Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute

Sunday: November 07, 2004

Registration Opens - Hilton (15:00 - 18:00)
GCFI Board of Directors Meeting (19:00)

Monday: November 08, 2004 (sessions at Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

OPENING CEREMONY (08:30 am)

Welcome address — Bob Glazer, Chairman - GCFI

Plenary Speakers —    Ken Haddad, Executive Director, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

                                Gil McRae, Director – Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Special Address The President’s Ocean Commission Report.
                                Frank Muller- Karger, U. of South Florida

Keynote Address — Patrick Colin, Coral Reef Research Foundation — Connectivity in the Caribbean Region.
Are small reef fishes "Living Tracers of Connectivity"?

Break

GIS AND REMOTE SENSING IN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT (co-hosted by FWC/FWRI and University of South Florida)

Henry Norris, Welcome and Introduction

Rubec , P.J. et al. — Habitat Suitability Modeling and Mapping that Relate Changes in Freshwater Inflow to Species Distributions in Rookery Bay, Florida.

Palmer, S.M. et al. — Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology to Characterize Shelf-edge Geomorphic Features for Reef Fish Spawning Suitability

Rowe, J.J. and G.R. Sedberry — Integrating GIS with Fishery Survey Historical Data: A Possible Tool for Designing Marine Protected Areas

Smith, A.H. — Using GIS Tools for Participatory Management of Coastal Resources in Laborie Bay, St. Lucia

Marshak , A.R. and R.S. Appeldoorn — Utilization of GIS Mapping in the Measurement of the Spatial Distribution of Queen conch ( Strombus gigas) in Puerto Rico (S)

Walker, R.C.J. et al. — The Application of a Coral Reef Conservation Management Value Rating to Aid in the Management of an Artisanal Fishery, UNESCO Bioreserve of Sian Ka’an, Mexico

Lunch Break

MANAGEMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF MARINE FISHERIES

McConney, P. — Integration of Fisheries into Coastal Management

Prada , M. et al. — Effect of Divers Fishing the San Andres Archipelago, Considerations Towards Fisheries Management and Conservation

Joseph, K. — Socio-economic Impact of the Closed Season for Lobster in Corn Island, RAAS – Nicaragua

Quinn , N.J. — The Value of Documenting Fishing Practices and Aquatic Knowledge of Local Fishers

Goetze , T.C. — Negotiating Difference: Stakeholder Challenges in MPA Co-Management

Parker, C. and M. Pena — Possible Paths to Co-managing the Sea Egg Fishery of Barbados

Break

Tobias, W. and W. Toller — Management Implications for Restrictions on the Use of Gill and Trammel Nets in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Agar, J. et al. — US Caribbean Fish Trap Fishery Costs and Earnings Study

Trumble , R.J. — Fishers’ Attitudes Towards Capacity and Effort Reduction Programs in the US Caribbean

Gibson et al. — Establishing a socioeconomic monitoring program for Glover’s Reef Atoll, Belize

Quinn , N.J. — Montego Bay to Ocho Rios in one hour at the cost of essential fish habitat

Rambusiek , C. et al. — A livelihoods analysis of two marine protected areas in Belize

Tuesday: November 09, 2004 (sessions at Hilton)

GCFI BUSINESS MEETING (07:30 - 08:30)

CARIBBEAN SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS: BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STATUS (co-hosted by The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense, and the Society for the Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations)sessions at Hilton

Colin, P. L. — The Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations (SCRFA): An update on activities and knowledge of spawning aggregations in the western Pacific

Heyman , W.D. et al. — Protocol and Database for the Monitoring of Transient Multi-species Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Meso-American Reef

Sedberry , G.R. et al. — Spawning Locations for Atlantic Reef Fishes off the Southeastern U.S.

