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VOL 33 NO 8 AUGUST 2008 Fish News Legislative Update Fisheries Journal Highlights FisheriesAmerican Fisheries Society • www.fisheries.org Calendar Job Center Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes AFS ANNUAL REPORT Fisheries • v o l 33 n o 8 • a u g u s t 2008 • w w w .f i s h e r i e s .o r g 365 Bermuda’s Beauties Squid are mysterious and beautiful. Although relatively little is known about their growth and life histories, squid are an important source of food for many animals, and support expanding fisheries. Oceanic squid migrate long distances, and these delicate creatures are challenging to rear in captivity. These characteristics make squid hard to study, and because they are susceptible to handling mortality, they have been uncommonly difficult to tag. Dr. James Wood and his student Suzanne Replinger at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research developed a new method to directly measure size and temperature specific growth rates of individual wild squid Above: Caribbean Reef Squid. Below left: using Northwest Marine Technology’s 1 Batch or individual codes can be made for Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) Tags . squid by combining tag locations and colors. VIE was injected into the mantles of The fluorescent properties of the VIE tags Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis make them easy to see. Below right: Dr. Northwest Marine Technology, sepioidea, with four marks per Wood and his students captured squid by Inc. seining in the shallow waters of Bermuda individual. The squid were kept in and then held them for tagging in a portable captivity to measure tag retention before net. Photos © James B. Wood. any squid were tagged in the field. All of the VIE tags were retained for the duration of the study. They then captured, tagged, and released 93 squid into Bermuda’s inshore bays to evaluate whether the same individuals could be recaptured and their growth rates measured. Ten tagged squid were recaptured, showing that VIE tagging was a successful technique for future studies. Dr. Wood has also expanded the technique to other cephalopods. 1. Replinger, S., and J. Wood. 2007. A preliminary investigation of the use of subcutaneous tagging in Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae). Fisheries Research 84(3):308-313. Northwest Marine Technology, Inc. www.nmt.us Shaw Island, Washington, USA Corporate Office Biological Services 360.468.3375366 [email protected] 360.596.9400 [email protected] • v o l 33 n o 8 • a u g u s t 2008 • w w w .f i s h e r i e s .o r g VOL 33 NO 8 AUGUST 2008 Contents COLUMN: 368 PreSiDeNt'S HooK AmericFisheriesAn Fisheries society • www.Fisheries.org Fisheries in Flux: How Do We ensure our Sustainable Future? EDITORIAL / SUBSCRIPTION / CIRCULatiON OFFICES 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110 • Bethesda, MD 20814-2199 Many of the individuals and committees who shared in the AFS vision and who were 301/897-8616 • fax 301/897-8096 • [email protected] instrumental in initiating and advancing key strategic goals are recognized. A deliberate The American Fisheries Society (AFS), founded in 1870, is the oldest and largest professional society representing and knowledge-driven approach to challenges and changes in the Society's thinking fisheries scientists. The AFS promotes scientific research about research, management, and aquatic stewardship has advanced our relevancy as a and enlightened management of aquatic resources professional association this year. for optimum use and enjoyment by the public. It also encourages comprehensive education of fisheries scientists Mary C. Fabrizio and continuing on-the-job training. AFS FISHERIES EDITORS OFFICERS STAFF NEWS: SENIOR EDITOR SCIENCE EDITORS PRESIDENT Ghassan “Gus” N. Madeleine 369 FiSHerieS Mary C. Fabrizio Rassam Hall-Arber PRESIDENT ElECT DIRECTOR OF Ken Ashley William G. Franzin PUBLICATIONS Doug Beard UPDATE: FIRST Aaron Lerner Ken Currens VICE PRESIDENT MANAGING 370 LegiSLAtioN AND PoLicY William E. Kelso Donald C. Jackson EDITOR Deirdre M. Kimball Elden Hawkes, Jr. SECOND Beth Beard VICE PRESIDENT PRODUCTION Robert T. Lackey Wayne A. Hubert EDITOR Dennis Lassuy PAST PRESIDENT Cherie Worth Allen Rutherford JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS: Jennifer L. Nielsen Book review EXECUTIVE EDITORS 371 NortH AmericAN Francis Juanes DIRECTOR JOURNAL OF AQuaculturE Ghassan “Gus” N. Ben Letcher Rassam Keith Nislow 371 Journal of AQuatic ANimAL HeALtH Dues and fees for 2008 are $76 in North America ($88 elsewhere) for regular members, $19 in North America ($22 elsewhere) for student members, and $38 372 ($44) retired members. Fees include $19 for Fisheries subscription. Nonmember and library subscription rates are $106 ($127). Price per copy: $3.50 member; $6 FEATURE: nonmember. Fisheries (ISSN 0363-2415) is published monthly by the American Fisheries Society; 5410 372 ENDANGERED SPECIES Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110; Bethesda, MD 20814-2199 Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diaddromous ©copyright 2008. Periodicals