IFM Conference 2014 An international conference on the biology, conservation and management of lamprey. National Science Learning Centre. York, England 6th – 7th May 2014

Programme

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Tuesday May 6th 9.00 – 17.25

9.00 – 9.30 Registration and refreshments

9.30 – 11.05 Session 1. Lamprey Biology and Populations

Session Chair: TBC

Announcements and opening remarks 9.30 TBC

Keynote Address. Pedro Almeida, Lampreys in Europe, ecology stock discrimination and 9.40 University of Evora conservation.

Long-term studies on anadromous , Boyd Kynard, Petromyzon marinus, in the Connecticut 10.20 BK Riverfish River basin, Massachusetts, USA.

Margaret Docker, European and North American : Different but 10.40 University of the same Manitoba Further Discussions and Questions 11.00

11.05 Coffee

11.30 – 13.00 Session 1 Cont. Lamprey Biology and Populations

Session Chair: TBC An overview of the genetic and morphological diversity Catarine Mateus, 11.30 of the genus Lampetra in the Iberian Peninsula University of Evora

Contrasting population genetic structure among Fiona Bracken, freshwater-resident and anadromous lamprey, and the 11.50 Durham University role of demographic history, differential philopatry and anthropogenic intensification. Evidence for low reproductive isolation and strong gene Quentin Rougemont, 12.10 flow between the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) and INRA (Lampetra planeri) You are what you eat (or don’t): the ecological, John Hume, behavioural, phenotypic and genetic variation 12.30 University of Glasgow of Lampetra fluviatilis in the U.K.

Further Discussions and Questions 12.50

13.00 Extended lunch with dedicated poster session

14.15 – 15.40 Session 2. Lamprey Ecology and Conservation Monitoring Session Chair: TBC

Influence of macrohabitat preferences on the distribution B. Quintella, 14.15 of the Critically Endangered Lampetra genera in University of Lisbon Portugal Digging in the mysterious life of juvenile river Ben Griffioen, 14.35 lamprey lampetra fluviatilis IMARES

Sergio Silva, Haematophagous feeding stage of the anadromous sea Universidad de lamprey Petromyzon marinus: low host selectivity and 14.55 Santiago de wide range of habitats Compostela Kaspars Abersons, First data on importance of tributaries of Gauja and 15.15 Institute “BIOR. Salaca Rivers in the reproduction of river lamprey

Latvia Further Discussions and Questions 15.35

15.40 Tea

16.20 – 17.15 Session 2 Cont. Lamprey Ecology and Conservation Monitoring Session Chair: TBC David Fraser, 10 years since the beginning of LIFE: a review of 16.20 APEM Ltd lamprey population data from UK rivers. Lamprey status assessment for Article 17 Habitats Nicola O’Gorman, Directive in the Republic of Ireland: 2013 reporting 16.35 Inland Fisheries outcomes and future directions Ireland

Jon Harvey, Is there more to LIFE than this? Revisiting the indicators 16.50 Hull International of for lamprey ammocoetes Fisheries Institute Further Discussions, Questions and Announcements 17.05

17.15 Day 1 Close

19.00 Conference Dinner Merchant Taylors Hall. York

Wednesday May 7th 9.00 – 15.45

9.00 – 11.00 Session 3.Methods for Studying Lamprey Populations Session Chair: TBC

9.00 Announcements and opening remarks Margaret Docker, Keynote Address. 9.10 University of Environmental DNA and lamprey distribution sampling. Manitoba The development of a quantitative technique for Nicola Teague, 9.50 sampling lamprey ammocoetes in deep water Apem Ltd

An assessment of three multibeam sonars for Peter Clabburn, monitoring sea lamprey passage – new tools for stock 10.10 Natural Resources assessment in Wales. Wales The importance of volunteers in lamprey monitoring in Jan Kranenbarg , 10.30 RAVON Foundation the Netherlands

