Monday

OPENING CEREMONY (08:00 – 10:00)
Welcome Address — Robert Glazer, Chairman, GCFI
Meeting Welcome — Alvaro Uribe V, President of Colombia (Special Address)
Meeting Welcome — Maria del Rosario Guerra, COLCIENCIAS General Director
Meeting Welcome —Elizabeth Taylor, CORALINA General Director
Keynote Address — Munro, J. L. - The Assessment and Management of Caribbean Coral Reef Fisheries

Break 10:00-10:30


ESSENTIAL HABITATS AND RESTORATION RESEARCH (10:20 - 12:20)

Cuello, F. et al. - Spatial Distribution of Fisheries Variables and Oceanographic Parameters in the Upwelling Ecosystem off Colombia, Caribbean Sea: A Geographic Information System Approach

Foley, K.A. and R.S. Appeldoorn - Cross-Shelf Habitat-Fish Associations in La Parguera, Puerto Rico: Factors Affecting Essential Fish Habitat and Management Applications.

García-Hernández, V.D. and U. Ordóñez-López - Are the Turtlegrass Meadows (Thalassia testudinum) an Essential Habitat for Juvenile Fish of Commercial Importance-

Quinn, N.J. and B.L. Kojis. - Evaluating Artificial Means to Increase Acropora Coral Populations and Increase Associated Fish Communities in Jamaica

Zakaria, I.J. - Colonization of scleractinian corals on concrete substrates at coral reefs of Pandan Island West Sumatra, Indonesia (a method to rehabilitation damaged coral)

Morgan, S.L. et al. - Establishment of Satellite-Based Capabilities to Support Maritime Domain Awareness in the Greater Caribbean Region for Fisheries Management and Ocean Science

Lunch Break (12:30 – 14:00)


“RE-INVENTING REEF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: EMPHASIS ON THE US CARIBBEAN” (14:00-17:00)
“RE-INVENTANDO EL MANEJO DE PESQUERÍAS ARRECÍFALES: ÉNFASIS EN EL CARIBE ESTADOUNIDENSE”

Stump, K. - The Status of U.S. Caribbean Fisheries and Management

Recksiek, C.W. - The Time Has Come To Search for a New Management Paradigm

Appeldoorn, R.S. - Toward Effective and Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the US Caribbean

Valdez-Pizzini, et al. - Much Ado about Nothing: Critical Annotations on Stakeholder Participation Schemes in Fisheries Management and MPA Development

Ault, J. et al. - Evaluation of Sustainability Benchmarks for the Puerto Rican Reef Fish Fishery

Break (15:00 – 15:20)

Hill, R.L. et al. - Defining ecological targets for ecosystem-based resource management.

Pagan, F.E. et al. - Incorporating Ecological Function into Marine Reserve Network Design Using Numerical Modeling, with Application to the US Caribbean

Hernandez-Delgado, E.A. and A.M. Sabat. - Before-After-Control-Impact approaches to monitor no-take MPA effectiveness: A new alternative to managers monitoring toolbox.

Sladek Nowlis, J. - ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?’ well, that and developing bad fisheries policy by ignoring risks

Lindeman, K. - Cumulative Impacts of Non-Precautionary Management: Juvenile Nursery Habitats in Florida and Puerto Rico

19:30- 21:30 Welcome Reception – Cotton Cay Convention center, Hotel Sunrise Beach

TUESDAY

GCFI BUSINESS MEETING (7:30- 8:30)

BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES OF DEMERSAL AND REEF FISHES (8:40-12:00)

D’Alessandro, E.K. and S. Sponaugle - Larval Growth, Duration, and Supply Patterns of Sphyraena barracuda

Santos-Martinez, A. et al. - Artisan Fisheries Assessment at Providence Island, Colombian Caribbean: Production Estimation and Area Exploration

Grorud-Colvert, K. and S. Sponaugle - Variability in Swimming Performance and Behavior of a Newly-settled Coral Reef Fish

Caldas, J.P. et al. - Spatial Analysis of Bottom Longline Industrial Fishery from San Andrés Archipelago, Colombian Caribbean Sea

Break (10:00-10:20)

Bohórquez-Herrera, J. et al. - Reproductive Aspects of Three Rajiformes Collected as Bycatch of the Shrimp Prawn Fishery at the Colombian Caribbean Sea

Medina, J. et al. - Estimation of the Utility by Task for the Units of Artisanal Fishing with Hand Line, in Providence and Santa Catalina, the Colombian Caribbean

