16th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium and 1998 joint meeting of the American Fisheries Society Western Division, Alaska Chapter, and North Pacific International Chapter

Anchorage, Alaska, USA
September 30 - October 3, 1998

Contact: Brenda Baxter, fyconf@uaf.edu

Physical and Environmental Effects
Species Interactions
Concepts and Tools for Management
Anthropogenic Influences
Habitat and Spatial Considerations
Whole Ecosystem Approaches
Posters

Tuesday, September 29, 1998

Registration
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, September 30, 1998

Registration
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Plenary Session
9:00 - 12:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks
Cindy Hartmann, AK Chapter AFS President Elect
Bob Bilby, WD AFS President Elect

Introduction to the Wakefield Symposium
R.K. Dearborn, Director, Alaska Sea Grant College Program

Sea Grant and the American Fisheries Society: A Foundation for Developing Relationships
Carlos Fetterolf, National Sea Grant Review Panel

Fran Ulmer, Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska

Ecosystem Management: Scientific Paradigm, Public Policy, or Both?
Terry D. Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA

From Things That Go Bump in the Night, Good Lord Deliver Us
Stuart Pimm, Professor of Ecology, The University of Tennessee

Taking the Next Step in Fisheries Management
Richard Beamish, Senior Scientist, Pacific Biological Station

Linking Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom to Ecosystem Based Approaches to Research and Management: Supporting a Marginalized Way of Knowing
Larry Merculieff

Bering Sea Ecosystem--A Call to Action
Terry D. Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA
William K. Seitz, Director Alaska Biological Science Center, USGS
Frank Rue, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

1:30 - 5:10 p.m.

Climate Variation, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Fisheries Management in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Jeffrey J. Polovina, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI
Wayne Haight, University of Hawaii, JIMAR, Honolulu, HI

Patterns of Covariation in Survival Rates, Growth Rates, and Age at Maturity of British Columbia and Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Stocks
Randall M. Peterman, Brian J. Pyper, Michael F. Lapointe, and Milo D. Adkison, Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Burnaby, BC
Carl J. Walters, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

Climate-Based Forecasts of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Returns using Jackknife and Bayesian Techniques
Milo D. Adkison, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK
Randall M. Peterman, Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Burnaby, BC

Comparison of Methods for Detecting Climate-Induced Changes in Productivity of Pacific Salmon Stocks
Randall M. Peterman, Jeff Grout, and Brian J. Pyper, Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Burnaby, BC

Forecasting Marine Survival of Puget Sound Coho Salmon using Climate Indices
William Pinnix, University of Washington, School of Fisheries, Seattle WA

Break

The Role of Physical Processes in Structuring Fish Populations and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Edward F. Roseman, William W. Taylor, and Daniel B. Hayes, Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, MI
Robert C. Haas, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Mt. Clemens, MI
David H. Davies, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Sandusky Fisheries Station, Sandusky, OH
Scudder D. Mackey, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Lake Erie Geology Group, Sandusky, OH

Managing Baltic Sea Cod: Stable Catches in an Unstable Environment
Olle Hjerne and Sture Hansson, Stockholm University, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden

Modeling Biophysical Factors and Predation Mortality in the Gulf of Alaska Walleye Pollock Assessment
Anne Babcock Hollowed, James N. Ianelli, and Patricia A. Livingston, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA
Allen Macklin, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA
Bernard Megrey, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA
Phyllis Stabeno, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA

Monte Carlo Simulation Study using Length-Based Stock Assessment Model
Caihong Fu, Terrance J. Quinn II, and Milo D. Adkison, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau AK

Environmental Determinants of Catchability Variations in the Shrimp Pandalus jordani
R. Ian Perry and James A. Boutillier, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC
Michael G.G. Foreman, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC

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Thursday, October 1, 1998

8:00 a.m. - 1:50 p.m.

First Year Growth Patterns of Pacific Herring and Walleye Pollock: Insight into Competitor Strategies
A.J. Paul and J.M. Paul, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Seward, AK

Feeding Behavior of Herring (Clupea pallasi) Associated with Zooplankton Availability in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Robert J. Foy and Brenda L. Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK

An Evaluation of Some Factors Affecting Mortality of Juvenile Fish during the Spring Bloom in Prince William Sound, Alaska
T. M. Willette, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division, Cordova, AK
R.T. Cooney, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK
K. Hyer, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division, Cordova, AK

Relationships between Crab Recruitment and Groundfish Abundance in the Eastern Bering Sea
Gordon H. Kruse, Jie Zheng, and David R. Ackley, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division, Juneau, AK

Apex Predator-Prey Interactions in the Epipelagic Eastern Pacific Ocean
Robert J. Olson, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, CA
Felipe Galván-Magaña, Departamento de Pesquerias y Biologia Marina Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México C.P.

