GIS Conference(English)

Draft Program of First International Symposium on GIS in Fishery Sciences

(DoubleTree Hotel, Seattle/Tacoma airport, Seattle, Washington, USA, March 2-4, 1999)

REGISTRATION
(Reception desk, Northwest ballroom 1)

All participants, including ’WALK-IN’s must register at the reception desk before entering the conference.

March 1 (Monday) 19:00 - 21:00

March 2 (Tuesday) 07:30 - 17:00

March 3 (Wednesday) 07:30 - 17:00

March 4 (Thursday) 07:30 - 15:00

OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM
n: number of papers n(total)=130
n (Common)=23, n (Marine)=33, n (Inland and others)=32, n (Poster)=42, n (Soft demo)=9
(note: 14 papers are presented by two presentation methods).

Grand Ballroom 2
(oral presentation for common and Marine sessions) Northwest Ballroom 1
(poster and softwaredemos) Northwest Ballroom 2
(oral presentation for marine, Inland, others & common sessions) Northwest Ballroom 3
(oral presentation for Watersheds, aquaculture and common sessions )

Mar 2
(Tue) (08:30 - 17:00)
Openings
Common Session
-Key note (1)
-General (2)
-Education (1)
-Software (12)

(During coffee and lunch breaks)

(17:00 - 19:00)
Session along with ice-breaking cocktail party hosted the Organizer. All participants are invited.
(no session) (no session)

Mar 3
(Wed) (08:30 - 17:00)
Marine
-Nautical chart (1)
-Artificial reefs(2)
-Database (2)
-Fisheries.
Oceanography(7)
- Bycatch (2)
- Assessment (10)

(During coffee and lunch breaks)

(17:30 - 19:30)

Session along with cocktail party
(cash bar, no host)
(08:30 - 17:00)
Inland
- Habitat/Distribution (8)
- Management (4)
- Assessment/model(12)
(no session)

Mar 4
(Thu) (no session) (no session) (08:30 - 11:30)
Marine
-Habitat (4)
-Management (5)
(08:30 - 11:15)
Watershed (3) & Aquaculture (5)

(13:15 - 15:00)
Common Session
- Remote Sensing (7)

(15:30 - 16:30) (16:45 : latest) (summing-up)
Panel discussion
Closings

Schedule for PREPARATION, SETUPS and DISMANTLES

Date Time Grand Ballroom 2
(oral: common and Marine session) Northwest Ballroom 1
(poster/demos) Northwest Ballroom 2
(oral : Marine, Inland, others and Common session) Northwest Ballroom 3
(orals: Watersheds, aquaculture and common sessions )

March 1
(Mon) ALL DAY :
Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (*) 19:00 - 21:00
Set-ups (no session) (no session)

March 2
(Tue) 07:30 - 08:15
or
(coffee/lunch
breaks) (1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector
(2) Mount 35MM Slides
Set-ups (no session) (no session)

March 3
(Wed) 07:30 - 08:15
or
(coffee/lunch
breaks) (1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector
(2) Mount 35MM Slides
Set-ups (1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector
(2) mount 35MM slides
(no session)

March 4
(Thu) 07:30 - 08:15
or
(coffee/lunch
breaks) (no session) Set-ups (1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector
(2)mount 35MM slides
(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector
(2) mount 35MM slides

17:30 - 19:00
Dismantle posters and PCs for demos

(*) If you want to check on March 1, contact Presentation Services at DoubleTree
Hotel, Phone: 1(USA)-206-439-4599.

PROGRAM OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS

MARCH 2 (Tuesday)

COMMON ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(GRAND BALLROOM 2)
- morning -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Robert MIKOL
Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN
Reg
No.
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(page)
Poster
/demo

Presenter

OPENINGS

08:30 - 09:00 Welcome by….

