NW Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment: Streaming Video

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The materials available through this page were presented by speakers at the Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment at Talaris Conference Center, Seattle on September 13 – 14, 2007. The speakers are solely responsible for the contents of their materials. Washington Sea Grant and the University of Washington assume no responsibility for the contents, the accuracy of any information presented, or any views expressed. Questions regarding the materials and re-use requests should be directed to the individual speakers.

Day 1

 

Workshop Overview and Introduction

David Armstrong, Director, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

Ken Chew, Professor Emeritus, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington


Managing Molluscan Fisheries and Husbandry in Multi-User Zones

Roger L. Mann, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Identifying Research and Information Needs: Survey Overview

Penny Dalton, Director, Washington Sea Grant

Panel 1: Genetics and Disease


Bivalve Life History and Genetics

Dennis Hedgecock (panel moderator), University of Southern California

Identifying Risks of Geoduck Aquaculture: The Role of Larval Transport

Juan Valero, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

Geoduck Genetics: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and Why It Matters

Brent Vadopalas, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

Panel 1 Identification of research and information needs

(moderated)

Intertidal Shellfish Culture in the Pacific Northwest: A Summary of Current Culture Practices, Production Estimates for Oysters and Clams and a Focus on Geoduck Culture Techniques and Production

Jonathan P. Davis, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Inc.

Panel 2: Effects of Aquaculture Structures

Intertidal Aquaculture as Habitat in Pacific Northwest Coastal Estuaries: Considering Scale

Brett Dumbauld, Hatfield Marine Center, Oregon State University

Environmental Effects of Shellfish Culture Structures along the Mid-Atlantic Region of the East Coast

Mark Luckenbach, College of William and Mary (panel moderator)

The Net Facts; or Why a Little Bit of Ecology is a Good Thing

Leah Bendell, Simon Fraser University

Effects of Netting and Other Structures on Benthic Fauna

Michel Kaiser, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, UK

Mud matters! The Importance of Unstructured Intertidal Habitats to a Mobile Benthic Predator, Cancer magister

Kirstin Holsman, People for Puget Sound

Panel 2 Identification of Research and Information Needs

(moderated)

Day 2


Recap

Penny Dalton, Washington Sea Grant


Panel 3: Water Column Effects


Water Column Dynamics in the Pacific Northwest

Jan Newton, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington

Shellfish Restoration and Aquaculture Projects as a Means to Mitigate Coastal Nutrient Pollution

Michael Rice, University of Rhode Island

Understanding Shellfish Aquaculture Environments in North America and Europe by Combining Field Measurements with Computational Fluid Dynamics and Bioenergetic Models

Carter Newell, Blue Hill Hydraulics Incorporated

Early Warning of Toxins in Puget Sound Shellfish - SoundToxins

Vera Trainer, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Scale and location influence the role of bivalves in
mediating Benthic-Pelagic coupling

Roger Newell, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Panel 3 Identification of research and information needs

(moderated)

Panel 4: Benthic Effects


Overview of Pacific Northwest Benthic Habitats Used for Bivalve Aquaculture

Megan Dethier, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington

Conceptual Approaches to the Differentiation of Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in Benthic Ecosystems, with Considerations of Impacts of Geoduck Aquaculture Operations

Glenn VanBlaricom, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

Habitat-Mediated Differences in the Response of Benthos to Harvesting Disturbance

Michel Kaiser, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, U.K.

Geoduck Clam (Panopea abrupta) Aquaculture as Press and Pulse Perturbations to Eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Jennifer Ruesink, Department of Biology, University of Washington

Panel 4 Identification of Research and Information Needs

(moderated)

Panel 5: Regional Intertidal Aquaculture Activities


Tribal Activities

David Fyfe for Tony Forsman, NW Indian Fisheries Commission

Intertidal Aquaculture in Washington state

Doug Sutherland, Commissioner of Public Lands

BC Perspective on Shellfish Aquaculture Regulation and Related Environmental Experience with Particular Emphasis on Geoduck

William Heath, BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands

Intertidal Shellfish Aquaculture in Alaska

Ray RaLonde, Alaska Sea Grant

Panel 5 Identification of Research and Information Needs

(moderated)


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