Nemeth, R.S. et al. — Status of Yellowfin and Nassau Grouper Spawning Aggregations: Dynamics of a Mult-species Spawning Aggregation Site in the USVI

Bush, P.G. et al. — The Nassau Grouper Spawning Aggregation Fishery of the Cayman Islands — An Historical and Management Perspective

Break

Prada , M. et al. — Fish Spawning Aggregations in the San Andres Archipelago: A First Approximation

Tuz-Sulub , A. et al. — First Description of a Spawning Aggregation of Red Hind, Epinephelus gutattus, in the National Marine Park “ Alacranes Reef” on the Yucatan Platform

Lindeman , K. et al. — The Use of Spawning Aggregations for the Design and Management of Marine Protected Areas in Cuba, South Florida, and Quintana Roo, Mexico

Luckhurst, B. — Estimation of the size of spawning aggregations of red hind ( Epinephelus guttatus) using a tag-recapture methodology at Bermuda

Lunch Break

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION (co-hosted by CaMPAM Network and Forum, The Ocean Conservancy and NOAA) sessions at Hilton

Glazer, B. et al. — Introduction to the CaMPAM Network and Forum

McManus, E. at al. — Database on Fishery Restricted Areas in the Caribbean

McField, M. and P. Richards Kramer — Defining Reef Health in the Mesoamerican Reef

Heinemann et al. — MPA zoning recommendations for the northern banks of San Andrés archipelago based on a rapid ecological assessment of the area

Hill, Ron — Testing habitat inclusion in marine protected areas

Hern á ndez-Delgado, E.A. et al. — Coral Decline and Lack of Compliance Threatens Fish Functional Groups Recovery Patters in the Luis Peňa Channel No-take Natural Reserve, Culebra Island, PR

Camarena, T. et al. — Marine Protected Areas and Cascading Tourism Impacts on the Mayan Coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico

Break

Lamkin, J — Answering Questions About Larval transport into MPA's: Gyres, Otolith Chemistry, and Habitat Linkages

D’Alessandro, E.K. and S. Sponaugle — Patterns and Processes of Larval Fish Supply in the Reefs of the Upper Florida Keys

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle — Larval Supply and Recruitment of Coral Reef Fishes to Marine Reserves in the Upper Florida Keys, USA

Paris, C et al. — Connectivty Among Snapper (Lutjanidae) And Grouper (Serranidae) Populations in the Caribbean: A Metapopulation Approach For The Design Of Marine Reserve Networks

Tuesday Evening

MARINE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBA

POSTER SESSION – RECEPTION (19:00) (session at Hilton)

Armstrong, C.M. et al. — Surgical Implantation of Acoustic Transmitters in Juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

Brooke S et al.Oculina banks restoration project: description and preliminary assessment

Browne, M. et al. — Tobago Cays Marine Park: How is the MPA Doing?

Bryan , D.R. et al. — Preliminary Comparisons Between Reef Fish Assemblages on Vessel-Reefs and Natural Substrate in Depths of 70 – 95 m

Calderon, R. — The Nature Conservancy Gulf of Mexico Initiative

Cushion N.M.and D. S. Gilliam . — Defining Indicators and Comparing Methods to Evaluate Marine Reserve Effectiveness Case Study: Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Southern Belize

Danylchuk, A.J. — Can Bonefish ( Albula spp.) be Used as a Model Species for Integrating the Management of Tropical Flats Environments?

Debose , J.L. and G.A. Nevitt — Seasonal Aggregations of Roper’s Inshore Squid Associated with Coral Spawning

Dukeman , A.K. et al. — Flame Scallops: Ripe for Aquaculture?