Kiyoshi ITOH Organizer (Fishery GIS Research Group , Japan)

Loh-Lee LOW Co-organizer (Alaska Fisheries Science Center, USA)

Symposium background, objectives, structure and remarks by…

Tom NISHIDA Convener (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan)

KEY NOTE SPEECH

09:00 - 09:45 Geoff MEADEN GIS in Fisheries Science: Foundations for the New Millenium
3

(3)

(09:45 - 10:15) ( coffee break )

GENERAL

10:15 - 10:30 Tony BOOTH Debunking the myth that a GIS is a glorified mapping tool
112(1)

(4)

10:30 - 10:45 P. HAVERLAND Aquatic Restoration and Conservation (ARC)
Partnership for Marine, Estaurine, and Freshwater Living Resources: A GIS tool for fisheries and Habitat Management
140(1)

(5)

EDUCATION

10:45 - 11:00 Vincent GALLUCCI The University of Washington's Approach to GIS: an example of a tool to facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching.
196(2)

(6)

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MARCH 2 (Tuesday)

COMMON ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(GRAND BALLROOM 2)
- late morning to afternoon -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Andrew CONRAD, Daniel SHEEHAN and Patrick SIMPSON
Time keeper : Hidetada KIYOFUJI
Reg
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(page) Poster
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SOFTWARE

11:00 - 11:15 Graeme PARKES
(for PURCHASE) Ocean Data and Fleet Operations Management
System(ODFOMS) 5 (7) Demo

11:15 - 11:30 David WALKER A Spatial Data Management and Reporting System for Canada's West Coast Shellfish Program 44/45 (8) Demo

11:30 - 11:45 Kiyoshi I TOH GIS Software demonstration: 'Marine Explorer' Fishery Sciences’ 57 (NA) Demo

11:45 - 12:00 Brent WOOD
(for A. CARDNO) Development of a GIS based navigation and data capture/reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels. 71(1) (NA)

(12:00 - 13:30) ( lunch )

13:30 - 13:45 Brent WOOD
(for A. CARDNO) A GIS/RDBMS based vessel monitoring system for fisheries compliance. 71(2) (NA)

13:45 - 14:00 Brent WOOD
(fop Craig SOPER) Kai Tahu Customary Fisheries Management 72 (9) Demo

14:00 - 14:15 Patrick SIMPSON FishTrek: Putting GIS into the Hands of the Fishing Fleet 86 (10) Demo

14:15 - 14:30 L. HENDRICKSON An Assortment of Arc/Info Applications for Marine Fisheries Management (oral cancelled) 126(2) (11) Poster

14:30 - 14:45 A. D. GOMONOV Computer technologies for environment monitoring and fisheries management 154 (12) Demo

14:45 - 15:00 Dale KIEFER A 4 Dimensional Oceanographic Information System 192 (13) Demo

(15:00 - 15:30) ( coffee break )

15:30 - 15:45 Philip HOOGE The Animal Movement Program: Integrating GIS with statistical analysis and modeling of animal movemen 200 (14)

15:45 - 16:00 M. KENDZIOREK Development an ArcView GIS application to assist in the management of Essential Fish Habitat 220 (15)
(MAP1)

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MARCH 2 (Tuesday)

POSTER & SOFTWARE DEMO SESSION
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 1-2)
- evening -

17:00 - 19:00 Poster / software demonstration & ice breaking cocktail party
hosted by the Organizer (Fishery GIS Research Group ). All are invited.

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MARCH 3 (Wednesday)

MARINE ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(GRAND BALLROOM 2)
- morning -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Chris MATHEWS and Rick BRODEUR
Time keeper : Chris LIPSKY
Reg
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NAUTICAL CHART

08:30 - 08:45 Thierry HUET Automatic processing of a Nautical chart 2 (NA)

ARTIFICIAL REEF

08:45 - 09:00 Akira HAMANO Application of GIS to assess the influence of environmental conditions on the distribution of fish around reefs 1 (NA)

09:00 - 09:15 Wen-Miin TIAN Positioning of Offshore Artificial Reefs 41 (16)

DATABASE

09:15 - 09:30 Francis MARSAC GAO: a software linked to oceanographic databases and dedicated to fisheries science (cancelled) 193 (17)

09:30 - 09:45 Paul MACNAB Inshore Fishing Areas and the Data Collection Challenge for GIS: Atlantic Canada's Experience 209 (NA)

FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY / ECOSYSTEM

09:45 - 10:00 Sei-ichi SAITOH An Application of Marine GIS and DMSP/OLS Visible Images to Study on Migration Dynamics of Pacific Saury Cololabis saira off Sanriku, Northwestern North Pacific 9 (18)