A Simulation Model of Steller Sea Lion Foraging on Walleye Pollock
Michiyo Shima, University of Washington, School of Fisheries, Seattle, WA
Anne Babcock Hollowed, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Break

The Problem of Optimum Control on a Two-Species Exploited Ecosystem on the Basis of a Predator-Prey Model
Tatiana Bulgakova, Federal Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Consumption and Harvest of Pelagic Fishes in the Gulf of Maine Georges Bank Ecosystem: Implications for Fishery Management
William J. Overholtz and Jason Link, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Multispecies Interactions in the Georges Bank Fish Community
Jeremy S. Collie and Allison K. DeLong, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI

Biological Reference Limits of Interacting Fish Species in the Baltic
Henrik Gislason, University of Copenhagen, Danish Institute of Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark

A Consideration of Data Needs for Ecosystem Modeling in the Bering Sea
James N. Ianelli and Jimmie J. Traynor, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA

Lunch

Ecosystem Aspects of the KwaZulu-Natal Reef Fishery
Coleen L. Moloney, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Rogge Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
M. Veronica Toral-Granda, University of Cape Town, FitzPatrick Institute, Rondebosch, South Africa
Jean M. Harris, Natal Parks Board, Mtubatuba, South Africa

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1:50 - 4:50 p.m.

Ecosystem Management for Sustaining Marine Fisheries
David Policansky, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Ecosystem Structure and Management
Nicholas J. Bax, CSIRO Division of Marine Research, Hobart, TAS, Australia

Sustainability: Empirical Examples and Management Implications
Charles W. Fowler, Jason Baker, Kim E.W. Shelden, Paul Wade, Douglas DeMaster, and Rod Hobbs, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA

Incorporating Ecosystem Considerations into Management of Bering Sea Groundfish Fisheries
David B. Witherell, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, AK

Break

Cooperative Management of Transboundary Shared Stocks: Some Principles Drawn from the Theory of Games
Robert McKelvey, University of Montana, Departments of Economics and Mathematical Sciences, Missoula, MT

Integrated Operational Rule Curves for Montana Reservoirs and Application for Other Columbia River Storage Projects
B.L. Marotz, D. Gustafson, C. Althen, and B. Lonon, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, and Montana State University, Kalispell, MT

Utilizing Ecosystem Concepts in Fisheries Management Strategies
Kristine D. Lynch and William W. Taylor, Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, MI
John M. Robertson and Kelley D. Smith, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Forest Management Division, Lansing, MI

Conflicting Goals of Maximizing Groundfish Yield and Maintaining Biodiversity
Albert V. Tyler, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK

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Friday, October 2, 1998

8:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Canadian Marine Fisheries in a Changing and Uncertain World
Randall M. Peterman et al., Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Burnaby, BC

A Report on Historical, Human-Induced Changes in Canada's East Coast Fisheries Ecosystem
Melanie Power and Nathaniel Newlands, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

Human Effects of the Baltic Sea Ecosystem: Fishing and Eutrophication
Sture Hansson, Stockholm University, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden

Does a Million Metric Ton per Year Harvest of Sand Lance from the North Sea Threaten Seabird Populations?
R.W. Furness, University of Glasgow, Ornithology Group, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Effects of Bottom Trawling on the Bering Sea Ecosystem: A Case Study for Designing Ecosystem-Based, Experimental Management Programs
Thomas A. Okey, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
Gretchen A. Harrington, Center for Marine Conservation, Juneau, AK

Back to the Future in Hong Kong: Analyzing the Impact of Forty Years of Depletion in the South China Sea
Tony J. Pitcher, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
Reg Watson, Fisheries Research Laboratory, Perth, WA, Australia
Nigel Haggan and Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

Break

Distributional Changes of the Fish Community in a Large Michigan Watershed as Affected by Sixty Years of Changes in Land Use
Kurt Newman, Daniel B. Hayes, and William W. Taylor, Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, East Lansing, MI

Fish Loss to Irrigation Canals and Methods to Reduce These Losses on the West Gallatin River, Montana
Eric Reiland, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Missoula, MT
Robert White, Montana State University, MSU Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit, Bozeman, MT

Changes in Ecosystem Structure under Exploitation: A Case Study of Georges Bank
Michael J. Fogarty, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD
Steven A. Murawski, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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11:20 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Annual and Seasonal Spatial Variability of Herring, Other Forage Fishes, and Seabird Foraging in Relation to Oceanographic Regimes in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Evelyn D. Brown and Brenda L. Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK
Shari Vaughan, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK
Jia Wang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK

Modeling of Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus houttuyn) during the Annual Migration Cycle
M.V. Pavlychev, Far East State Technical University, Natural Science Institute, Vladivostok, Russia
V.A. Belayev, Pacific Fisheries Research Centre (TINRO-centre), Vladivostok, Russia
E.Y. Frisman, Institute for Automation and Control Processes, Vladivostok, Russia
V.P. Pavlychev, Pacific Fisheries Research Centre (TINRO-centre), Vladivostok, Russia

Lunch

Establishment of a Marine Habitat Protection Area in Bristol Bay, Alaska
David R. Ackley, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, AK
David B. Witherell, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, AK

Evolving Acoustic Assessment Tools for Ecosystem Consideration
Richard E. Thorne, BioSonics, Inc., Seattle, WA

Implementing the Essential Fish Habitat Mandate of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Ramona Schreiber, NOAA Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Washington, DC

An Application of Habitat Evaluation Procedures in the Management of Marine Fishery Resources
Benny J. Gallaway and John Cole, LGL Ecological Research Associates, Bryan, TX
Robert M. Meyer, USGS Biological Resources Division, Eastern Regional Office, Kearneysville, WV
P.F. Roscigno, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA

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Saturday, October 3, 1998

8:00 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.

