The AFS 2005 Program Committee is pleased to present the following list of 50 Symposia to be held in Anchorage this coming September. For information about a specific symposium, please contact the organizer(s) directly.

We are looking forward to a fantastic program and appreciate everyone’s great help in pulling this together.

Final Number	Symposium Title	Day	Time	Location
1	Influence of Offshore Platforms on Marine Fish Ecology	Mon	1:20p-5:40p	Hilton Denali
2	Ocean Ecology of Salmon in Western North America: Regional Comparisons	Mon & Tue	1:20p-5:40p & 8:00a-10:00a	Atwood
3	Fishery Management - Practical Approaches to Ecosystem-Based Management and the Role of Science	Mon	1:20p-5:40p	Discovery
4	Small-scale Spatial Variation in the Population Biology of Fishes: Examples, Implications, and Management Concerns	Mon	1:20p-5:20p	Laurence
5	Elasmobranch Research in the Northeast Pacific	Mon & Tue	1:20p-5:40p & 8:00a-12:00p	Voth
6	Catch-and-Release Science and Its Application to Conservation and Management	Mon & Tue	1:20p-5:40p & 8:00a-12:00p	Egan 2
7	Native Participation in Fisheries Management: Past and Present	Mon	1:20p-3:20p	Egan 4
8	Historical and Cultural Importance of Alaska Fisheries	Mon & Tue	3:40p-5:40p & 8:00a-3:20p	Egan 4
9	New Uses of Acoustic Tags in Fisheries Research	Mon	1:20p-5:40p	Egan 5
10	Fishing for the Future: Managing Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems using a Business Paradigm	Mon	1:20p-5:40p	Egan 7-8
11	From the Laboratory to the Field: Practical Applications of Physiological and Performance Indicators in Fish	Mon & Tue	1:20p-5:40p & 8:00a-12:00p	Egan 9-10
12	Fisheries and the Integrated Ocean Observing System	Mon	1:20p-5:40p	Egan 13
13	Biology, Assessment, and Management of Pacific Rockfishes (Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium)	Tues & Wed & Thur	8:00a-3:20p & 8:00a-5:40p & 8:00a-5:40p	Hilton Denali
14	Pacific Salmon Environment and Life History Models: Advancing Science for Sustainable Salmon in the Future	Tues & Wed	10:20a-3:20p & 8:00a-5:40p	Atwood
15	Partnerships for a Common Purpose: Cooperative Fisheries Research and Management http://www.fisheries.org/apa_symposium05/index.htm	Tues & Wed	8:00a-3:00p & 8:00a-5:40p	Discovery
16	Conservation and Recovery of North America's Imperiled Freshwater Fauna & Ecosystems	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 3
17	POST- The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Network: Description & Results from the 2004-05 Demonstration Phase	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 5
18	National and International Challenges and Lessons Learned on Fish Management Chemicals	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 6
19	Behavior and ecology of stream salmonids: individuals, populations, and communities	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 7-8
20	Selectivity and Catch Performance of Commercial and Survey Gears	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 11-12
21	Ecology and Taxonomy of Freshwater and Diadromous Sculpins	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 13
22	Second International Burbot Symposium	Tues	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 14
23	Science Bridging Five Nations: The Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey	Wed	8:00a-5:20p	Voth
24	Recent Advances in Hydroacoustic Assessment of Fish Populations in Marine and Riverine Environments	Wed	8:00a-6:00p	Egan 2
25	Stream and Watershed Restoration: Planning, Prioritizing, and Monitoring	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 3
26	Crustacean Fisheries Science and Assessment	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 5
27	The Theory and Practice of Aquatic Stewardship Education	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 6
28	Fluvial Geomorphology and Fish Habitat Symposium	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 7-8
29	Why is Sustainability so Difficult? - Understanding and Addressing Impediments to Conserving Aquatic Resources	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 9-10
30	The Influence of Dams on River Fisheries	Wed & Thur	8:00a-5:40p & 8:00a-3:20p	Egan 11-12
31	Ecology and Management of North American Prairie Streams	Wed	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 13
32	Connections Between Economic Growth and Fish Conservation	Wed	8:00a-12:00p	Egan 14
33	Written communications: writing and reviewing papers for fisheries journals	Wed	1:40p-5:40p	Egan 14
34	Salmon 2100 Project	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Atwood
35	Innovative Approaches in Managing North Pacific groundfish Fisheries	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Discovery
36	Fisheries, Fishermen, and Fishing Communities: Socioeconomic Perspectives on the West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Voth
37	Habitat--What Is It, How Is It Measured, and How Do Fish Assemblages Respond To It?	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 2
38	Using Video Technology for Fisheries Applications	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 3
39	Behavioral Perspectives in Fish Conservation and Management	Thurs	8:00a-3:20p	Egan 4
40	Invasive Species in Large River Systems	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 5
41	Ecological Significance of Marine Forage Species	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 6
42	MPAs: Fitting the Pieces into the Fisheries Mosaic	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 6
43	Geographic Information System and Geospatial Analyses in Fisheries Research and Management	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 7-8
44	Applications of Bayesian Statistical Methods to Fisheries	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 9-10
45	The New State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies: Aquatic/Fisheries Components	Thurs	8:00a-12:00p	Egan 13
46	Non-salmonid Stock Enhancement of Marine Species In North America: Status and Challenges	Thurs	1:20p-5:40p	Egan 13
47	Advances in Telemetry: Opportunities and Challenges for Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology	Thurs	8:00a-5:40p	Egan 14
48	The Evolution and Ecology of Biocomplexity as a Key to Fisheries Sustainability	Thurs	8:00a-12:00p	Egan Arteaga
49	The Future of Conservation Genetics: Integrating Molecular and Quantitative Genetic Approaches	Thurs	1:20p-5:40p	Egan Arteaga
SP-HIL	Sockeye Salmon Ecology, Evolution, Life History, and Management -- A Special Poster Symposium	Tues	6:30p-9:30p	Hilton Dillingham/Katmai