(10:00 - 10:30) ( coffee break )

10:30 - 10:45 Jeffrey RODGERS The North Pacific Rim Salmon Ecosystem Project 24 (19)
(MAP2)

10:45 - 11:00 Boris TROTSENKO Dynamically Active Zones of the World Ocean and Fish Abundance 62(3) (20)

11:00 - 11:15 Brent WOOD The role of GIS in the description and (characterisation of undersea "fishing hills" around New Zealand. Navigation and data capture / reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels." 70 (NA)

11:15 - 11:30 Hector PENA Study of spatial dynamics of Jack Mackerel fishing grounds and environmental conditions using a GIS 188 (21)

11:30 - 11:45 E. LOGERWELL Mapping of survivor’s habitat of pelagic fish off California 155 (22)

11:45 - 12:00 Chris MATHEWS Interactions between frontal systems, upwelling, El Nino and the small pelagic fisheries of the Bali Straits, Lombok Straits, Alas Straits and Sepi Straits, Indonesia 152 (23)

(12:00 - 13:30) ( lunch )

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MARCH 3 (Wednesday)

MARINE ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(GRAND BALLROOM 2)
- afternoon -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Loh-Lee LOW and Vincent GALLUCCI
Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN
Reg.
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(page) Poster
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Presenter

BYCATCH

13:30 - 13:45 Robert MIKOL GIS as a Bycatch Reduction Tool 93 (24) Poster

13:45 - 14:00 Robert ACKLEY Using GIS to manage Alaska's groundfish fishery bycatch 108 (25)

ASSESSMENT / PREDICTION / METHOD

14:00 - 14:15 Gordon HATCHER Using RS-GIS technologies to assess the potential yields of small islands shelves in the tropics 4 (NA)

14:15 - 14:30 Joanne HALLS Using the Environmental Sensitivity Index for Marine Fisheries Risk Assessment 7 (NA)

14:30 - 14:45 Juan PERTIERRA Using a GIS platform for the compilation of demersal specie's biomass indices off Catalan coast, NW Mediterranean Sea 49 (26)

14:45 - 15:00 Boris TROTSENKO Multilevel Informational-Forecasting System in Fishery Sciences and Fisheries Dynamically Active Zones of the World Ocean and Fish Abundance 62(2) (27)

15:00 - 15:30 ( coffee break )

15:30 - 15:45 Christine FIRMAN A Survey Design for Integrated Monitoring of Oregon Coastal Salmonids 74 (28)

15:45 - 16:00 Tom NISHIDA Spatial dynamics of southern bluefin tuna recruitment 77 (29)

16:00 - 16:15 John WALDEN Integrating GIS and mathematical programming models to assist in fisheries management decisions 89 (30) Demo

16:15 - 16:30 Tony BOOTH Integrating age-structured stock assessment within a GIS framework 112(2) (31)

16:30 - 16:45 Michael BYRNE Aquatic Conservation Strategies: Spatial Predictors for Invasive Fishes 161 (NA)

16:45 - 17:00 Fabio CORSI Integrating GIS and Surplus Production models: a new approach for spatial assessment of demersal resources? 210 (32)

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MARCH 3 (Wednesday)

MARINE ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 2)
- morning-

Moderator and Rapporteurs : C. WITTKUGEL and Charles MINNS
Time keeper : Jeremy DAVIES
Reg.
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(page) Poster
/demo

Presenter

HABITAT / DISTRIBUTION

08:30 - 08:45 Mindi SHEER A comparison and current and historical salmon habitat in a section of the John Day Reservoir, Columbia River 8 (33)

08:45 - 09:00 S. SRIVASTAVA Arrangement of habitat inventory information on GIS platform to identity optimum and degraded Areas of endangered fish Tor putitora habitat 27 (34)
(MAP3)

09:00 - 09:15 Barry THOM The Basinwide Prioritization of Stream Habitat Enhancement Sites In Western Oregon 52 (35)

09:15 - 09:30 Peter RISSLER Using GIS and GPS to map the seasonal distribution of Independence Valley speckled dace and tui chub 80 (36)

09:30 - 09:45 Kim JONES Spatial Patterns of Aquatic Habitat in Oregon 92 (37)

