Anchorage, Alaska
November 13-16, 1996

Contact: Brenda Baxter, fyconf@uaf.edu

Day 1 - Wednesday, November 13
Day 2 - Thursday, November 14
Day 3 - Friday, November 15
Day 4 - Saturday, November 16

Day 1
Wednesday, November 13,1996

Anchorage Hilton Hotel - Bristol Bay Ballroom

8:00 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - Welcome and Introduction

9:20 am - Presentations Begin

Comparative Characteristics of Swimming Speeds in Pelagic Fishes and Their Macroplankton Prey
Sergey M. Ignatyev, Inst. of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Sevastopol, Ukraine

Influence of Water Masses on Feeding Behavior of Anchovy Off the Brazilian Continental Shelf (22 S-34 S)
Paulo R. Schwingel, Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Fischerei, Palmaille, Germany

Prey Resource Partitioning Among Forage Fish in Prince William Sound
T.M. Willette, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Cordova, Alaska
M. Sturdevant, National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay Lab, Auke Bay, Alaska
S. Jewett, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Trophic Relationships and the Role of Mesopelagic Fishes in the Okhotsk Sea Ecosystem
E.N.Ilynskiy, Pacific Research Fishery Centre (TINRO), Vladivostok, Russia

Feeding and Food Relationships of Juvenile Fishes in the Bolshaya River Estuary (Western Kamchatka).
V.V. Maximenkov and A.M. Tokranov
Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Predation by Sprat and Herring on Early Life Stages of Cod and Sprat in the Central Baltic
F. Koester, Institute of Marine Research, Kiel, Germany

Hatching of Copepod and Harpacticoid Eggs After Transiting Herring Digestive Tracts--An Experimental Study
Juha Flinkman, University of Helsinki, Tvärminne zoological station, Helsinki, Finland

1:30 pm - Presentations Resume

FISH

Spatial Variation in Juvenile Pollock Distribution, Its Utilization as Forage by Adults, and Year Class Survival
Vidar G. Wespestad and Lowell W. Fritz,
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

Feeding Ecology of Haddock in the North Sea: An Analysis of Samples Collected During the 1981 and 1991 International Stomach Sampling Projects
Sara Adlerstein, Nils Mergardt, and Axel Temming
Intitut fuer Hydrobiologie und Fishereiwissenschaft, Hamburg, Germany

Predator-Prey Interactions of Demersal Fish Species and Capelin in Icelandic Waters
Olafur K. Palsson, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland

The Role of Blue Whiting as a Forage Fish in Portuguese Waters
A. Silva and M. Azevedo, Instituto Português de Investigação Maritima, Lisboa, Portugal
H. Cabral, P. Machado, A. Murta, and M.A. Silva, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
M. Sequeira, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, Lisboa, Portugal

BIRDS

Incorporation of Seabird Consumption in Sandlance MSVPA Models for the North Sea, and Assessment of the Impact of Industrial Fishing on Seabird Population Dynamics
R.W. Furness, Applied Ornithology Unit, IBLS, Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK
M.L. Tasker, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Aberdeen, UK

Resource Selection by Seabirds in Prince William Sound, Alaska
William D. Ostrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
Kenneth O. Coyle, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
Gary S. Drew, National Biological Service, Anchorage, Alaska
John M. Maniscalco, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
David B. Irons, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska

Seabird Behaviors at Forage Fish Schools in Prince William Sound, Alaska
John M. Maniscalco and William D. Ostrand
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska

Seabird Impacts on Forage Fish: Population and Behavioral Interactions
Elizabeth A. Logerwell, University of California, Irvine California
N. Brent Hargreaves Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

MAMMALS

Comparison of Pinniped Feeding Habits in the North Pacific Ocean
George A. Antonelis and Elizabeth H. Sinclair
National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

Diet of the Steller Sea Lion in the Eastern Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska, 1993-1995
R. L. Merrick and M. K. Chumbley, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

The Possible Contribution of the Shrimp-Trawl Fishery to the Decline of Harbor Seals and Northern Sea Lions in the Western Gulf of Alaska and in the Eastern Aleutian Islands
Don Hansen, Minerals Management Service, AK Region, Anchorage Alaska

5:30 pm-8:00 pm - Reception and Poster Session

6:00 pm-7:00 pm (During Reception)