Dukeman , A.K. et al. — A Health Index for Hatchery-reared Red Drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus)

Gillette, P. and A. Shawl . — Effects of Diet and Sex Ratio on the Reproductive Output of the Florida fighting conch, Strombus alatus

Goldstein, J.S. et al. — Puerulus Identification Project (Project PIP): “Connecting the Dots” Throughout the Caribbean

Hoffmayer , E.R. and J.S. Franks — Whale Sharks ( Rhincodon typus) in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico: A Rationale for Research

Lombardi-Carlson, L. and M. Grace — Preliminary Age and Growth Comparisons of Red Grouper ( Epinephelus morio) from the West Florida Shelf and the Bay of Campeche

Maki, K. et al. — Biology of Wahoo in Florida and the Bahamas

Martínez , O. R. and M. Grijalba-Bendeck — Preliminary Evaluation of Fish Settlement on GuSi Type Collectors, Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean

Matthews, T.R. et al. — The Effect of Traps on Essential Fishery Habitat in the Florida Keys

Morales, A.G. et al. — Effects of Two Open-water Submerged Cages Stocked with Cobia Rachycentron canadum and Red Snapper Lutjanus analis on the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Population at Culebra, Puerto Rico

Matos-Caraballo , D. et al. — Portrait of the Fishery of Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis in Puerto Rico 1988 - 2001

Matos-Caraballo , D. et al. — Portrait of the Fishery of Red Hind Epinephelus guttatus in Puerto Rico 1988 – 2001

Matos-Caraballo , D. et al. — Portrait of the Fishery of Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus in Puerto Rico, 1988-2001

Murray , P.A. et al. — Length-weight Ratio of the Red Hind Epinephelus guttatus Landed in the British Virgin Islands

Ockelmann-LoBello, L.M. et al. — Current Monitoring Initiatives Combined with New Regional Biological Sampling Provide the Basis for Future Management of Florida’s Common Snook

Palacios- Sánchez, S.E. et al. — Heterogeneity and Ichthyofanua Distribution in a Coastal Lagoon Impacted by Oil (student?)

Patterson, R.B. et al. — A Comparison of Reef Fish Assemblages on the East and West Sides of Central Eleuthera, Bahamas

Peterson, M.S. et al. — Habitat Use, Feeding and Reproduction of the Mayan Cichlid, Cichlosoma urophthalmus Günter, in the Alvarado Lagoonal System, Veracruz, Mexico

Posada, C. and C. B. Garcia — Diet of Elagatis bipinnulata ( Quoy y Gaimard) ( Carangidae) from Taganga Bay and Tayrona Natural National Park, Colombia, Caribbean sea

Rahming , T.J. et al. — A Preliminary Survey of the Commercial Snapper Fishery of the Central Bahamas

Rodriguez-Gil, L. et al. — Photoperiod Effect in Embryonic Development of Queen Conch Strombus Gigas ( Linnaeus).

Rodriguez -Gil, L. et al. — Obtención del Perfil de los Ácidos Grasos y la Determinación de la Composición de Lípidos con Relación al Ciclo de Desove en el Caracol Marino Strombus Gigas ( Linnaeus) en el Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Yucatán

Roffer , M.A. et al. — Fisheries Oceanographic Study Using GIS for Understanding the Changes in the Distribution of Mahi Mahi Based on Tagging Data

Sheridan, P. et al. — Trap Fishing in the U.S. Virgin Islands: How and Where Effort is Exerted

Stone, H.M. et al. — The Distribution of Recreational Fishing Effort and Harvest in the Waters around Puerto Rico

Toller , W. and S. Gordon — A Population Survey if the West Indian Topshell ( Cittarium pica: Trochidae) in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Tonioli, F. — Diagnóstico de la Atividad de Buceo Recreativo en el Parque “Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha”, PE

Torres, R.C. et al. — A GIS-based Characterization of Commercial Sponge Populations in the Florida Keys, Florida (USA)

Wall, C.C. et al. — Study of the relationship between ocean environmental parameters and pelagic king mackerel fish resources

Walker , R.C.J. et al. — Lagoonal Patch Reef Assessment within Ascension Bay, UNESCO Sian Ka- an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico: The Use of Data to Support the Provision of a Sustainable Alternative Livelihood.

Walker , B.K. — Using GIS to Measure Multiple Scales of Topographic Complexity for Reef Fish Assemblage Structure and Species Distribution Analysis (student?)