09:45 - 10:00 Michael PARSLEY Rearing Habitat and Spawning Locations of White Sturgeons in the Impounded Lower Snake River; an Historical Perspective
(cancelled) 94 (NA)

(10:00 - 10:30) ( coffee break )

10:30 - 10:45 C. WITTKUGEL Geographical mapping of spawning areas of fish in the littoral zone of Lake Constance - Long term changes 165(1) (38)

10:45 - 11:00 Anthony CHEONG Interpretation of Reconnaissance Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Data for BC 55 (38/39)

MANAGEMENT

11:00 - 11:15 Collins JAMBO The Use of GIS in the Management of Inland Fisheries of Lake Malawi (Third Largest Lake in Africa) 12 (NA)

11:15 - 11:30 Charles MINNS The Role of GIS in Area Fish Habitat Management Plans in the Great Lakes Basin 14 (39)

11:30 - 11:45 Martin HUDSON Where the wild fish are: documenting salmonid presence and use for effective management 97 (40)

11:45 - 12:00 Vladimir BABAYAN GIS "Fishery Resources of Russia" 113 (41) Demo

(12:00 - 13:30) ( lunch )

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MARCH 3 (Wednesday)

INLAND ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 2)
- afternoon-

Moderator and Rapporteurs : William FISHER and Jim KAPETSKY
Time keeper : Hidetada KIYOFUJI
Reg.
No. Abs-
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(page) Poster
/demo

Presenter

ASSESSMENT / ESTIMATION / METHODS

13:30 - 13:45 Susan DOKA Raster-based thermal habitat suitability analysis for selected freshwater fish 13 (42)
(MAP4)

13:45 - 14:00 Michael WING Display and Analysis Methods for Aquatic Habitat Data 16(1) (43) Poster

14:00 - 14:15 J. WANZENBOCK GIS supported assessment of fish stocks in Austrian lakes 18 (44)

14:15 - 14:30 Jill HARDIMAN Integration of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Location Estimates and Water Velocities to Assess Migration Behavior in the Forebay of Bonneville Dam, Columbia River 35 (45)

14:30 - 14:45 Lars ERIKSTAD Potential for use of geostatistics in combination with biological data to assess the freshwater production of Atlantic salmon in Norway 83 (NA)

14:45 - 15:00 Conrad TOEPFER Impacts of land use on stream habitat for the threatened leopard darter 90 (46)

(15:00 - 15:30) ( coffee break )

15:30 - 15:45 William FISHER Estimating the Abundance of Stream Fish Populations Using Geographic Information Systems Technology 118 (47)

15:45 - 16:00 Kelly BURNETT GIS in the coastal landscape analysis and modeling study (Clams): A prototype application to predict juvenile salmonid summer use and habitat from landform and landuse data 129 (48)

16:00 - 16:15 Sharon CLARKE Building Foundation Spatial Data Layers for Aquatic Analyses 130 (49)
(MAP5)

16:15 - 16:30 J. UNDERWOOD Hydrologically enhanced high-resolution digital elevation models 138 (50)

16:30 - 16:45 Jim KAPETSKY Strategic Assessments of the Potential for Increasing Fish Production from Inland Waters 158 (51)

16:45 - 17:00 Joshua VIERS Aquatic conservation strategies and the Navarro River watershed: applied GIS for TMDL decision support 160 (52)

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MARCH 3 (Wednesday)

POSTER & SOFTWARE DEMO SESSION
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 1-2)
evening

17:30 - 19:30 Poster / software demonstration Session & cocktail party
(Pay bar )

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MARCH 4 (Thursday)

MARINE ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 2)
- morning -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Stephen BROWN and Geoff MEADEN
Time keeper : Chris LIPSKY
Reg.
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(page) Poster
/demo

Presenter

HABITAT / DISTRIBUTION

08:30 - 08:45 Stephen BROWN Identifying and Assessing Essential Fish Habitat Using GIS 33 (53)
(MAP6)

08:45 - 09:00 Michael PARKE Identifying Essential Fisheries Habitat with GIS: Problems and Prospects in the Central Pacific 189 (54)

09:00 - 09:15 Rebecca REUTER Description of Dusky Rockfish habitat in the Gulf of Alaska 185 (NA)

