WABC-AFS & SER NW/BC Joint Annual Meeting

Date: May 15, 2012 - May 18, 2012

Four of the Northwest’s premiere ecological restoration and fisheries organizations are coming together to present Restoration 2012 : Beyond Borders, May 15-18 in Victoria BC.

The event will focus on exploring our knowledge of ecosystem and habitat restoration and natural resource management across natural and manmade borders.

Introduction to Electrofishing Class - May 2012

Date: May 29, 2012 - May 30, 2012

This is a two-day class being held at Smith-Root headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. The first day consists of a classroom lecture-based session covering basic electrical theory, electrofishing equipment, operation and safety, and applied electrofishing methods. The second day is a practical field-based session where participants operate electrofishing equipment and apply information learned in the classroom.

Complete course description is available here.

Australian Society for Fish Biology and Oceania Chondrichthyan Society 2012 Conference

Date: Jul 15, 2012 - Jul 18, 2012

‘Addressing the challenges of understanding the movement patterns of aquatic animals and their significance’

For many aquatic species of animals, movement is an obligatory part of the life history. Such movement can involve the passive advection of eggs and larvae through hydrodynamic processes or directed swimming by late-stage larvae, juveniles and adults. Such movement can determine the spatial scale over which the life history operates; affect the dispersion of individuals in space; and the pattern of habitat utilisation throughout the ontogeny. It can also influence the variability in recruitment which ultimately drives the population dynamics and fishery production. Given these profound consequences, movement at all life history stages must be understood so that appropriate strategies for natural resource management can be developed. This is extremely challenging given the range in sizes and swimming abilities of different species and the complexity of aquatic environments. Yet a range of research techniques and equipment have been developed to address this, which have become more sophisticated and capable over time. This symposium will focus on these solutions in the following themes: dispersal of eggs and larvae; advantages and disadvantages of different tagging technologies for understanding juvenile and adult movement and associated physiology; the influence of movement on stock structure; and accommodating movement in natural resource management protocols.

Australian Society for Fish Biology website

HydroVision International 2012

Date: Jul 17, 2012 - Jul 20, 2012

HydroVision International seeks to provide a forum for individuals working in hydro to exchange information, network and showcase products and services to facilitate the development of new hydro resources as well as to support the maintenance of current facilities.

Learn more about HydroVision International.

Introduction to Backpack Electrofishing - ASFB Conference

Date: Jul 19, 2012 - Jul 20, 2012

Introduction to Backpack Electrofishing Workshop Offered at Australian Society for Fisheries Biology Conference

Smith-Root Biologist Lisa Harlan will be conducting an introduction to backpack electrofishing course in conjunction with the ASFB 2012 meeting.

The cost for the course is 750 USD and is limited to 24 attendees.

Course Format

Day One

8-hour classroom session: Electrical theory, electrofishing equipment, operation and safety, applied methods.

Day Two

Field trip to a local stream, field work will be conducted in two groups of up to six people. Each group will spend approximately four hours in the field.

For questions regarding the course, contact Lisa Harlan at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

To sign up for the course - or for information about equipment sales, service or rentals - contact Les Ohlbach at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or by phone at +61 2 42974040.