postage paid at Bethesda, Maryland, and at an additional mailing office. A copy of Fishes Fisheries Guide for Authors is available from the editor or A review of the conservation status of North America’s freshwater and diadromous the AFS website, www.fisheries.org. If requesting from the managing editor, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed fishes reveals a substantial decline among 700 living taxa, with an additional 61 envelope with your request. Republication or systematic presumed extinct or extirpated from natural habitats. or multiple reproduction of material in this publication is permitted only under consent or license from the Howard L. Jelks, Stephen J. Walsh, Noel M. Burkhead, Salvador Contreras- American Fisheries Society. Postmaster: Send address changes to Fisheries, American Fisheries Society; 5410 Balderas, Edmundo Díaz-Pardo, Dean A. Hendrickson, John Lyons, Nicholas E. Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110; Bethesda, MD 20814-2199. Mandrak, Frank McCormick, Joseph S. Nelson, Steven P. Platania, Brady A. Fisheries is printed on 10% post-consumer Porter, Claude B. Renaud, Juan Jacobo Schmitter-Soto, Eric B. Taylor, and Melvin recycled paper with soy-based printing inks. L. Warren, Jr. 408 DiRector'S LiNE Steven Berkeley Fellowship Advertising Index With contributions from family and friends, AFS and the Marine Fisheries Section Amirix Systems Inc. 383, 385 established an annual memorial fellowship BioSonics . 423 for a graduate student actively enganged in EcoAnalysts . 369 thesis research on marine conservation. The Emperor Aquatics, Inc. 420 first winner and honorable mentions have Floy Tag . 420 been announced. Frigid Units, Inc.. 417 Gus Rassam Halltech Aquatic Research, Inc. 407 409 AFS ANNUAL REPORT Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc. 424 Fisheries in Flux: How do we ensure Little River Research and Design . 420 our sustainable future? Special projects, Lotek Wireless. 405 publications, awards, contributors, and Myriax . 419 financials are highlighted. 409 Northwest Marine Technology, Inc. 366 CALENDAR: Ocean Marine Industries, Inc. 419 418 FiSHerieS eveNtS Sonotronics . 403 Texas Chapter AFS . 408 ANNOUNCEMENTS: University of Hawaii . 421 421 JOB CENTER COVER: Entosphenus tridentatus, Pacific lamprey, a vulnerable parasitic species found in Canada, Tell advertisers you found them through the United States, and Mexico. Fisheries! CREDIT: R. T. Bryant Fisheries • v o l 33 n o 8 • a u g u s t 2008 • w w w .f i s h e r i e s .o r g 367 mary c. Fabrizio COLUMN: AFS President Fabrizio PreSiDeNt'S Hook can be contacted at [email protected]. Fisheries in Flux: How Do We ensure our Sustainable Future? The theme of this past year— journal is the first foray of AFS into the in continuing education programs. This Fisheries in Flux: How Do We Ensure world of open-access publications. year, Nigel Lester and Mark Ridgway, Our Sustainable Future?—challenges AFS members continually identify co-chairs of the Program Committee, our thinking about research, manage- public outreach as an important role for developed several innovative methods to ment, and aquatic stewardship. Such our Society. I thank Kevin Pope, chair of deliver information to delegates attending topics as well as many others will be the External Affairs Committee, for work- the Annual Meeting—speed presenta- explored, debated, and discussed at the ing with Policy and Outreach Coordinator tions, poster highlights, and lunch box 138th Annual Meeting in Ottawa. The Elden Hawkes and Publications Director film festivals are a few of the fresh ideas theme also provokes thinking about the Aaron Lerner in a new effort to enhance that will encourage one-on-one interac- future of AFS as a professional associa- public outreach by “translating” scientific tions. I hope you will sample these new tion. During the past year, I used these findings as articles for the public. venues in Ottawa, and ask that you pro- columns in Fisheries to share with you Because the AFS mid-year meet- vide your feedback to the committee. If my thoughts about this challenge and to ing is strictly for AFS business (i.e., no you are looking for a learning opportunity, describe the deliberate and knowledge- scientific technical sessions are held), craig woolcott, chair of the Continuing driven approach that AFS is using to it is sometimes difficult for Governing Education Committee, has prepared maintain our relevancy as a professional Board members to obtain travel support a slate of workshops for the Annual association. for these meetings. However, important Meeting that are sure to attract your inter- In this, my last President’s Hook, I wish AFS business is often accomplished at est. I also thank Dave Maraldo and the to recognize the many individuals and the mid-year meetings, and a new small enthusiastic and very capable members of grants program was initiated to enhance committees who shared in this vision and the Arrangements Committee who made participation by Board members in these who were instrumental in initiating and the Ottawa meeting possible.
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