Walters, S. et al. — Mapping Tampa Bay Cynoscion nebulosus Spawning Habitat Using Passive Acoustic Surveys (student)

Zenny , N. — Development of Pedro Bank Management Project: Reducing Human Impact on Remote Coral Reef Cays, Jamaica

Wednesday November 10, 2004 (sessions at Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATION RESEARCH IN THE GULF AND CARIBBEAN

Rhodes , M.P. and R.P. Phelps — Ciliated Protozoans as Alternative Live Food for First Feeding Red Snapper Larvae Lutjanus campechanus

Rajalakshmi , N. and I. Emerson Kagoo — Coastal Environment and Optimal Aquaculture Production

Davis, M. et al. — Recruitment of Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus argus, to Submerged Cages off Puerto Rico, and its Implications for the Development of an Aquaculture Operation

Shawl, A. and M. Davis — Effects of Dietary Calcium and Substrate on Growth and Shell Strength of Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas)

Van Wyk, P. and M. Davis — Integrating Aquaculture into Caribbean Development: Part I – Selection of Marine Species

Pardee , M. and M. Davis — Integrating Aquaculture into Caribbean Development: Part II Environmental Impact Assessment

Davis et al. — Integrating Aquaculture into Caribbean Development: Part III Policies

Break

Neidig, C.L. et al. — Activity Patterns and Distribution of Hatchery-reared and Wild Juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, in the Alafia River, Tampa Bay, FL – A Preliminary Evaluation

Hern á ndez -Delgado, E.A. et al. — Coral Aquaculture and Sustainable Essential Fish Habitat Rehabilitation in Culebra Island, PR: A Low-tech Community-based MPA Management Tool

RECREATIONAL FISHERIES

Oh, C. — Understanding Saltwater Angler Preferences for Tournament Fishing

Oh, C. — Specialization Differences in Anglers’ Preferences for Red Drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus) Harvest Regulations

Sorice , M.G. et al. — Using a Stated Preference Choice Model to Understand SCUBA Diver Preferences for Coral Reef Conservation

Wednesday Afternoon (Free Time)

Thursday November 11, 2004 ( sessions at Hilton)

BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX

Barroso , P. and S. Frias-Torres — Habitat Use of Juvenile Goliath Grouper, Epinenphelus itajara, in the Florida Keys

Trejo, J.T. et al. — A Fecundity Study of Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, ( Serranidae, Epinephelinae), from the Campeche Bank, Southern Gulf of Mexico

Trott , T.M. — Age, Growth, and Reproduction of the Coney ( Cephalopholis fulva) at Bermuda

Álvarez , B. et al. — Fecundity of Epinephelus guttatus in theLos Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela

McBride, R.S. et al. — Lessons Learned from Measuring Ageing Precision for Simulated Fish Populations

Break

Vilhelm, R. — What is the Common Problem that Makes Most Biological Databases Hard to Work with, if not Useless to Most Biologists?

Eristhee , N. et al. — Preliminary Investigations into the Red Hind Fishery in the British Virgin Islands

Oyelakin , O.G. — The Climatic Environment and Fisheries

Lunch Break

BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF PELAGIC, NEAR-SHORE, AND REEF FISHES

Cai , Y. et al. — Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Pelagic Fishes from the NW Gulf of Mexico

Edwards, R.E. and K.J. Sulak — New Paradigms for Yellowfin Tuna Movements and Distributions – Implications for the Gulf and Caribbean Region

Waggy , G.L. — Evaluation of the Reproductive Life History of the Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: “greater” versus “lesser” patterns (student)

Rodriguez-Ferrer et al. — Comparison of Dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus) commercial and recreational fisheries in Puerto Rico during 2000-2003

Chan Shing, C.C.A. — Shark Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago: A National Plan of Action

Murray, A. and K. Aiken — Artisanal Fishing in Jamaica Today: A Study of a Large Fish Landing Site (student)

Break

Grant, S. and R. Baldeo — History of Surface Longline Fishing Technology in Gouyave, Grenada

