WHAT WORKS? A Workshop on Wild Atlantic Salmon Recovery Programs The Wilfred M. Carter Atlantic Salmon Interpretive Centre Chamcook, New Brunswick, Canada Day 1: Wednesday, September 18 September 18-19, 2013 WORKSHOP PROGRAM 8:00 8:45 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (ASF Interpretive Center) Pick up registration package 8:45 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks Jonathan Carr, Atlantic Salmon Federation KEYNOTE SPEAKER 9:00-9:40 The ecology and genetics of salmon recovery: what is success? Ian Fleming, Memorial University REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Moderator: Tim Sheehan Regional speakers will provide an overview of the Atlantic salmon resource, population status, threats, role of hatcheries, and recovery actions in each region. 9:40 10:05 New Brunswick & Nova Scotia Shane O Neil, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Presented by Alex Levy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 10:05 10:30 BREAK 10:30 10:55 Newfoundland & Labrador Martha Robertson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 10:55 11:20 Quebec Julien April, Ministère du Développement durable, de l'environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs 11:20 11:45 Non-Government Organization Mark Hambrook, Miramichi Salmon Association
11:45 12:10 New England Joan Trial, Maine Department of Marine Resources/Retired 12:10-1:15 LUNCH (ASF Interpretive Centre) Gene Banking and Life-Stage Stocking Strategies Moderator: Joan Trial 1:15 1:35 Insight from DNA-based parentage assignment analyses on some early indicators of the efficacy of an adult-release stocking program on the Tobique River, New Brunswick Sherisse McWillian-Hughes, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1:35-1:55 Maine s experience with captive adult Atlantic salmon outplants Ernie Atkinson, Maine Department of Marine Resources 1:55-2:15 Atlantic salmon eyed ova planting and streamside incubation in the Sandy River Paul Christman, Maine Department of Marine Resources 2:15-2:35 Assessing the effectiveness of on river hatchery reared 0+ fall parr to increase juvenile abundance and adult returns on the East Machias River Jacob van de Sande, Downeast Salmon Federation 2:35-2:55 Evaluation of migration performance of hatchery restoration products (age 1 smolts) using acoustic telemetry Jim Hawkes, NOAA s National Marine Fisheries Service 2:55-3:20 BREAK (Posters available for viewing) 3:20-3:40 Impacts on fitness due to captive exposure depends on life-stage in captivity for inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon Corey Clarke, Parks Canada 3:40-4:00 Where you are raised does matter: the use of semi-natural rearing ponds as an Atlantic salmon conservation tool Kurt Samways, University of New Brunswick Danielle MacDonald, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
History/Case Studies Moderator: Geoff Giffin 4:00-4:20 Exploits river stocking program- River of Dreams Fred Parsons, Salmonid Council of Newfoundland 4:20-4:40 The rise and fall of Atlantic salmon restoration on the St Croix (ME/NB) Lee Sochasky, International Resource Planner 4:40-5:00 One step forward, two steps back: obstacles to salmon recovery in the Magaguadavic Jon Carr, Atlantic Salmon Federation 5:00-6:30 RECEPTION (Official Poster Session) Smoked salmon from closed containment project, cash bar Day 2: Thursday, September 19 8:00 8:50 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (ASF Interpretive Centre) KEYNOTE SPEAKER 8:50-9:30 The role of population dynamics in the recovery planning for Atlantic salmon Jamie Gibson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Habitat Recovery Initiatives Moderator: Jamie Gibson 9:30 9:50 An overview of historical enhancement and recovery initiatives for Southern Upland Atlantic salmon Alex Levy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 9:50 10:00 A brief history of Old Stream: how nothing can be the best strategy Ernie Atkinson, Maine Department of Natural Resources 10:00-10:20 BREAK (Posters available for viewing) 10:20 10:40 Success partnership in the use of high technology in the management of salmon habitat: case of the Restigouche River David LeBlanc, Restigouche River Watershed Management Council
10:40 11:00 Geomorphic approaches to Atlantic salmon habitat restoration Ron Jenkins, Parish Geomorphic Ltd Dams and Fish Passage Moderator: John Bagnall 11:00 11:20 A river runs through it: how culverts disrupt salmonid habitat connectivity in rivers Normand Bergeron, Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Eau Terre Environnement 11:20 11:40 Evaluating the ecological effects of the Penobscot River Restoration Project Rory Saunders, NOAA s National Marine Fisheries Service 11:40-12:00 Using the dam impact analysis model to assess the recovery potential of Atlantic salmon Tim Sheehan, NOAA s National Marine Fisheries Service 12:00-1:10 LUNCH (ASF Interpretive Centre) Water Quality Considerations Moderator: Mark Hambrook 1:10-1:30 Marine-derived nutrients in the natural and model systems in eastern North America: how nutrients subsidies benefit resident and anadromous fishes Kurt Samways, University of New Brunswick 1:30-1:50 Movement and distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon during periods of thermal stress in two eastern Canadian rivers Emily Corey, University of New Brunswick 1:50-2:10 Buffering acid and providing hope: early results of the West River (Sheet Harbour, NS) acid mitigation project Edmund Halfyard, Nova Scotia Salmon Association SPECIAL PRESENTATION: North American Salmon Restoration Plan 2:10-2:40 Todd Dupuis, Atlantic Salmon Federation 2:40-3:00 BREAK (Posters available for viewing)
3:00-4:00 DISCUSSION AND WRAP-UP POSTER PRESENTATIONS Enhancement methods and results obtained over a thirty-plus year program on the Nepisiguit River Bob Chiasson, Charlo Salmonid Enhancement Center Contribution of different live gene banking strategies to the production of smolt and returning adult Atlantic Salmon on the Big Salmon River Ross Jones, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Extended tank rearing of salmon fry decreases success in fresh water Poor marine survival of summer fed (ADC) hatchery fry compared to wild fish Rationale for treating the entire southern Maritimes as a single Bay Management Area Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Management at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown Andy Smith, National Defense Evaluation of recovery strategy for Atlantic salmon: the effects of stocking hatchery raised juveniles on top of wild populations Ben Wallace, University of New Brunswick