2004 WDAFS Annual Meeting - Continuing Education

Note: The Genetics and Broodstock Management: A Workshop for Non-Geneticists in Aquaculture and Fisheries Management Course has been cancelled.

Most AFS members have attended Chapter, Division or Society business meetings conducted using Parliamentary Procedure (Robert's Rules of Order). Although this meeting format might at first appear cumbersome, the application of parliamentary law is the best method yet devised to conduct official business in a minimum amount of time while providing all participants the opportunity to express opinions and accommodating questions and resulting discussion. Robert's Rules protect the rights AFS members who join together to accomplish common goals and enable them to debate and take action in a fair manner with the least amount of unproductive controversy. Whether acting as Chair or member, effective participation requires a working knowledge of the Rules. As Constitutional Consultant, Dr. Joe Margraf has served as Parliamentarian at numerous meetings of the American Fisheries Society. Joe will provide a basic understanding of Robert's Rules that will allow students to participate effectively in meetings that are conducted using Parliamentary Procedure. A mock meeting will be used to demonstrate key points. All members, particularly Division and Chapter Executive Committee members are encouraged to attend.

Dr. Joe Margraf, Past AFS Constitutional Consultant
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757020
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7020
907-474-6044
ffjfm1@uaf.edu

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES THREATS TO WESTERN WATERS
Thursday, March 4, 2004. Full day. Registration is $35 Students, $50 AFS Parent Society Member, and $75 AFS Nonmember.

Aquatic Invasive Species and Western Waters: What Can We Do About It? Session Organizer - Bob Pitman, Fish & Wildlife Service Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator – Southwest Region
8:00	Legislation to combat invasive species - Funding and how to get it , Tina Proctor, FWS – Executive Secretary of the Western Regional Panel of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
*Getting To Know the New Zealand Mudsnail*
8:45	New Zealand mudsnail, life history and identification workshop – David Richards, Montana State University and EcoAnalyst
9:45	Break
*Asian Carp Identification*
10:00	Identification problems, keys and other tools to help fishery workers correctly identify silver, bighead, grass and black carp . – Wayne Stancill, FWS, Pierre, SD
*Preventing Introductions*
11:00	Introduction of HACCP planning as a tool to manage natural resource pathways to prevent spread of non-target and invasive species – Stewart Jacks, FWS, Arizona Fishery Resources Office
11:45	Lunch
1:15	How to Draft a Pathway Management Plan
1:45	Review Pathway Management Plan Examples
2:15	Planning Support Website and Database of Completed Plans – David Britton
2:30	Break
2:45	Implementing Pathway Management – Steve Sharon, Wyoming Game & Fish
3:30	Group Discussion Where Should You Use This Planning Where Should Others Use Pathway Planning How Can It Become Standard Operating Procedure

Bob Pitman
Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator
US Fish & Wildlife Service
PO Box 1306, Rm 3118
Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306
505-248-6471
bob_pitman@fws.gov

Thursday, March 4, 2004. Full day. Registration is $35 Students, $50 AFS Parent Society Member, and $75 AFS Nonmember.

Manuscript preparation and all the nuances that go with it are entirely overlooked in our academic training and most of us have to learn the hard way and often times avoid this important aspect of communication. The course will not only improve your own manuscript preparation, but will benefit those of you that are in the editorial or review process. This course will provide training on many important areas of manuscript preparation including: why do we publish, what is publishable, how to organize a manuscript, what to include in a manuscript, what does a journal expect of you, how to submit a manuscript, what to expect in the review process, who is your audience and where do you publish, and more.

Dr. Dave Bennett, University of Idaho and Vaughn Paragamian, Idaho Fish and Game Department

Thursday, March 4, 2004. Full day. Registration is $35 Students, $50 AFS Parent Society Member, and $75 AFS Nonmember. Students are encouraged to bring a laptop computer with at least Windows 95 and Excel if possible.

Population Viability Analysis (PVA) is a modeling technique concerned with the probability that a population will exist for a specified length of time or with the minimum size a population can be expected to persist for a specified length of time. In this workshop we will discuss PVA assumptions, data required to build PVA models, the structure of PVA models, the reliability of PVA predictions, and the effect of variance of the estimates on PVA predictions. All discussions and examples will focus on fish populations and fish issues, and above all, this will be a hands-on workshop. Using Excel, each participant will build several population viability (PV) models, incorporate variance, and perform some introductory simulations (bootstrap) to further explore the effect of variance on PVA predictions. Because we will build PV models from scratch, we will not use any specific PVA software. However, understanding the assumptions and data requirements of PVA, which will be highlighted in the construction of PV models, should aid anyone using commercially available PVA software.

Mary M. Conner
Adjunct Associate Research Professor
Department of Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Sciences
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322
Phone: 435-797-1481 (USU) or 970-217-3404 (cell)
FAX: 435-797-3796