Posters for SESSION I and SESSION II

Food Relationships of Western Bering Sea Herring and Pollock
N.I. Naumenko, Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
(KamchatNIRO), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Prey Selection and Food Consumption by Age-0 Walleye Pollock in Nearshore Waters of the Gulf of Alaska
Richard D. Brodeur and Lorenzo Cianelli
NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

Regional and Seasonal Differences in Diet of Juvenile Herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Brenda L. Norcross and Evelyn D. Brown Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Top-Down Control by Young-of-the-Year Herring in a Coastal Area of the Baltic Sea
Fredrik Arrhenius, Cornell Biological Field Station, Bridgeport, New York

Preliminary Biological Investigations of Pacific Sandfish in the Gulf of Alaska Region
J.M. Paul and A.J. Paul, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Seward, Alaska
Tyson J. Vogeler and John P. Doyle, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska

Burrowing Behavior and Gut Evacuation Time of the Pacific Sandlance
Lorenzo Ciannelli, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington and National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

The Role of Fishes in Feeding of Some Predators on the Pacific Slope of the North Kuril Islands
Alexei M. Orlov
Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

The Role of Fish Predators in Pelagic Ichthyocenosis of the Western Bering Sea
E.A. Naumenko, Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
(KamchatNIRO), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Blue Whiting and Silvery Pout as Prey of the Demersal Fish Community in South Biscay Gulf
I. Olaso and F. Velasco, Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Santander, Spain

Using Pacific Halibut to Sample the Availability of Forage Fish to Seabirds
David G. Roseneau and G. Vernon Byrd
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Homer, Alaska

Day 2
Thursday, November 14, 1996

Anchorage Hilton Hotel - Bristol Bay Ballroom

7:30 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - Presentations Begin

Confirming Forage Fish Food Web Dependencies in the Prince William Sound Ecosystem Using Natural Stable Isotope Tracers
Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska

Myctophids of the Sound Scattering Layers (SSL) and Their Place in the Pelagic Food Web
Sergey 0.Tsarin, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Sevastopol, Ukraine

A Comparative Analysis of the Growth History of Maurolicus muelleri in the Norweigan Sea and West Norwegian Fjords
Jon Bent Kristoffersen and Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Trophic Role of Atka Mackerel in the Aleutian Islands
Mei-Sun Yang, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, Washington

War Games in the Baltic Sea Pelagial: The Interaction Between Different Functional Groups of Fish Larvae, Mysid Shrimps and Their Zooplankton Prey
Markku Viitasalo and Lars W. Pedersen
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark
Juha Flinkman, University of Helsinki, Hanko,Finland

Food Web Interactions in a Baltic Sea Coastal Area
Sture Hansson, Fredrik Arrhenius, and Sture Nellbring
Stockholm University, Dept. Systems Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden

Forage Fishes in the Brackish-Water Gulf of Riga Ecosystem (Baltic Sea)
Henn Ojaveer, Estonian Marine Institute, and Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology, Tartu University, Tallinn, Estonia
Ain Lankov, Alide Lumberg, and Aleksei Turovski
Estonian Marine Institute, Tallinn, Estonia

Interecosystemic Impacts of Forage Fish Fisheries
J. Fischer, R.L. Haedrich, and P. R. Sinclair, Memorial University, St. John's, NF, Canada

Stock-Recruitment Relationships and Recruitment Patterns for Forage Fishes
Jie Zheng, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska

Horizontal and Temporal Patterns of Distribution of Juvenile Herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Evelyn D. Brown and Brenda L. Norcross
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Estimating Relative Abundance of Capelin from Aerial Surveys
Brian S. Nakashima, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John's, NF, Canada
Gary A. Borstad, G. A. Borstad Associates Ltd., Sidney, BC, Canada

The Specific Structure of Ichthyoplankton in the Japan Sea During Autumn 1995
Svetlana V. Davydova
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-centre), Vladivostok, Russia

Investigations of Intertidal Spawning Habitats of the Surf Smelt and the Pacific Sandlance in Puget Sound, Washington
Daniel E. Penttila, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Mt. Vernon, Washington

1:30 pm - Sightseeing trip to Portage Glacier and Girdwood (Alyeska Ski Resort)

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Day 3
Friday, November 15, 1996

