Highlights of the meeting:
Crustaceans Are Cooler: Fisheries and Biology
of Crabs and Shrimps in Alaska
Chair: Ginny Eckert, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Wednesday 9:45 – 11:25 am and 1:00 - 2:40 pm
Defining Genetic Population Structure of Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas - Greg Albrecht
Variability in Reproductive Potential of Eastern Bering Sea Snow Crab, Chionoecetes opilio, in Relation to Spawning Stock Demography - Joel Webb
Reproductive Indices of Male Snow Crab Chionoecetes opilio from the Eastern Bering Sea - Marilyn Zaleski (me)
Alaskan Crab Fisheries: An Historical Perspective - Courtney Lyons
Factors Influencing Snow Crab Recruitment: A Comparison Across Ecosystems - Laurinda Marcello
Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus Larval Supply, Settlement Timing, and Benthic Habitat Structure - Jodi Pirtle
Growth Physiology of Juvenile Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus Reared Under Laboratory Conditions - Miranda Westphal
Recruitment Mechanisms of Eastern Bering Sea Tanner Crab, Chionoecetes bairdi - Jon Richar
Crabs Are Not so Cool When it Comes to Management - Shareef Siddeek *
Should Some Minimum Size Limits be Amended? – Pribilof Islands Tanner Crab - Bill Bechtol *
* heavy hitters! (all the rest are student presenters)
Evolutionary/ Genetics Perspectives on Alaska Fisheries
Chair: Megan McPhee, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Thursday 8:40 – 9:00 am
Alaskan red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) population genetic structure - Scott Vulstek
Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems
Chair: Gordon Kruse, UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Thursday 10:35 - 10:55 am
Recolonization, Prey Selection and Resource Competition by Sea Otters, Enhydra lutris, in Southern Southeast Alaska - Zac Hoyt (This one doesn't sound crabby, but Zac is looking at sea otter predation on commercially valuable inverts including Dungeness crabs and Tanner crabs.)
Poster Session
Thursday from 11:55 am – 1:45 pm
Populations of ocean shrimp Pandalus jordani in the Gulf of Alaska - Aaren Ellsworth
The decorator dilemma: How Oregonia gracilis chooses what to wear - Greg Albrecht (student); Brenda Konar
Effects of larval rearing temperature on large-scale production of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) - James Swingle; Benjamin Daly (student); Jeff Hetrick; Ginny Eckert
Blue Genes: Population structure and paternity in blue king crabs (Paralithodes platypus) - Jennifer Stoutamore (student)
Long-term intra-cohort distributional shifts in the eastern Bering Sea population of Tanner crab, Chionoecetes bairdi - Jon Richar (student); Gordon Kruse
Seasonal gonad development of Parastichopus californicus in Southeast Alaska--Jessica Davila (student) (I know this isn’t crabby, but it speaks to me.)
I hope to see you there!
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