ANS TASK FORCE Spring Meeting May 26-27, 2004 Task Force
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ANS TASK FORCE Spring Meeting May 26-27, 2004 Task Force Minutes Columbia, Missouri ANSTF Meeting Notes – Spring 2004 Table of Contents Day One - May 26, 2004 - Wednesday 1.... Welcome, Introductions, and Approval of November, 2003 Meeting Summary – Tim Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration............ ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 1 2. ANSTF Strategic Plan Discussion - Everett Wilson, Acting Executive Secretary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ......... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 7 3. Report from the Combined ANSTF/NISC Prevention Committee – Richard Orr, National Invasive Species Council............ .................................... ................. ................. ................. ................. .................. .......... Page 15 4. Update from the Communication, Education, and Outreach Committee – Joe Starinchak, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ........ .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 20 5. The Asian Carp Working Group Update – Greg Conover, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ........ ......... Page 35 6. The Chicago Ship And Sanitary Canal – Al Cofrancesco, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 38 7. The New Zealand Mudsnail Working Group – Tina Proctor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... ......... Page 41 8. Caulerpa Working Group Update – Erin Williams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ..... ............. ......... Page 44 9. Ruffe Working Group UPDATE – Implementation of the Management Plan – Mark Dryer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ........ .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 48 10. Ballast Water Demonstration Projects Progress Report – Pamela Thibodeaux, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ......... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 51 11. International Maritime Organization Update and ANS Program update – LCDR Kathy Moore, U.S. Coast Guard ...... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 53 12. Mississippi River Basin Basin Regional Panel Report – Jay Rendall, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources..... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 57 13. Great Lakes Regional Panel Report - Roger Eberhardt, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality......... ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 60 14. Western Regional Panel Report – Tina Proctor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.......... ............. ......... Page 62 15. Northeast Regional panel Report – Michele Tremblay, Natureserve Communications, Northeast Regional Panel Coordinator ... .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 64 16. National Invasive Council and Advisory Committee activities AND AN UPDATE on the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act – Dean Wilkinson, National Invasive Species Council, Department of Commerce Liaison.......... ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 67 17. PDA’S And The 100TH Meridian Initiative Database – David Britton, University of Texas at Arlington ...... ................. ................. .................................... ................. ................. ................. ................. .................. .......... Page 71 18. Lewis And Clark Project: - Preventing Westward Spread through Bicentennial Activities – Bill Zook and Stephen Phillips, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission ...... ............. ............. ......... Page 73 19. Aquatic Invasive Species In The Southwest – Effects on Native Fishes – John Rinne, U.S. Forest Service., ...... ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 76 20. Public Comment Period........... .............. ............. ............. ............................ ............. ............. ......... Page 81 Day Two - May 27, 2004 - Thursday 1. Welcome – Mamie Parker, Deputy Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service......... ............................ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 81 2. Mississippi River Basin Overview and Welcome – Steve Eder, Missourri Fisheries Chief ....... ........... Page 82 3. Round Goby – Impacts and Issues – Joe Mion, Ohio Department of Natural Resources........... ........... Page 84 4. Mississippi River Basin Panel Survey of Priority Aquatic Nuisance Species – Jerry Rasmussen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ............................ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 89 5. Carp Telemetry – Duane Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey.......... .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 92 6. Carp Pheromones – Ed Little, U.S. Geologic Survey......... ............. .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 98 7. State Regulations For Preventing Spread Of Aquatic Nuisance Species – Jay Rendall, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ........................ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 102 8. Review Of Meeting Action Items – Everett Wilson, Acting Executive Secretary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.......... ............. ............................ ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ........... Page 109 ii DAY ONE - MAY 26, 2004 - WEDNESDAY WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS, AND APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER, 2003 MEETING SUMMARY – Tim Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. TASK FORCE CO-CHAIR KEENEY: Good morning. Can everyone hear me? I'm Tim Keeney, Co-chair of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. TASK FORCE CO-CHAIR PARKER: And I’m Mamie Parker from Fish and Wildlife Service, also Co-chair of the Task Force. TASK FORCE CO-CHAIR KEENEY: I'd like to welcome everybody to our meeting for the next two days. I've got to leave this afternoon to get to another meeting tomorrow morning, but you'll be well cared for by Mamie, who will take over. We'll switch back and forth all the time. I'd like to welcome members of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Special thanks to Erin Williams from the Fish and Wildlife Services Stockton Fish and Wildlife Office for coming out to Washington, D.C. to help plan the meeting, since the Branch of Invasive Species has been understaffed recently. I'd also like to recognize Jay Rendall and Mike Hoff, who are co-chairs of the Mississippi River Basin Panel, for their outstanding work and assistance in organizing and planning yesterday's field trip on the Missouri River. Unfortunately it was called off because of weather, but we're going to have sort of a virtual trip today. So imagine being on the river. And they're going to point out various things that are out there, and we can all get better educated. I'm sorry that it didn't come off because of weather. That's the worst situation where all the planning is done in advance and everybody's excited about the event, but at the last minute you have to cancel it. But I really appreciate the two of you for all the great planning you have done. That support is important. Before we get started, I'd to depart from our formal agenda for a few minutes, because I think we need to acknowledge someone who has really been the embodiment of the Aquatic Nuisance Task Force, at least since I've been here, which has been about two years. In our last meeting Sharon Gross announced that she'd be leaving as the executive secretary of the Task Force to move on to the U.S. Geological Survey. While she's still here at the table, we are losing the person who has done virtually all of the work that has kept the Task Force going. I'm not sure that we can properly appreciate all of the efforts she's put in. In addition to being the executive secretary of the Task Force, Sharon has also been the branch chief of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Branch of Invasive Species. And in what I think was probably a wise move, Fish and Wildlife Services decided that no single person could do everything that's she's been doing, and has divided the job into two positions. From a Task Force perspective, Sharon was responsible for seeing that action items were implemented, state management plans were reviewed and species management plans were finalized. One of the reasons that we changed the structure of the Task Force committees a couple of years ago was that about 20 committees and working groups reported directly to Sharon. hat can only last for so long, right? She also was the individual that worked with each of the regional panels at times with a touch of humor, at times with a touch of