09:15 - 09:30 Christopher PERLE GIS Applications to Map and Mangage Fish Habitat: The Highly Migratory Species Example 227 (57)

09:30 - 09:45 Rosidi ALI ntroduction and application of the Marine GIS In Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Marine Fish Resource in the Southeast Asia Region: A Case Study in the Exclusive Economic Zones of Malaysia (cancelled) 202 (56)

(09:45 - 10:30) ( coffee break )

MANAGEMENT

10:30 - 10:45 Steven EDWARDS Ecosystem Management of Fishery Resources in the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Evidence from GIS Analysis of Fishery and Environmental Data on Georges Bank 75 (58)

10:45 - 11:00 Alvaro ABELLA Use of GIS for the analysis of spatial data on fishing effort and seasonal changes in fishing strategies for Tyrrehenian Sea bottom trawl fisheries 162 (59)

11:00 - 11:15 Sonia CARRIER EU Agreement for the distant water fisheries and spatial analysis problem 183 (NA) Poster

11:15 - 11:30 Frank AUGUST Vessel Monitoring and GIS in Fisheries Enforcement 194 (60)

(cancelled) Dan URBAN Problem Solving in Western Alaskan Fisheries Using GIS 69 (61)

(11:30 - 13:15) ( lunch )

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MARCH 4 (Thursday)

WATERSHEDS / AQUACULTURE
ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 3)
- morning -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Michael PORTER and Ken COOPER
Time keeper : Bernard A. Megrey
Reg.
No. Abs-
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(page) Poster
/demo

Presenter

WATERSHEDS / ESTUARY

08:30 - 08:45 Geoffey HABRON Integrating social and ecological suitability in a community-based, spatially explicit, adaptive watershed conservation program 32 (62)

08:45 - 09:00 Stuart HAWTHORN The Digital Watershed Atlas - Creation and Use 95 (63)
(MAP7)

09:00 - 09:15 Vincent GALLUCCI Management of A Tropical Fishery And Watershed For The 21st Century: The Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. 196(1) (64)

AQUACULTURE / MARICULTURE

09:15 - 09:30 Munir AHMED Identification of Shrimp Pond and Waterbody in Coastal Area of Bangladesh 11 (65)

09:30 - 09:45 Michael PORTER Water quality analyses in commercial catfish ponds using GRASS (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System) 29 (66)

(09:45 - 10:30) ( coffee break )

10:30 - 10:45 Ken COOPER The Application of GIS to Commercial Aquaculture 61 (67) Poster

10:45 - 11:00 M. BEL HASSEN A GIS Assessment of Aquacutural Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Fier d’Ars Bay 66 (68)
(MAP8)

11:00 - 11:15 Tony BOOTH Identifying potential areas for mariculture in South Africa: A GIS approach 112(6) (69)

(11:15 - 13:15) ( lunch )

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MARCH 4 (Thursday)

COMMON ORAL SESSION PROGRAM
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 2-3)
- afternoon -

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Eric ROGERS and Sei-ichi SAITOH
Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN
Reg.
No. Abs-
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(page) Poster
/demo

Presenter

REMOTE SENSING

13:15 - 13:30 Hidetada KIYOFUJI Analysis of Japanese common squid fishing boat distribution around Japan by DMSP/OLS visible data 10 (70)

13:30 - 13:45 Boris TROTSENKO Development of Methods for Assessment and Forecasting of the State of Marine Ecosystems in the Fishing Areas of the World Ocean on the Basis of Cosmic Monitoring Data 62(1) (71)

13:45 - 14:00 Eric ROGERS Remotely-Sensed Data Products For the Fisheries: A review and synthesis of over 10 different data sources and their potential use in the fisheries 87 (72)

14:00 - 14:15 Tony BOOTH Assessment of kelp biomass off the west Cape coast of Southern Africa using RS/GIS methods 112(4) (73)

14:15 - 14:30 M.B. SHATOSHIN Creation and develop of air-cosmic monitoring system of Russian fisheries 153 (74) Demo

14:30 - 14:45 Evelyn BROWN Use of GIS in spatial analysis of forage fish distribution in Prince William Sound, Alaska in relation to oceanographic regimes. 169 (NA)