Further Discussions and Questions 10.50

11.00 Coffee

11.30 – 13.00 Session 4 Threats to, and restoration of, Lamprey populations

Session Chair: TBC

Kjell Sjöberg, River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis L.) fishing in the 11.30 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Area

Sea Lamprey in the River Minho: historical overview, Mário Araújo 11.50 biological observations and fishery characterization CIIMAR, Portugal

Jonathan Bolland, Exploitation of for angling bait – 12.10 Hull International the situation in England and Europe Fisheries Institute James King, Channel cleaning and juvenile lamprey: impacts, 12.30 Inland Fisheries recovery opportunity? Ireland

Further Discussions and Questions 12.50

13.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.45 Session 4 Cont. Threats to, and restoration of, Lamprey populations

Session Chair: Martyn Lucas. Durham University 14.00 Announcements and housekeeping

Sean Rooney, Issues for Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) in Irish 14.05 Inland Fisheries rivers: getting over the first hurdle Ireland

14.25 Ruairí Ó Conchúir, Practical conservation measures for Sea Lamprey on Inland Fisheries the Mulkear catchment, lower Shannon SAC, Ireland: Ireland An innovative approach. What does acoustic telemetry reveal on the migration of David Buysse, 14.45 river lamprey in the River Scheldt, Belgium? INBO, Belgium

Jim Kerr, Efficiency of eel passes for upstream moving River 15.05 University of lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) at an experimental Crump Southampton weir. 15.25 Reintroduction programme for brook lamprey in the Frank Spikans, Ravon Foundation Netherlands

15.45 Further discussion, conference conclusions and

recommendations

16.00 CONFERENCE CLOSE

Thursday May 8th 9.00 – 14.00

Opportunity for small groups to visit local Lamprey sites which may include the River Ure and River Derwent.

Please note trips are weather and river conditions dependent.

Posters

Presenting Authors and Titles Poster session will take place during lunch on day 1 of the conference

Alex Kucheryavyy, of the Kunashir Island and its place in the Saint-Petersburg structure of the genus State University Mohammad Reza Some reproductive characteristics in maturing and mature Farrokhnejad, spring migrants of Caspiomyzon wagneri in University of Tehran the Shirud River, southern Caspian Sea, Iran

Martyn C. Lucas, Fishway dismay for threatened river lamprey Durham University Martyn C. Lucas, River lamprey migration in the tidal Ouse and Trent rivers, Durham University England Successful acclimation of juveniles of Petromyzon marinus, L. to changing salinity: the role of basolateral membrane lipid Pedro R. Almeida, composition of chloride cells and its relation with Na+/K+- University of Evora ATPase activity

Ronald N. B. Campbell, The Combining Salmonid and Lamprey Surveys on the Tweed. Tweed Foundation Richard Davies, Estimating adult sea lamprey run size with a DIDSON sonar – Natural Resources analysis of five years of data from the River Tywi in West Wales. Wales

Egg drift and hatching success in European river lamprey Michael Forty, (Lampetra fluviatilis): is egg deposition in gravel vital to Durham University spawning success? Flexibility in timing of ovarian differentiation in Northern Brook Margaret F. Docker, and Chestnut Lampreys may correspond with feeding type University of flexibility Manitoba

Effectiveness of a super-active baffle, multispecies fish pass for Jeroen Tummers, upstream-migrating adult river lamprey Durham University Distribution and abundance of sea, brook and river lamprey in Edith Guilloton, Northern Ireland Queens University, Belfast

Ecology and conservation of anadromous lampreys – Martyn C. Lucas, contributions from the Durham laboratory Durham University

Mohammad Reza A Study on correlation between temperature and light during the Farrokhnejad, Caspian lamprey (Caspiomyzon wagneri) spawning migration in University of Tehran the Shirud River, southern Caspian Sea, Iran

Kimmo Aronsuu, Rehabilitating river lamprey populations in the regulated River ELY Centre for North Kalajoki, Finland Ostrobothnia, Finland