Buitrago, D. et al. - Evaluation of Fishery Resources Dynamics and the Traditional Knowledge: Deepwater Fishes Catches in Old Providence and Santa Catalina Islands, Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombian Caribbean

Castro-Garcia, E. et al. - Traditional Fishing Knowledge: The Application of Cultural Consensus Analysis to the Evaluation and Management of the Artisanal Fishery of San Andres Island, Colombia

Sorice, M.G. and R.B. Ditton - Enhancing our Understanding of Scuba divers: A Test of a Simplified Approach to Measuring Recreation Specialization

Lunch Break (12:00-13:20)

SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (13:20-17:00)

Pomeroy, R. and P. McConney - Conditions for Successful Fisheries Adaptive Co-management in the Wider Caribbean

Mahon, R. et al. - The Value of Barbados’ Fisheries: a Preliminary Assessment

De Fontaubert, C. et al. - Fisheries of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Status and Threats

Agar, J.J. et al. - Economic and Financial Performance Measures of the US Caribbean Fish Trap

Matos-Caraballo, D. et al. - Bycatch Study of the Puerto Rico’s Marine Commercial Fisheries

Lunch Break (12:00-13:30)

SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (13:30-17:40)

Pomeroy, R. and P. McConney - Conditions for Successful Fisheries Adaptive Co-management in the Wider Caribbean

Mahon, R. et al. - The Value of Barbados’ Fisheries: a Preliminary Assessment

De Fontaubert, C. et al. - Fisheries of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Status and Threats

Agar, J.J. et al. - Economic and Financial Performance Measures of the US Caribbean Fish Trap

Matos-Caraballo, D. et al. - Bycatch Study of the Puerto Rico’s Marine Commercial Fisheries

Break

Prada, M.C. et al. - Identifying Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Lobster Abundances in the San Andres Archipelago: an Example of Sharing Knowledge Between Fishers and Managers

Hallock, L. - Pulley Ridge - A New Discovery for Scientists and an Old Discovery for Fishers

Turner, B. et al. - A stakeholder process on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast for community-based marine management

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

Kimmel and Barnette. – Proposed Fisheries Management in the US Caribbean: A comprehensive Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment

POSTER SESSION – RECEPTION (19:30) - Cotton Cay Convention Center, Hotel Sunrise Beach (19:30)

Abello, P. et al. - A Conservation Project through Stock Restoration for the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758, on some of the San Andres and Old Providence Archipelago’s MPA’s

Acosta A. et al. - Fishery-independent Survey: Strategy for Monitoring and Assessment of Reef Fishes in the Florida Keys, USA.

Alidina, H. et al. - Using Systematic Marine Protected Areas Planning to Assess the Existing Coverage MPAs on the Insular Shelf of Cuba

Ballesteros, C.A. et al. - Artisanal Fishery and Biological Aspects of Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri (Curier 1831), in the Island of San Andres, Western Colombian Caribbean, Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Barón, C. et al. - Preliminary Essays in Red Snapper Lutjanus Synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) Semen Cryopreservation through the Application of Dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) and 1,2 Propadiol Cryoprotectors with Santa Marta’s (Colombia) Biological Material

Beaver, R.W. and B. Sauls - Length-Length and Length-Weight Relationships of Selected Species of Finfish from Florida

Brito-Manzano, N. et al. - Hatching and Survival from Conch “tote” Pomacea flagellata under Laboratory Conditions in Tabasco, Mexico

Bryan, D.R. and B.K. Walker - Characterization of a Reproductively Active Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, Aggregation in the Nearshore Waters of South Florida

Brown-Peterson, N.J. et al. - Reproductive Patterns of Tournament-Captured Female Blue Marlin from the northern Gulf of Mexico

Caldas, J.P. et al. - Temporal Evaluation of Some Commercial Fishes in the Industrial Fishery Landings from San Andrés Archipelago, Colombian Caribbean Sea.

Castro-Garcia, E. et al. - Impacts of the Spiny Lobster Trap Fishery on the Benthic and Reef Fish Communities in the Archipelago of San Andrés: Toward a Responsible Fishing

Cook, A. et al. - Livelihoods Analysis of Water Taxi Operators in the Grenadines Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada.

Cox, S. - Development of Techniques for the Culture of Juvenile Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus: Feeding Regime and Diet Formulation

Cruz-Escalona, V.H. et al. - Feeding Habits and Trophic Morphology of Inshore Lizardfish (Synodus foetens) on the Central Continental Shelf off Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico

Debrot, D. et al. - Preliminary Results of Age and Growth of Bonefish Albula vulpes, in Los Roques Archipielago National Park, Venezuela.

