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Massachusetts River Herring Network
Ninth Annual Meeting
Thursday October 17, 2019 9:30AM-4:00PM
Andover Public Library 2 North Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
AGENDA
PDF version can be downloaded HERE
9:30AM Coffee and Snacks
10:00AM Welcome & Introductions
10:15AM Orientation to Shawsheen River Watershed
Robert Douglas & Ben Meade, Town of Andover Conservation Division & Jon Honea, Emerson College and Andover Conservation Commission
10:30AM Fish Passage on the Merrimack River and its Tributaries – Challenges & Opportunities
Michael Bailey, US Fish & Wildlife Service
11:00AM 15 minute Coffee & Stretch Break
11:15 AM Update on Diadromous Fishes Management Issues
Brad Chase, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
12:00 Announcements
12:15 Pizza Lunch Break 45 Minutes
1:00 World Migratory Fish Day – Planning for events in May 2020
Eric Hutchins, NOAA Restoration Center & David Gould, Town of Plymouth
1:15PM Using video analysis to measure juvenile river herring emigration in Massachusetts
Meghna Marjadi, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, John Sheppard (DMF) Meghan-Grace Slocombe (Umass Amherst) Ryan Grovostes (WHOI) Joel Llopiz (WHOI)
1:45 Shifts in timing of the spring spawning run: Implications of climate change and population recovery
Michelle Staudinger, Department of the Interior Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
2:15 Comparing run estimate methods: What does that actually mean?
Ben Gahagan, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
3:00 PM Field Trip to Shawsheen River Restoration Site
Meeting sponsored by the MA Division of Marine Fisheries, Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Woods Hole Sea Grant, and Town of Andover |