14:45 - 15:00 Nina Maggi KELLY Spatial Pattern of Forest Clearing in Watersheds Containing Essential Fish Habitat for Pacific Salmon 203 (75)

(15:00 - 15:30) ( coffee break )

PANEL DISCUSSION (SUMMING UP SESSION)

15:30 - 16:30 ( 16:45 : latest )

Moderators Geoff MEADEN and Jim KAPETSKY

Rapporteurs Stephen BROWN and Daniel SHEEHAN

Panelists Tony BOOTH
William FISHER
Vincent GALLUCCI
Loh-Lee LOW
Patrick SIMPSON

CLOSING Tom NISHIDA (Convener)

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LIST OF POSTERS
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 1)

Software development

No Presenter Title Reg.
no Abstract
(page) Oral
presentation

1 Haolan HUANG A Web-based GIS System for Fisheries Research
(cancelled) 23 (78)

2 Steve W. ROSS Developing a geographic information system for the North Carolina coastal reserve program 34 (79)
(MAP9)

3 Brent WOOD
(for A. CARDNO) Oceantrek: A GIS based navigation and data capture/reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels. 71(3) (NA)

4 Daniel SHEEHAN
(for HENDRICKSON) An Assortment of Arc/Info Applications for Marine Fisheries Management 126(2) (11)

5 L. FORTUNATI and
A. ABELLA Interactive viewer of information on catch, effort, fleet and fishing grounds 164 (80)

6 Teppo VEHANEN Quick and all-year-round spatial physical habitat mapping by the use of ground penetration radar and differential global position system 176 (81)

7 Herve DEMARCQ CUSSI: a software for managing satellite data in coastal upwellings areas for fisheries management in a GIS context 205(1) (82)
(MAP10)

8 G. MOISEYENKO Use of GIS to analyse the activity of catching vessels 30 (83)

9 Janet SMOKER Distribution of seabird bycatch by North Pacific longline fleet 68 (84)

10 Laurence C. BYRNE or
Dan URBAN Evaluating a New Management Boundary on Two King Crab Stocks in the Aleutian Islands 79 (85)

11 Robert MIKOL GIS as a Bycatch Reduction Tool 93 (24) Mar 3
13:30-13:45
(Grand ballroom 2)

12 Christine ATYEO The development of a GIS to aid sustainable management of the Australian South East Fisheries 182 (86)

13 Sonia Carrier and
Pierre FAILER EU Agreement for the distant water fisheries and spatial analysis problem 183 (NA) Mar 3
11:15-11:30
(Grand ballroom 2)

MARINE (Habitat, Management, Estimation, Survey, Ecosystem)

No Presenter Title Reg.
No Abstract
(page) Oral
session

14 Atle TOTLAND BEAM - An interactive GIS application for acoustic abundance estimation 28 (87)
(MAP11)

15 Gordon WARING or
Toshihide HAMAZAKI Characterization of beaked Whale (Ziphiidae) and sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) summer habitats in shelf-edge and deeper waters off the Northeast US 46 (88)

16 Kazushi MIYASHITA Acoustical estimation of Zoo plankton abundance 82 (110)

17 Janet BENSON From Sampling Fish Larvae to Spatial Analysis: Development of a GIS 107 (89)

18 Laura VIDAL Spatially structured model of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: An approach to use mapping information for fisheries management 111 (90)

19 A. J. BOOTH Spatial analysis of chokka squid Loligo reynaudii within a GIS framework 112(3) (91)

20 A. J. BOOTH The use of a GIS to understand the spatial and temporal biology of the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii on the southeast coast of South Africa 112(5) (92)

21 Daniel SHEEHAN Thermal Cost-Path Modeling of Atlantic Salmon Ocean Migrations 126(1) (93)

22 Pamela HAVERLAND
or Tom MUIR
(for Mark BAIN) Aquatic Gap Analysis: Demonstration of a Geographic Approach to Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation 140(2) (94)

23 Scott SOWA and
Pamela HAVERLAND The Missouri Aquatic Gap Pilot Project; a multi-agency GIS Tool for Assessing Missouri's Aquatic Resources. 141 (95)

24 Deborah BLOOD Analysis of Ichthyoplankton Abundance, Distribution, and Species Associations in the Northeast Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 143 (96)

