Table Of ContentWhat is the American Fisheries Society?
The American Fisheries Society (AFS), founded in 1870, is the oldest and largest professional society
representing fisheries scientists. AFS promotes scientific research and enlightened management of
resources for optimum use and enjoyment by the public. It also encourages a comprehensive education for
fisheries scientists and continuing on-the-job training.
The AFS publishes some of the world’s leading fisheries research journals: the Transactions of the
American Fisheries Society; North American Journal of Fisheries Management; North American Journal
of Aquaculture, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, and Fisheries.
The AFS organizes scientific meetings where new results are reported and discussed. In addition to
these primary functions, the Society has many other programs in areas such as professional certification,
international affairs, public affairs, and public information.
AFS Mission Statement
The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability
of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and
promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
The Alaska Chapter of AFS
The Alaska Chapter is the local organization in Alaska for the American Fisheries Society. Major activities
include our annual meeting, consisting of technical paper presentations, special guest lecturers, and
continuing education courses for fisheries professionals. Through resolutions and letters to policy makers,
the AK Chapter has supported continued conservation and stewardship of Alaska’s fisheries.
Visit the Alaska Chapter AFS Website at http://www.fisheries.org/afs-ak/
Cover Art: Halibut by Bruce Nelson
Artist Biographical Sketch: Bruce Nelson has been using his paintbrush to reflect the world around him
since he was 8 years old. He spent a year studying in Europe, and in 1980 on a summer vacation while in
college he came to Alaska for a commercial fishing job and never left. From deck hand to skipper Bruce
fished on many different boats and different fisheries throughout the state. This work exposed him to much
of remote Alaska and gave him time to observe and paint coastal landscapes and wildlife. Bruce has over 50
prints and posters to his credit. Some of Nelson's works include three local Kodiak crab festival posters,
1996 Alaska state medallion, 2001 Indiana state trout stamp, works for Ducks Unlimited, Alaska Outdoor
Council and was awarded a grant for the only scientific illustrations of a complete set of Gray whale bones.
His paintings have been purchased by Alaska museums, NOAA/NMFS, ADF&G, and art collectors. Nelson
works out of his studio on Kodiak Island. His artwork can be seen and purchased at Northern Exposure
Gallery in Kodiak and Fishermen's Eye Graphics in Sitka.
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A
special
thanks
to
those
individuals
who
offered
their
knowledge,
time,
and
expertise
in
planning
and
organizing
the
2012
Chapter
meeting
together
Alaska
Chapter
of
the
American
Fisheries
Society
Alaska
Chapter
Executive
Committee
Audra
Brase,
Past
President
Trent
Sutton,
President
Mark
Wipfli,
President
Elect
Philip
Loring,
Vice
President
Nicky
Szarzi,
Secretary
Lee
Ann
Gardner,
Treasurer
Thomas
Farrugia,
Student
Unit
President
Program
Committee
Mark
Wipfli,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Gordon
Kruse,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Courtney
Carothers,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Thomas
Farrugia,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Local
Arrangements
Committee
Mary
Beth
Loewen,
Alaska
Dept
of
Fish
and
Game
Julie
Matweyou,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Tina
Fairbanks,
Kodiak
Regional
Aquaculture
Association
Nathaniel
Nichols,
Alaska
Dept
of
Fish
and
Game
Mark
Witteveen,
Alaska
Dept
of
Fish
and
Game
Kevin
Brennan,
Kodiak
Regional
Aquaculture
Association
Mark
Wipfli,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Lee
Ann
Gardner,
RWJ
Consulting
AK-AFS
Student
Subunits
(UAF,
UAA,
UAS)
Meeting
Sponsors
ABR,
Inc.
–
Environmental
Research
&
Services
Alaska
Airlines
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Bering
Sea
Fisherman’s
Association
BP
Alaska,
Inc.
Era
Aviation
(official
airline
of
the
Kodiak
AFS
conference)
LGL
Alaska
Research
Associates,
Inc.
R2
Resource
Consultants,
Inc.
Sealaska
Corporation
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Cover
Art
Donation
Bruce
Nelson,
Kodiak
Island
artist
Public
Outreach,
Kodiak
Island
Julie
Matweyou,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Registration
Lee
Ann
Gardner,
RWJ
Consulting
Patricia
DeMontfort,
Delicate
Balance
AK-AFS
Student
Subunits
(UAF,
UAA,
UAS)
Audio/Visual
Support
AK-AFS
Student
Subunits
(UAF,
UAA,
UAS)
Tuesday
Reception
Social
Hosts
Quentin
Fong
and
staff
–
Food
preparation,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Staff
–
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
Webmaster
Audra
Brase,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
List-Serve
Manager
Hamachan
Hamazaki,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
King
Crab
Shirt
Design
Lisa
Stuby,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Plenary
Speakers
Dr.
Frank
Asche
Department
of
Industrial
Economics
University
of
Stavanger,
Norway
Dr.
