Snakehead Symposium Talks

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John Odenkirk and Duane Chapman – Opening Remarks


Session 1 – Distribution

Joe Love – Fishing for an invasive: Applying old concepts to a new problem

Aaron Bunch – Northern Snakehead distribution in Virginia

Jimmy Barnett – A history and distribution of Northern Snakehead in Arkansas

Shannon C. F. Smith – Modeling expansion of Northern Snakehead in the southeastern U. S. 


Session 2 – Biology/Ecology

Duane Chapman – Bioenergetics of the Snakehead

Nicolas W. R. LaPointe – Diel feeding and movement activity of Northern Snakhead

Mike Isel – Evaluation of Northern Snakehead diets in Virginia tidal rivers and lakes

Noah R. Bressman – Effective terrestrial locomotion by the invasive Northern Snakehead


Session 3 – Monitoring/Response

Pam Schofield – Using eDNA to estimate dispersal of non-native Bulleye Snakehead Channa marulius in South Florida

John Navarro – Assessing the risk of snakehead in Ohio through environmental DNA and traditional sampling

James W. Casey – Students engaging the environment: an eDNA outreach survey for the presence of AIS

Kelly B. Gestring – Discovery, response, and assessment of the Bullseye Snakehead channa marulius in Florida

Michael J. Flaherty – Eradication of Northern Snakehead from the Catlin Creek watershed in New York: A success story?


Session 4 – Management/Control

Amy Benson – Snakeheads in the United States

Quinton Phelps – Marginal incremental analysis of Northern Snakehead otoliths

Joshua Newhard – Fishing impacts on Northern Snakehead populations in the Potomac River

Michael Hoff – Management implications from a stock-recruit model for Northern Snakehead in Virginia


Session 5 – Perspective

Alan Temple – Defining electrical settings to increase sampling efficiency and precision for Northern Snakehead

Annette Tagawa – A history of Snakeheads in Hawaii

Katsuki Nakai – How are introduced Snakeheads doing in Japan?

Don Orth – Opening Padora’s Box: Socrates and the Northern Snakehead


Panel Disccussion

Don Orth – Moderator


Panel:

Jimmy Barnett – AR Game & Fish
Tim Sughrue – Congressional Seafood
Joseph Love – MD DNR
Steve Chaconas – National Bass Guide Service
Johnathan Leavitt – Snakehead angler
Jason Emmel – VA Bowfishing Association
Josh Newhard – USFWS
Ray Fernald – VDGIF
John Odenkirk – VDGIF