25 Sharon D. LOY Accessing Forty-five Years of Trawl Survey Data from the Gulf of Alaska with a GIS 147 (97)

26 Janet MASON Sidescan sonar mapping of benthic trawl marks on the shelf and slope off northern California: a comparison with fishing effort 180 (98)

27 Catherine C. COON Spatial patterns of commercial bottom trawl effort: “hot spots” in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands 195 (99)

28 Herve DEMARCQ The VIBES project : combining a fishery GIS with 3D and individual-based models 205(2) (100)
(MAP12)

INLAND and others (aquaculture, estuary, marshes, watersheds)

No Presenter Title Reg.
No Abstract
(page) Oral
presentation

29 Michael G. WING Display and Analysis Methods for Aquatic Habitat Data 16(1) (43)
(MAP13) Mar 3
13:45-14:00
(Northwest ballroom 2)

30 Michael G. WING Geostatistical Analysis of Large Woody Debris Distribution in Streams 16(2) (101)

31 John A. YOUNG Assessing spatial patterning of in-stream habitats using GIS 22 (102)

32 Cathleen NEELY
(for GENOVESES and
EMMETT) Desktop Geographic Information System for Salmonid Resources in the Columbia River Basin 42 (103)

33 Ken COOPER The Application of GIS to Commercial Aquaculture 61 (67) Mar 4
10:30-10:45
(Northwest ballroom 2)

34 Cynthia L. BURNS Where the wild fish are: documenting salmonid presence and use for effective management 97 (NA)

35 Geoffrey MATHEWS Tracking created coastal salt marshes of Spartina alterniflora with the help of a GIS 101 (104)
(MAP14)

36 Paul WILLIAMS
and Tom CURLEY MapInfo, DGPS, Electronic Charts and Geoducks - a Low-Cost/High-Tech Solution to Subtidal Clam Surveys" 103 (NA)

37 Gary SMITH Integration of Acoustic Seafloor Classification Systems with GIS for the Assessment of Estuary Oyster Habitat 203 (105)

38 Christoph WITTKUGEL Spawning abilities and quantity of northern pike (Esox lucius L.) in Lake Constance 165(2) (106)

39 Scott NEEDHAM Delineating Fish Habitat Based on the Physical Characteristics Associated with the Upper Extent of Fish Distributions 167 (NA)

40 Vermitz BOURDAGES Use of a GIS to quantify habitat disturbance adjacent to streams and analyze the impacts on resident fish 168 (107)

41 Alemu TADESSE Monitoring Sedimentation and Erosion Problem in Ethiopia 171 (NA)

42 Kenneth K.
CUNNINGHAM Measuring the effects of reservoir operations using GIS 181 (108)
(MAP15)

43 Noble HENDRIX Crayfish distribution as a function of hydrology in Everglades National Park 223 (109)

LIST OF SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS
(NORTHWEST BALLROOM 1)

No Presenter Title Reg.
no Abstract
(page) Oral
presentation

1 Graeme PARKES Ocean Data and Fleet Operations Management System (ODFOMS) 5 (7) Mar 2
(11:00-11:15)
(Grand ballroom 2)

2 John POWER A Spatial Data Management and Reporting System for Canada's West Coast Shellfish Program 44 (8) Mar 2
(11:15-11:30)
(Grand ballroom 2)

3 Kiyoshi ITOH GIS software demonstration: 'Marine Explorer' for Fishery sciences 57 (NA) Mar 2
(11:30-11:45)
(Grand ballroom 2)

4 Craig SOPER
(cancelled) Kai Tahu Customary Fisheries Management 72 (9) Mar 2
(13:45-14:00)
(Grand ballroom 2)

5 Patrick K. SIMPSON FishTrek: Putting GIS into the Hands of the Fishing Fleet 86 (10) Mar 2
(14:00-14:15)
(Grand ballroom 2)

6 John WALDEN Integrating GIS and mathematical programming models to assist in fisheries management decisions 89 (30) Mar 3
(16:00-16:15)
(Grand ballroom 2)