Anchorage Hilton Hotel - Bristol Bay Ballroom

8:00 am - Presentations Begin

Features of Sandlance Distribution, Growth, and Abundance in the Kodiak Cook Inlet Region
James B. Blackburn, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kodiak, Alaska
Paul J. Anderson, National Marine Fisheries Service, Kodiak, Alaska

Characteristics of Sandlance Larvae from Northwestern Pacific
Sergey S. Grigorev, Petropavlovsk, Russia

Assessing The Jack Mackerel Resource In Southeastern Australia--A Case Study of a Variable Resource
Grant Pullen and Alan Jordan
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Crayfish Pt, Taroona, Hobart, Australia

The Treatment of Forage Fishes in Environmental Assessments
Robert M. Meyer, National Biological Service, Lafayette, Louisiana

Global Climate Change and Pacific Forage Fish Stock Fluctuations
Leonid B. Klyashtorin, Russian Inst. Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Variation in the Distribution and Size of Age-0 Walleye Pollock in the Western Gulf of Alaska During 1984-1988
Matthew T. Wilson, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

Changes in Forage Fish Populations of Kachemak Bay, Alaska, During 1976 to 1995
William R. Bechtol, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Homer, Alaska

The Abundance Dynamics and Role of Capelin in Ecosystems of the Okhotsk and Japan Seas
A. Ya. Velikanov, SakhNIRO, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia,

Measuring Abundance During Changes in Distribution, Biology, and Behavior of Capelin in Response to Cooler Water Temperatures in the 1990s
James E. Carscadden and Brian S. Nakashima
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John's, NF, Canada

The Barents Sea Capelin Stock--A Brief Review
Harald Gjoesaeter, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

Acoustic Stock Size Estimates of the Barents Sea Polar Cod Stock
Harald Gjoesaeter, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Nikolay Ushakov, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk, Russia

Seasonal Changes in the Epipelagic Ecosystem of the Northwestern Japan Sea
V.A. Belayev and S.Yu. Shershenkov
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-centre), Vladivostok, Russia

1:30 pm - Presentations Resume

Abundance and Distribution of Northern Anchovy Eggs and Larvae Off the Oregon Coast, Mid-1970s vs. 1994 and 1995
Robert L. Emmett, National Marine Fisheries Service, Newport, Oregon
Paul J. Bentley, National Marine Fisheries Service, Hammond, Oregon

A Model of Anchovy-Copepod Dynamics in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System
Éva E. Plagányi, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Larry Hutchings, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Rogge Bay, South Africa

The Recovery of the Pacific Sardine and the Effects on the Southern California Bight Ecosystem
Traci L. Bishop, California Department of Fish and Game, Long Beach, California

HABITAT

Positive Effects of Strong Northerly Winds and the Kuroshio on the Survival of Eggs of the Japanese Sardine
Masato Kobayashi, Yokohama College of Commerce, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Habitat Limits and the Distribution, Abundance, and Ecological Position of Herring in the North Pacific Ocean
D.E. Hay, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Habitat Differences in Frontal Regions around the Pribilof Islands and their Importance to Juvenile Pollock Survival
Richard D. Brodeur, Jeffrey M. Napp, and Matthew T. Wilson
National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington
Miriam J. Doyle, James D. Schumacher, and Phyllis J. Stabeno
Pacific Environmental Research Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

MIGRATION

MIGMOD--A Migration Model for Juvenile Herring in the Barents Sea
Kjellrun Hiis Hauge and Sigurd Tjelmeland, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

4:10 pm-5:30 pm

Posters for SESSION III, SESSION IV, SESSION V, and SESSION VI (Habitat)

The Role of Mesopelagic Fishes in Feeding of Atka Mackerel in Areas of the North Kuril Islands
Alexei M.Orlov
Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

Distribution and Abundance of Myctophids at Night in the Near-Surface Layer of the Bering Sea and Their Significance as Food for Salmonids
K. Nagasawa and A. Nishimura
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan
T. Asanuma and T. Marubayashi
Tokai University, School of Marine Science and Technology, Shimizu, Japan

Seabird, Marine Mammal, and Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (SMOCI) Near Unimak Pass, Alaska
G. Vernon Byrd, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Homer, Alaska
Richard Merrick, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington
John Piatt, National Biological Service, Anchorage, Alaska
Brenda Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Relative Abundance and Length Composition in Age-0 Representatives of Codfishes and of Pacific Herring in the Western Bering Sea
P.A. Balykin, Kamchatka Research Scientific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (KamchatNIRO), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