Franz
Mueter
School
of
Fisheries
and
Ocean
Sciences
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Patrick
Saltonstall
Alutiiq
Museum,
Kodiak
3
Session
Chairs
and
Co-Chairs
Jeff
Adams,
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Milo
Adkison,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Anne
Beaudreau,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Andrea
Bersamin,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Allison
Bidlack,
University
of
Alaska
Southeast
Randy
Brown,
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Courtney
Carothers,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Ben
Daly,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
Jeff
Falke,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Thomas
Farrugia,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Robert
Foy,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
Hal
Geiger,
St.
Hubert
Research
Group
Steve
Heinl,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Gordon Kruse, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bert
Lewis,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Philip
Loring,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Aaron
Martin,
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Sue
Mauger,
Cook
Inletkeeper
Jason
McFarland,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Julie
Nielsen,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Alexandra
Oliveira,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Ted
Otis,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Ray
RaLonde,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Cecil Rich, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Erik
Schoen,
University
of
Washington
Andy
Seitz,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Dan
Urban,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
Vanessa
von
Biela,
U.S.
Geological
Survey
Matthew
Whitman,
Bureau
of
Land
Management
Mark
Wipfli,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Chris
Zimmerman,
U.S.
Geological
Survey
Continuing
Education
Coordinator
Tammy
Hoem
Neher,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Continuing
Education
Instructors
Introduction
to
Scientific
Sampling
and
Scientific
Writing
with
Statistics
Instructor
Hal
Geiger,
St.
Hubert
Research
Group
-‐
Hands-‐on
DIDSON
Sonar
Instructor
Mary
Beth
Loewen,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
Instructor
Carl
Pfisterer,
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
-‐
Aircraft
Survival
Training
Instructor
Chief
Charley
Fowler
(AST),
U.S.
Coast
Guard
4
Poster
Session
Organizers
Natura
Richardson,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Thomas
Farrugia,
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
Student
Presentation
Judging
Coordinator
Theresa
Tanner,
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Banquet
Entertainment
Jim
Brashear,
“The
Fisheries
Influence”
presentation
White
Twang,
music
Banquet
Auction
Michael
Bach,
auctioneer
A
Special
THANKS
to
Institutions,
Organizations,
and
Individuals
that
Donated
Live
and
Silent
Auction
Items
and
Made
Other
Financial
Contributions
to
the
Meeting
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Table
of
Contents
page
Plenary
Speaker
Biographies…….…………………………………………………………………………………......9
At-‐a-‐Glance
Schedule………………………………………………………………………………………………..........12
City
Map........................................................................................................................................................................13
Convention
Center
Map.........................................................................................................................................14
Banquet
Program.....................................................................................................................................................15
2012
Alaska
Chapter
AFS
Conference
Schedule.........................................................................................16
Sunday
21st
...........................................................................................................................................................16
Shelikof
Social
Monday
22nd
.........................................................................................................................................................16
Continuing
Education
Kodiak
Island
Brewery
Social
Tuesday
23rd
........................................................................................................................................................16
Continuing
Education
Tours
Welcome
Reception
@
Kodiak
Marine
and
Science
Center/NOAA
Wednesday
24th
..................................................................................................................................................17
Sessions
Plenary
Marine
Ecosystem
Dynamics
and
Sustainable
Fisheries
Recent
Advances
in
Marine
Biology
Elasmobranchs
in
Alaska
Marketing
Sustainability
of
Alaskan
Salmon
Fisheries
Ensuring
Subsistence
Through
Partnerships
Hatchery
Programs
in
Alaska:
Reviewing
the
Old,
Evaluating
the
New
Water
Temperatures
in
Alaska
Freshwater
Habitats
Business
Meeting
Poster
Social
Thursday
25th.......................................................................................................................................................24
Sessions
Recent
Advances
in
Marine
Biology
(continued
from
Wed)
Understanding
Fish
Movement
Crab
Fisheries,
Biology,
and
Ecology
Ensuring
Subsistence
Through
Partnerships
(continued
from
Wed)
Aquatic
Invasive
Spp.
Threats
to
Alaska’s
Fisheries
and
Aquatic
Resources
Challenges
and
Opportunities
in
a
Transdisciplinary
World:
Working
at
the
Intersection
of
Social
and
Natural
Sciences
in
Fisheries
Physical,
Biological,
&
Human
Factors
Affecting
Fishes
on
the
North
Slope
7
Nutrients
and
Food
Webs
in
Lake
and
Stream
Ecosystems
Fish
and
Aquatic
Ecology
Banquet
Friday
26th..............................................................................................................................................................33
Sessions
Bering
Cisco
Research
in
Response
to
a
New
Commercial
Fishery
Alaska
Seafood
Processing,
Quality,
&
Marketing:
Challenges
&
Advances
Fish,
Food
Security,
and
Health:
Supporting
Local
Communities
through
Supporting
Local
Fisheries
Freshwater
Habitat
Modeling
Awards
Ceremony
Poster
Session
Titles...............................................................................................................................................37
Plenary
Session
Abstracts....................................................................................................................................40
Oral
Session
Abstracts............................................................................................................................................43
Marine
Ecosystem
Dynamics
and
Sustainable
Fisheries
Recent
Advances
in
Marine
Biology
Elasmobranchs
in
Alaska
Marketing
Sustainability
of
Alaskan
Salmon
Fisheries
Ensuring
Subsistence
Through
Partnerships
Hatchery
Programs
in
Alaska:
Reviewing
the
Old,
Evaluating
the
New
Water
Temperatures
in
Alaska
Freshwater
Habitats
Recent
Advances
in
Marine
Biology
(continued
from
Wed)
Understanding
Fish
Movement
Crab
Fisheries,
Biology,
and
Ecology
Ensuring
Subsistence
Through
Partnerships
(continued
from
Wed)
Aquatic
Invasive
Spp.