Delgado, G.A. et al. - Identifying Larval Sources and Sinks in the Florida Keys and Mexico using Drift Vials

Die. D. and Valle-Esquivel, M. - Current Trends in the U.S. Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries

Failler, P. - ECOST: A New Four Year International Project Funded by the European Union

Figuerola-Fernandez, M. et al. - Sexual Maturity and Reproductive Seasonality of King Mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) and Cero (Scomberomorus regalis) in Puerto Rico

Fragoso-Pérez - Preliminary Study of the Culture of the Conch “tote” Pomacea flagellata in Tabasco, México

Fletcher et al. - Designing a Coral Reef Monitoring Program for the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua

García-Valencia, M. et al. - Habitat Characterization and Spatial Distribution of the Snail Pala Strombus gigas (Linné 1768) in the Natural National Park Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo, Colombia

Garcia-Salgado, M. A. et al. - Establecimiento de la línea de base de los arrecifes coralinos en el sistema arrecifal mesoamericano.

Ginsburg, R.N and J. C. Lang. - The Rationale for Regular, Rapid, Reef Assessments Program within the GCFI region

Glazer, R. and G. Delgado - Is Releasing Hatchery-Reared Queen Conch A Feasible Method for Restoring a Depleted Stock?

Grammer, P. and B. Coymns - Effects of Growth Rate on the Potential Recruitment Success of the Bay Anchovy, Anchoa mitchill, in the North Central Gulf of Mexico

Headley, M.D. et al. - A Preliminary Study of the Diet and Other Biological Characteristics of the Blackfin Tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) in Tobago

Hernandez, R. et al. - Preliminary Assays of the Queen Conch Culture in the Rosario’s Islands (National Natural Park Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo) Colombian Caribbean

Hoffmayer and Gray - Short-term Movement Patterns of Young-of-the-year Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Mississippi Estuaries: A Preliminary Study

Luke, E.K. et al. - Parasitic Isopod Infestations on Post-Spawning Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) from Little Cayman, Cayman Islands

Macchi, G. and M. Pájaro - Changes in the Spatial Reproductive Pattern of Argentine Hake (Merluccius hubbsi) off Patagonia

Matos-Caraballo, D. - Overview of the Puerto Rico’s Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries Statistics 2002-04.

Mazariegos, L and A. Sanders - A Participative Approach for Coastal Management in the Hispanic Speaking Caribbean Region

Moreno de la Torre, R. and D. Aldana Aranda - Preliminary Report on Growth and Feed Utilization of Juvenile Queen Conch Strombus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Fed Nine Formulated Feeds of Varying Protein and Energy Content

Padilla, C.D. et al. - Adaptation of Techniques for Culture of Larvae of the Conch Strombus gigas for Mass Production in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Padilla, C.D. et al. - Biotechnology of the Culture of Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) to Marketable size in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Pájaro, M. et al.- Application of the Daily Egg Production Method in the Estimation of the Argentine Anchova (Engraulis anchoita) Spawning Biomass

Paterson, S. et al. - Spawning Aggregation Research in St Croix, The US Virgin Islands

Perez-Ferro, DG. and D.M. Bustos-Montes - Artisanal fishery of Lachnolaimus maximus in the Taganga Bay, Magdalena, Colombia.

Rawlins, M. et al. - Preliminary Investigation of the Diets of Large Oceanic Pelagic Species of Importance to the Longline Fishery in Barbados

Reyes-Nivea, M.C. et al. - The Reef Fish Assemblages in a Marine Protected Area under Pressure: Tayrona Natural Park (Colombian Caribbean)

Rojas Ortega, J. and J.R. García Sais - Dispersal of Reef Fish Larvae with Emphasis on Serranidae (Epinephelinae) from a Known Spawning Site, West Coast of Puerto Rico

Rodriguez-Ferrer, G. et al. - Seasonal Distribution of the Wahoo (A. solandri) in Puerto Rico

Rodríguez-Ramírez, A. et al. - Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Abundance of Selected Families of Reef Fishes in the Colombian Caribbean

Ruiz-Ramos, D.V. and E.A. Hernandez-Delgado - Population State of Giant Urchin Diadema antillarum phillipi in Puerto Rico After 20 Years of a Mass Mortality Event

Saul, S.E. and G. W. Ingram, Jr. - A Categorical Approach to Modeling Catch at Age for Various Sectors of the Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) Fishery in the Gulf of Mexico

Shawl, A. - Queen Conch Outreach Initiatives: An Update from the Conch Heritage Network

Simmons, B. - Tobago Cay Marine Park: Are Conditions for Successful Co-management Likely to be Met?