Interannual Fluctuations in Some Forage Fish Abundance in the Western Bering Sea and Waters Off Kamchatka Peninsula
O.G. Zolotov, N.P. Balykin, N.I. Naumenko, E.A. Naumenko, and N.P. Antonov
Kamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
(KamchatNIRO), Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky, Russia

The Eulachon as an Indicator Species in the North Pacific
D.E. Hay, M. Joyce, J. Boutillier, and G. Langford
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Decline of Forage Species in the Gulf of Alaska, 1972-1995 as an Indicator of Regime Shift
Paul J. Anderson and B. Alan Johnson, National Marine Fisheries Service, Kodiak, Alaska
James B. Blackburn, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kodiak, Alaska

In situ Observations of the Association Between Juvenile Walleye Pollock and Scyphomedusae in the Bering Sea
Richard D. Brodeur, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

TBA - Herring Researchers Retreat (tentative)

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Day 4
Saturday, November 16, 1996

Anchorage Hilton Hotel - Bristol Bay Ballroom

7:30 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - Presentations Begin

PREY AVAILABILITY

Use of Forage Fish by Marine Birds on the Pribilof Islands in 1987 and 1988: Variation in Prey Use as a Function of Hydrographic Conditions
George L. Hunt, Jr. and Mary Beth Decker, University of California, Irvine, California
Kenneth O. Coyle, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

PREDATORS

Interactions Between Cod and Its Prey Species in The Barents Sea
Bjarte Bogstad and Sigbjorn Mehl, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

Can the Management of the Barents Sea Capelin Stock Be Improved by Multispecies Modeling?
Sigurd Tjelmeland, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

The Other F: Forage Considerations in Fisheries Management
R.L. Stephenson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. Andrews, NB, Canada

The Role of Pacific Herring in the British Columbia Marine Ecosystem
J. F. Schweigert, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Long- and Short-Term Responses of Seabirds in the Norwegian and Barents Seas to Changes in Stocks of Prey Fish
Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway.
Robert T. Barrett, Tromsø Museum, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
Yuri V. Krasnov, Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve, Murmanskaja, Russia

Differences in Prey Fed to Tufted Puffin Chicks During the Late 1970s and the Early 1990s at East Amatuli Island, Alaska
Arthur B. Kettle, Margaret A. Blanding, and P.D. Boersma
Alaska Maritime NWR, Homer, Alaska

Decline of Pigeon Guillemot Populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and Apparent Changes in Distribution and Abundance of Their Prey
D. Lindsey Hayes and Katherine J. Kuletz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska

Long-Term Changes in Populations and Diets of Piscivorous Birds and Mammals in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Reflect a Shift in Prey Species Abundance
Katherine J. Kuletz and David Irons, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
John F. Piatt, National Biological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska
David C. Duffy, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska

An Analysis of the Distribution of Walleye Pollock in the Gulf of Alaska and Its Possible Effects on Steller Sea Lions
Michiyo Shima and Glenn R. Van Blaricom, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Anne B. Hollowed, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

Availability of Steller Sea Lion Prey in the Eastern Aleutian Islands and Coastal Gulf of Alaska
F-J. Muter and B. L. Norcross, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
M. K. Chumbley and R. L. Merrick, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington

Predator-Prey Dynamics in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem
John F. Piatt, National Biological Service, Anchorage, Alaska
David C. Schneider and David A. Methven, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada

Geographical Variation in Somatic Energy Content of Pink Salmon Fry From Prince William Sound
A. J. Paul, University of Alaska, Institute of Marine Science, Seward, Alaska
Mark Willette, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Cordova, Alaska

1:45 pm-2:30 pm

Posters for SESSION VI (Prey availability), and SESSION VII

Abundance of Copepod Nauplii in an Alaskan Glaciated Fjord During the Spring Walleye Pollock Hatch of 1988 and 1991
A. J. Paul, J. M. Paul, and L. A. Clayton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Seward, Alaska

Seabird and Forage Fish Interactions in the Gulf of Alaska
John F. Piatt, National Biological Service, Anchorage, Alaska

Proximate Analysis of Some North Pacific Forage Species
Susan A. Payne and B. Alan Johnson, National Marine Fisheries Service, Kodiak, Alaska

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