Threats
to
Alaska’s
Fisheries
and
Aquatic
Resources
Challenges
and
Opportunities
in
a
Transdisciplinary
World:
Working
at
the
Intersection
of
Social
and
Natural
Sciences
in
Fisheries
Physical,
Biological,
&
Human
Factors
Affecting
Fishes
on
the
North
Slope
Nutrients
and
Food
Webs
in
Lake
and
Stream
Ecosystems
Fish
and
Aquatic
Ecology
Bering
Cisco
Research
in
Response
to
a
New
Commercial
Fishery
Alaska
Seafood
Processing,
Quality,
&
Marketing:
Challenges
&
Advances
Fish,
Food
Security,
and
Health:
Supporting
Local
Communities
through
Supporting
Local
Fisheries
Freshwater
Habitat
Modeling
Poster
Session
Abstracts....................................................................................................................................166
Business
Meeting
Agenda
for
Kodiak
Meeting,
24
Oct
2012..............................................................189
Business
Meeting
Notes
from
Girdwood
Meeting,
17
Nov
2011......................................................190
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Biographies
of
Plenary
Speakers
FRANK
ASCHE
Frank
Asche
was
educated
at
the
University
of
Bergen
(BA,
MA)
and
received
his
PhD
from
the
Norwegian
School
of
Economics
and
Business
Administration.
He
has
been
a
visiting
scholar
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
the
University
of
Rhode
Island,
and
Duke
University
(as
a
Fulbright
Scholar),
and
a
member
of
the
science
advisory
board
for
the
Worldfish
Centre.
He
is
president
of
the
International
Association
of
Aquaculture
Economics
and
Management
and
associate
editor
for
Marine
Resource
Economics.
Professor
Asche's
research
interests
focus
on
aquaculture
and
seafood
markets,
but
he
has
also
been
doing
work
in
fisheries
management
and
energy
economics.
Recent
research
topics
include
international
trade
with
seafood
and
the
organization
of
the
seafood
supply
chain
as
well
as
the
impact
of
productivity
development
on
aquaculture
and
seafood
markets.
Professor
Asche
has
published
numerous
articles
in
international
journals
in
economics
as
well
as
leading
multi-‐disciplinary
journals
like
Science
and
PLoS
One.
He
edited
the
book
Primary
Industries
facing
Global
Markets
in
2007,
and
has
co-‐authored
the
book
The
Economics
of
Aquaculture
with
Trond
Bjørndal
(Blackwell,
2011).
He
has
also
written
a
number
of
popular
scientific
articles,
undertaken
a
number
of
research
projects
in
Norway
as
well
as
for
international
organizations
like
the
FAO,
OECD
and
WTO,
and
served
on
the
expert
panel
on
a
new
law
of
the
management
of
marine
resources
in
Norway.
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Biographies
of
Plenary
Speakers
FRANZ
MUETER
Franz
began
biological
studies
at
the
Rhino-‐Westphalian
Technical
Institute
in
Aachen,
Germany,
before
moving
to
Fairbanks
in
1988
to
pursue
graduate
degrees
in
biological
(M.S.)
and
fisheries
oceanography
(Ph.D.),
as
well
as
biostatistics
(M.S.).
His
research
initially
focused
on
the
early
life
history
of
pollock
and
flatfishes
in
nearshore
waters
of
the
Gulf
of
Alaska,
and
gradually
expanded
to
include
adult
groundfish
communities
throughout
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
and
Bering
Sea.
He
has
also
modeled
recruitment
processes
of
salmon
in
relation
to
temperature
variability
throughout
the
Northeast
Pacific
and
has
worked
on
other
anadromous
species
in
Alaskan
waters,
including
the
Beaufort
Sea.
In
2008
he
accepted
a
faculty
position
at
the
University
of
Alaska
in
Juneau,
where
he
teaches
quantitative
fisheries
classes,
supervises
a
number
of
graduate
students,
and
continues
research
on
the
effects
of
environmental
variability
on
the
distribution,
growth,
and
survival
of
fishes
in
subarctic
and
arctic
waters.
He
is
particularly
interested
in
the
applied
aspects
of
this
research
as
they
relate
to
the
management
of
fisheries
resources
in
the
face
of
global
climate
changes.
He
is
currently
involved
in
several
multi-‐disciplinary
integrated
ecosystem
research
programs
in
the
Bering
Sea
(BEST/BSIERP),
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
(GOA
IERP),
and
the
Arctic
(Arctic
Ecosystem
Integrated
Survey).
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Description:1996 Alaska state medallion, 2001 Indiana state trout stamp, works for Ducks
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