Tapia, M. et al. - Estimating the Growth and Mortality of Marine Gastropod (Melongena corona bispinosa (Phillipi, 1844) by von Bertalanffy Growth Curve Equation in Culture Conditions

Toller, W. - The Frederiksted Reef System of Western St. Croix: A Survey of Inshore Habitats with Observations on Cross-shelf Distribution Patterns of Fishes

Waggy, G.L. et al. - Reproductive Biology of Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) from the North-central Gulf of Mexico

Yung-ping, T.and R.B. Ditton - Human Dimensions of the Texas Saltwater Angler Population from 1989-2005: A Longitudinal Perspective

Zenny, N. et al. - Development of Pedro Bank Management Project: Preliminary Results of an Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA), Pedro Cays, Jamaica

WEDNESDAY

SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (a CaMPAM activity)(8:00-12:20)

Hérnandez-Ávila, A. et al. - The National System of Marine Protected Areas in Cuba (SAMP)

Dahlgren, C. et al. - Assessment of the Reef Fish Community of the Offshore Banks of the San Andrés Archipelago, Colombia

Miller, M. et al. - Towards a Fisheries Management Plan for the Negril Marine Park, Jamaica

Prada, M.C. et al. - Increasing Training and Technique Exchange for Siting MPAs in Remote Coral Reef Environments in the Caribbean

De Fontaubert, C. et al. - Development of General Management Plans for the Marine Protected Areas of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Sánchez, M.I. - A Socioeconomic Analysis of Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak, Mexico

Alonso, D. et al. - Biodiversity Representativeness Gap Analysis in the Continental Colombian Caribbean Marine Protected Areas

Break (10:20- 10:40)Pena, M. et al. - Socioeconomic Information for Managing Fisheries in the Negril Marine Park

Seybert, R. et al. - Small Island States and the Global Program of Work on Protected Areas: The Example of Grenada

Byrne, J. et al. - Stakeholder Involvement in the Creation of the Sandy Island/Oyster Bed Marine Protected Area

Mayor, P.A. et al. - Compiling Results from Various Research Projects - Can we Compare Apples to Oranges?

Perera –Valderrama, S. et al. - Methodology for the Determination of the Visitor Carrying Capacity in the Marine Protected Areas of Cuba

Lunch Break (12:20- 13:40) )

(Afternoon free) CAMPAM ENFORCEMENT SESSION

THURSDAY

BIOLOGY OF SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS (8:00-11:20)

Sadovy, Y. - Fishery-dependent Monitoring and Assessment of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations

Prada, M.C. et al. - Threats in the Grouper Population due to Fishing during Reproductive Seasons Within the San Andres Archipelago

Heyman, W. and B. Wade. - Status of Reef Spawning Aggregations in Belize

Fonseca Peralta, F. et al. - Multi-species Fish Aggregation Sites in the Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve

Donaldson, T.J. - Lekking Behavior in Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations

Walters, S. et al. - Establishing Spawning Seasonal and Diel Periodicity of a Resident Cynoscion nebulosus Aggregation in Tampa Bay, Florida using Passive Acoustics

Break (10:00-10:20)

Semmens, B.X. et al. - Investigating the Reproductive Migration and Spatial Ecology of Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) on Little Cayman Island using Acoustic Tags – An Overview

Russell, M. - Protecting Common Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) Spawning Aggregations in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

Brian Luckhurst - Evaluation of Fisheries Management and Conservation Measures Taken to Protect Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Wider Caribbean


PELAGICS (11:20-12:00)

Reynal, L. et al. - First results of the research works on the fishing associated with moored FADs in the Lesser Antilles

Rodriguez-Ferrer, Y. et al. - Trends in Atlantic Billfish Fisheries in Puerto Rico (1954-2005)

Lunch (12:00-13:20)

FISHERIES OF THE SNAPPER/GROUPER COMPLEX (13:30- 17:40)

Claro, R. and K. Lindeman - Biology and Management of Snappers (Lutjanidae) of the Western Atlantic

Pérez-Diaz, E. et al. - Aspects of the food habits of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus (P 1860) from the Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico

Cummings, N.C. - The Commercial yellowtail snapper fisheries off Puerto Rico, 1963 – 2003

Falfan, E. et al. - Abundance and distribution of larvae of the complex snappers – groupers in the Yucatan shelf

Piñiero, E. et al. - Preliminary Description of the Deep Water Snapper Communities of Puerto Rico: a possible new form of Etelis sp.