(Re)Constructing Food Webs and Managing Fisheries
Jason Link, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Managing for Biological Feedback and Carrying Capacity in the Alaskan Gyre
Kerim Y. Aydin, University of Washington, Fisheries Research Institute, Seattle, WA

A Multivariate Approach to Monitoring Changes in Community Composition
Franz J. Müter and Brenda L. Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK

An Individual-Based Model for the Study of Viability and Biodiversity of Multispecies Fishery Systems
Yunne-Jai Shin, Orstom-Lia, Bondy cedex, France
Philippe Cury, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Rogge Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Management Implications of Omitting Certain Ecosystem Interactions from Fishery Models
Grant G. Thompson, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Break

Qualitative Modeling of Fish Communities: Applications toward Ecosystem Management
Jeffrey Dambacher, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Corvallis, OR
Gonzalo Castillo and Gabriela Montano, Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Corvallis, OR
Robert Gresswell, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Hiram Li, Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Corvallis, OR
Philippe Rossignol, Oregon State University, Department of Entomology, Corvallis, OR

Ecosystem Considerations and the Limitations of Ecosystem Models in Fisheries Management: Insights from the Bering Sea
A.W. Trites, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
Patricia A. Livingston, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA
M.C. Vasconcellos and S. Mackinson, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
A.M. Springer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK
Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

A Mass-Balance Model of Trophic Flows in Prince William Sound
Thomas A. Okey, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
Stuart Pimm and Bob Powell, University of Tennessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, TN
Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

An Application of the Mass Conservation Model to Philippine Fisheries
Rex B. Baleña, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo City, Philippines

Fishing of Ecosystems: A Mass Balance Approach and the Eastern Canadian Context
Alida Bundy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, North West Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John's, NFLD
Paul Fanning, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS
George Lilly and Peter Shelton, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, North West Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John's, NFLD
Mike Sinclair, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS

Management Approaches for the Strait of Georgia Ecosystem
R.J. Beamish, G.A. McFarlane, J. King, R. Sweeting, and C.E. Neville, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC
R. Thompson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
P. Harrison, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Apex Predators in the Central Pacific Ecosystem: Food Web Responses due to Fishery Dynamics
James F. Kitchell, University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Madison, WI
Carl J. Walters, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC
Christofer H. Boggs, National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu Laboratory, Honolulu, HI

Symposium Wrap-up

Merits of the Ecosystem Approach
James F. Kitchell, University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Madison, WI

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The Dependence of Principal Commercial Fish Stocks on Climatic Oscillations: How Can We Use It in Fishery Management
Leonid B. Klyashtorin, Federal Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Ecosystems Producing Sockeye Salmon Smolts
Ole A. Mathisen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK
Norma Jean Sands, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, AK

Trophic Relationships of Commercially Important Fishes in the Pacific Waters off Southeast Kamchatka and the North Kuril Islands
Alexei M. Orlov, Federal Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Fisheries Management Implications of Constructing Historic Ecosystem Models in the Strait of Georgia
Dave Preikshot, Daniel Pauly, Tony J. Pitcher, Johanne Dalsgaard, Scott Wallas, and Silvia Salas, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC

Variations of Year Class Abundance of Threadfin Hakeling (Laemonema longipes moridae) in the Northwestern Pacific Depending on the Oceanological Conditions
V.P. Pavlychev and A.B. Savin, Pacific Fisheries Research Centre, TINRO-centre, Vladivostok, Russia

Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Prince William Sound Pelagic Biota Shift on Annual Time Scales: A Tool for Monitoring Changes in Oceanographic Forcing
Thomas C. Kline Jr., Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK

Will Reduced Discarding Help or Harm Seabird Populations?
R.W. Furness, University of Glasgow, Ornithology Group, Glasgow, United Kingdom

The First Source of Information Indicating a Changing Oceanic Ecosystem: The Fishing Fleet
Chris Blackburn, Alaska Groundfish Data Bank, Kodiak, AK
Ivan Vining, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kodiak, AK
Pat Holmes, Kodiak, AK

Habitat Provides Insight in Multispecies Abundance Indices
Sherri C. Dressel and Brenda L. Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, AK

Comparative Studies on Predation Effects of Fish on Daphnia in Lake Donghu (China) and Loch Leven (Britain)
Yufeng Yang, Science Center of Shantou University, P.R. China

Trophic Modeling of the Benguela Upwelling Ecosystems during the 1980s
L.J. Shannon, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Rogge Bay, South Africa
A. Jarre-Teichmann, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, North Sea Centre, Hirtshals, Denmark

The Pollock and Herring Bi-Species Fishery in the Northern Sea of Okhotsk during 1997-1998
V.I. Radchenko, Pacific Fisheries Research Centre (TINRO-centre), Vladivostok, Russia

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