the Gulf of Mexico
Please join me in congratulating Mr. Jim Franks. (Lead applause)
Presentation of engraved plaque
Non-member category:
Recipient: Trout Unlimited’s Eastern Abandoned Mine Program
Accepting: Amy Wolfe, Director
TU's Eastern Abandoned Mine Program was selected because:
● Acid drainage from abandoned coal mines is having serious impact on many watersheds in the Eastern U.S.
● The TU Eastern Abandoned Mine Program has demonstrated how impacted watersheds in Pennsylvania can be restored.
● The Program focused on the Kettle Creek drainage (244 square miles) and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River watershed (1,200 square miles).
● Approximately $35,000,000 were raised to conduct state-of-the-art restoration practices in the two watersheds, and to implement post-treatment monitoring.
● These two projects provide an outstanding model for watershed groups facing large-scale impairments from acid mine drainage or other perturbations.
Please join me in congratulating Amy Wolfe, Director, of TU's Eastern Abandoned Mine Program who will be accepting the award. (Lead applause)
Presentation of engraved plaque
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4. William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award
to Joseph S. Nelson
The William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award was established in 1995 to be given to an individual or organization for outstanding accomplishments or long-term contributions that advance aquatic conservation at a national or international level.
Recipient: Joseph S. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta
Accepted by: Michael Sullivan (colleague and former student)
Dr. Joseph Nelson is recognized as this year's recipient of the William E. Ricker Conservation Award for many reasons:
● Dr. Nelson had a very distinguished career at the University of Alberta as a scientist and educator.
● He is recognized in Alberta for his work describing the distributions and life histories of fishes in Alberta, particularly the book, The Fishes of Alberta, co-authored with Martin Paetz. Among fisheries workers in Alberta this work is widely referred to as "the bible."
● Dr. Nelson's huge array of publications has had significant influence on fisheries conservation worldwide. He is probably most widely recognized for the publication, The Fishes of the World, currently in its 4th edition
● Dr. Nelson was a member of AFS for over 50 years and served the Society in many ways, among them is 19 years of service as Chair of the Names of Fishes Committee.
Unfortunately, Dr. Nelson passed away on August 10th, 2011. Due to his declining health, an early presentation was made to Dr. Nelson by colleagues and former students at his home in Alberta earlier this summer. His response was videoed for viewing at this time. Please play the video.
Today, the plaque is accepted by Michael Sullivan. I understand that Mr. Sullivan has a brief remark to make on behalf of the late Dr. Nelson. (Allow Mr. Sullivan to go to the podium.
Let's honor Dr. Nelson with a round of applause.
Presentation of engraved plaque
Break
10:00-10:30
Remind folks to return at blinking light or other signal?
Third Plenary Address
Robert Lackey,Oregon State University
10:30-11:00
Speaker Introduced by: Wayne Hubert
Dr.Lackey will address the role of science in decision making and policy in fisheries management. Dr. Lackey is a Professor of Fisheries and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Oregon State University. He retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 after three decades of Federal Service during which he served in many leadership positions. The EPA awarded him its highest honor — the Gold Medal — for exceptional contributions in strengthening the role of science in ecological policy. He has authored over 120 journal articles and book chapters, and is a Certified Fisheries Scientist. Dr. Lackey is well-known for his thought-provoking and insightful articles on about the interaction of science, management, and policy.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Robert Lackey. (Lead applause)
Robert Lackey’stalk is entitled“Science: Beacon of Reality”
Awards Presentations
Introductions by John Boreman
11:00-11:10
5.Meritorious Service Award
The Meritorious Service Award was first presented in 1986 and is awarded annually to an individual for unswerving loyalty, dedication, and meritorious service to the Society over a long period of time; and for exceptional commitment to AFS’s programs, ideals, objectives, and goals.
Recipient: David W. Willis, Distinguished Professor, South Dakota State University
- Dr. Willis, AFS is honored for involvement and leadership in AFS that has spanned over three decades in capacities ranging from a district fisheries biologist with a state agency, to a researcher and educator, to a Distinguished Professor and Department Chair.
- He has served as a leader at all levels of the Society, serving on or chairing 37 different committees.
- He has served as president of the Kansas Chapter, vice president of the Dakota Chapter, president of the North Central Division, and president of the Fish Management Section.
- Dr. Willis has also helped to ensure that quality science is published by the Society, serving as an associate editor for the North American Journal of Fisheries Management and as co-editor of several AFS publications.
- Dr. Willis was inducted in to the Fisheries Management Hall of Excellence in 2007 and was awarded the AFS President’s Fishery Conservation Award in 2009.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please join me in congratulating this year’s recipient of the Meritorious Service award, Dr. David Willis. (Lead applause)
Presentation of engraved plaque
6. Honorary Membership
Presented to individuals who have achieved outstanding professional accomplishments or have given outstanding service to the Society. Honorary Members must be nominated by at least 100 active members and elected by a 2/3 majority of active members online.
Recipient: Ghassan N. Rassam, Executive Director, American Fisheries Society
● Dr. Rassam began service as Executive Director of AFS in April 1999 during a time of financial challenge and somewhat uncertain identity for AFS as a professional scientific society.
● His vision, expertise in finance, and experience in organizational management has enabled AFS to expand membership services while remaining financially sound through the most recent international economic recession.
● He has worked to ensure and advance a strong focus on quality scientific publications and information-based meetings over the last 11 years making AFS a highly respected scientific society.
● He has pushed to see AFS emerge in a global context with Society involvement in the World Council of Fisheries and his service as its General Secretary.
● He is an outstanding "bridge builder," facilitating collaboration among AFS members, AFS staff, professional societies, state and federal agencies, and businesses to achieve the goals of our Society.
● For these and the many other aspects of leadership he has provided to AFS, we recognize Gus Rassam with Honorary Membership (Lead applause)
Presentation of PLAQUE
Fourth Plenary Address-Jesse Trushenski, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
11:10-11:40
Speaker Introduced by: Wayne Hubert
Dr. Trushenski will provide insight into the education of future fisheries scientists, fish culturists, and fisheries managers considering the perspectives and needs of students, educators, and employers. Dr. Trushenski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology and conducts research within the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Dr. Trushenski’s research interests are in fish physiology and aquaculture. She conducts applied research on fish nutrition and basic research on metabolism and physiological processes in fishes all with a focus on development of practical solutions for the aquaculture industry. She is the President of the Fish Culture Section of the AFS. She has a sound research record with dozens of journal articles and book chapters, as well as substantial experience in the classroom and mentoring graduate students.