Break (15:00-15:20)

Rodriguez, A.E. et al. - Description of a distinct snapper larvae and species Identification based on mitochondrial DNA analyses

Morales-Nuñez, A.G. and M. Alfaro Lozano – Temporal and Spatial Characterization of Tropical Benthic Macroinfauna Around Cages Submerged for the Culture of Fish in the Open Sea

Hooker, H.B. et al. – Food Habits of the Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) (Pisces: Perciformes: Sphyraenidae) on the Islands of San Andres, Cayos Bolivar, and Albuquerque Sea Flower BioReserve, Colombia

EDUCATION (16:20-17:20)

Baldwin, K. - Implementing ‘Reef Check’ in the country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; recommendations for long-term sustainability and management of marine resources within the Grenadines Bank

Aldana Aranda, D. et al. - Education program for sustainable management of the queen conch, Strombus gigas.V

Durán Fernández, L. – Results of an Environmental Education Component for the Conservation of the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, in the Banco Chinchorro, Mexico Biosphere Reserve

17:20 - Religious Ceremony. First Baptist Church.

19:00 - Biosphere Reserve Five Anniversary Ceremony. Cotton Cay Convention center, Hotel Sunrise Beach

FRIDAY

BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES OF INVERTEBRATES I - CRUSTACEANS (8:20- 12:00)

Meggs G.G. et al. - Settlement Pattern of Spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) Postlarvae on Collectors in Jamaican waters and Culture of Juveniles

Davis M. et al. - Collection of Spiny Lobster Pueruli in Puerto Rico: An Integrated Aquaculture Approach

Staine, F and C. Dalhgren - Experimental Grow-Out Aquaculture of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster in Belize

Valle-Esquivel, M. and E.N. Brooks - Preliminary Application of a State-Space Age-Structured Production Model to the Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Fishery of the U.S. Caribbean

Matthews, T.R. and K.E. Maxwell - Growth and Mortality of Captive Caribbean Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida, USA

Criales, M. et al. - Connecting Life History Stages of the Pink Shrimp from Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA

Break (10:20-10:40)


BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES OF INVERTEBRATES II - OTHER SPECIES

Rodríguez Gil, L.A. et al. - Commercial Mollusk Identification using DNA Análisis in Yucatán, Mexico

Tello, J. et al. - Genetic Structure of Octopus maya in the Campeche and Yucatan States in the Yucatan Peninsula

Osorno-Arango, A. and J.M. Díaz-Merlano - Status or “burgao” or “cigua”, Cittarium pica L., 1758 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) along the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Pedraza García, M. and J. Diaz Ochoa - Recruitment Periodicity, Age, Growth and Variance of Size at Age of the bigheaded Shrimp Heterocarpus vicarius in waters of the Colombian Pacific Ocean

Lunch Break (12:00-13:20)

BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES OF INVERTEBRATES III - STROMBIDS (13:20-18:20)

Garcia-Ramos, M. and A. T. Banaszak The Distribution of the Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in the Conch Strombus gigas

Ballesteros, F. et al. - Relative Abundance and Fishery Characterization of Queen Conch Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) in the Archipielago of San Bernardo, Colombian Caribbean

Alonzo Ruiz, D. - Advances in the Analysis of the Fishery for Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) in the Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve

Valle-Esquivel, M. - An Updated Assessment (1983-2004) of the Puerto Rican Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) Fishery

Navarrete, A. and M. Pérez Flores - Distribution and Abundance of Strombid larvae in the Bahía de la Ascensión, Quintana Roo, México.

Aldana Aranda, D. and L. Frenkiel - Lip thickness of Strombus gigas versus maturity: a management measure

Break (15:40-16:00)

Formoso, M. - Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) Commercial Population Monitoring in Doce Leguas, Eastern Region of Jardins de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Aldana Aranda, D. and V. Patiño-Suarez - Temperature Versus Feeding Behavior of Strombus gigas Larvae

Aldana Aranda, D. and V. Patiño-Suarez - Algae and the Feeding Behavior of Strombus gigas Larvae

Baqueiro Cárdenas, E. et al. - One More Threat for the Queen Conch Strombus gigas? Coccidian (Apicomplexa) Infection of S. gigas Digestive Gland (Preliminary Results).

Gómez-Campo, K. et al. - Density and Distribution of Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 (MOLLUSCA: STROMBIDAE) Population Structure, Associated to Different Habitats in Archipiélago Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Caribbean

Wade, B.A. and E.A. Ariola - GIS Approach to Determine the Distribution, Density and Abundance of Queen Conch Strombus gigas in the Belize Barrier Reef Complex

Martinez, D. et al. - Design of an Underwater System for the Culture of Juvenile Strombus gigas in Quintana Roo, México

Student Awards Ceremony