Reyes- Nivia, M.C. and A. Rodríguez-Ramírez — Evidence of Overfishing in the Caribbean Coral Reefs: An analysis of Reef Fishes

Turner, J.P. and J.R. Rooker — Determining the Trophic Relationships Among Flora and Fauna within Sargassum Mat Communities Using Fatty Acids

Duque, G. et al. — Marine Protected Areas and Marine Fishes in Danger in the Colombian Caribbean: Conservation and Research Strategies in Coral Reefs and Adjacent Areas

ValleEsquivel, M. — A Simulation of Fishery Management Strategies for Overexploited Caribbean Queen Conch Stocks

Potts, A. — Conflict Resolution (And Need For Participatory Natural Resource Use And Management) Re Inter-Sectoral Stakeholders In The Buccoo Reef Marine Park Coastal Zone In Tobago: The Pigeon Point Case Study

Friday November 12, 2004 (sessions at Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

INVERTEBRATE FISHERIES I — MOLLUSKS

Aldana Aranda, D. — Overview of Reproductive Patterns of the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, from Different Reef Systems in the Caribbean

Petrovic , C. and S. Gore — Stock Assessment of Strombus gigas in the British Virgin Islands

Tello-Cetina , J. et al. — Genetic Structure of Octopus maya in the Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula

McIntyre, M. et al. — Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas) as an Indicator of Nearshore Environmental Degradation in the Florida Keys: Implications for Continued Coastal Development (student)

Davis , M. et al. — Metamorphic Response of Queen Conch, ( Strombus gigas) Larvae Exposed to Sediment and Water from Nearshore and Offshore Sites in the Florida Keys

Lockhart, K. et al. — Consumption of Local Conch by Residents of TCI

Break

INVERTEBRATE FISHERIES II — CRUSTACEANS

Govender , Y. et al. — Techniques for rapid assessment of Population Density and Body Size of an Ecologically and Economically Important Land Crab in Puerto Rico

Wilson, D.T. et al. — Validation of a Starch-Iodide Swab Technique for Detecting the use of Illegal Chemicals in the Turks and Caicos Islands Spiny Lobster ( Panulirus argus) Fishery

Ponce-Taylor, D.J. et al. — An Example of a Sustainable and Well Managed Community-based Lobster ( Panulirus argus) Fisheries Within the UNESCO Bioreserve of Sian Ka’an, Mexico

Shivlani, M. et al. — The Long-term Effects of a Spiny Lobster Effort Reduction Program in South Florida: Microeconomic, Sociocultural, and Community-level Impacts

Castro, E. et al. — Impacts of the spiny lobster traps fishery on the benthic and reef fish communities in the Archipelago of San Andrés: toward responsible fishing

Lunch Break

ESSENTIAL HABITATS AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS

Nero, V.L. and K. Sullivan- Sealely — Univariate and Multivariate Assessment of the Relationships Between Macroalgae/Seagrass Assemblages and Fish Assemblages in Coastal Habitats of the Bahamas

Parkes , G. et al. — An Essential Fish Habitat Decision-making Tool Based on Scientific Assessment

Kraus, R.T. et al. — Preliminary Characterizations of a Mid-shelf Bank in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico as Essential Habitat for Reef Fishes

Switzer, T.S. et al. — Exploring Temporal and Spatial Variability in Community Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Unraveling the Potential Influence of Hypoxia

Schelten , C.K. et al. — Status of Acropora palmate Populations off the Coast of South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands

Break

EDUCATION AND MARINE STEWARDSHIP

Glazer, R. — The GCFI Education Initiative: Bridging Science and Community

Shawl, A. — Conch in the Classroom: Integrating Queen Conch Activities into the Curriculum

Aldana, D. — Paquete educativo del programa Caracol Strombus gigas: Conservar la Biodiversidad marina del Caribe Mexicano

Danylchuk, A.J. — The Cape Eleuthera Island School: Immersion, Involvement, Ownership, and Legacy as Principles to Enhance Education in Marine Science and Beyond

STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY

CLOSING CEREMONY