7 Serguei KHROUPOV GIS "Fishery Resources of Russia" 113 (41) Mar 3
(11:30-11:45)
(NW ballroom 2)

8 B.M. SHATOSHIN Creation and develop of air-cosmic monitoring system of Russian fisheries 153 (74) Mar 4
(14:15-14:30)
(NW ballroom 2-3)

9 A. D. GOMONOV Computer technologies for environment monitoring and fisheries management 154 (12) Mar 2
(14:30-14:45)
(Grand ballroom 2)

10 Dale A. KEIFER A 4 Dimensional Oceanographic Information System 192 (13) Mar 2
(14:45-15:00)
(Grand ballroom 2)

	Grand Ballroom 2 (oral presentation for common and Marine sessions)	Northwest Ballroom 1 (poster and softwaredemos)	Northwest Ballroom 2 (oral presentation for marine, Inland, others & common sessions)	Northwest Ballroom 3 (oral presentation for Watersheds, aquaculture and common sessions )
Mar 2 (Tue)	(08:30 - 17:00) Openings Common Session -Key note (1) -General (2) -Education (1) -Software (12)	(During coffee and lunch breaks) (17:00 - 19:00) Session along with ice-breaking cocktail party hosted the Organizer. All participants are invited.	(no session)	(no session)
Mar 3 (Wed)	(08:30 - 17:00) Marine -Nautical chart (1) -Artificial reefs(2) -Database (2) -Fisheries. Oceanography(7) - Bycatch (2) - Assessment (10)	(During coffee and lunch breaks) (17:30 - 19:30) Session along with cocktail party (cash bar, no host)	(08:30 - 17:00) Inland - Habitat/Distribution (8) - Management (4) - Assessment/model(12)	(no session)
Mar 4 (Thu)	(no session)	(no session)	(08:30 - 11:30) Marine -Habitat (4) -Management (5)	(08:30 - 11:15) Watershed (3) & Aquaculture (5)
			(13:15 - 15:00) Common Session - Remote Sensing (7)
			(15:30 - 16:30) (16:45 : latest) (summing-up) Panel discussion Closings

Date	Time	Grand Ballroom 2 (oral: common and Marine session)	Northwest Ballroom 1 (poster/demos)	Northwest Ballroom 2 (oral : Marine, Inland, others and Common session)	Northwest Ballroom 3 (orals: Watersheds, aquaculture and common sessions )
March 1 (Mon)		ALL DAY : Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (*)	19:00 - 21:00 Set-ups	(no session)	(no session)
March 2 (Tue)	07:30 - 08:15 or (coffee/lunch breaks)	(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (2) Mount 35MM Slides	Set-ups	(no session)	(no session)
March 3 (Wed)	07:30 - 08:15 or (coffee/lunch breaks)	(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (2) Mount 35MM Slides	Set-ups	(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (2) mount 35MM slides	(no session)
March 4 (Thu)	07:30 - 08:15 or (coffee/lunch breaks)	(no session)	Set-ups	(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (2)mount 35MM slides	(1) Check if your PC fits to the PC projector (2) mount 35MM slides
March 4 (Thu)			17:30 - 19:00 Dismantle posters and PCs for demos

March 1 (Monday)	19:00 - 21:00
March 2 (Tuesday)	07:30 - 17:00
March 3 (Wednesday)	07:30 - 17:00
March 4 (Thursday)	07:30 - 15:00

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Robert MIKOL Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN			Reg No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
OPENINGS
08:30 - 09:00	Welcome by….
	Kiyoshi ITOH	Organizer (Fishery GIS Research Group , Japan)
	Loh-Lee LOW	Co-organizer (Alaska Fisheries Science Center, USA)
	Symposium background, objectives, structure and remarks by…
	Tom NISHIDA	Convener (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan)
KEY NOTE SPEECH
09:00 - 09:45	Geoff MEADEN	GIS in Fisheries Science: Foundations for the New Millenium	3	(3)
(09:45 - 10:15)	( coffee break )
GENERAL
10:15 - 10:30	Tony BOOTH	Debunking the myth that a GIS is a glorified mapping tool	112(1)	(4)
10:30 - 10:45	P. HAVERLAND	Aquatic Restoration and Conservation (ARC) Partnership for Marine, Estaurine, and Freshwater Living Resources: A GIS tool for fisheries and Habitat Management	140(1)	(5)
EDUCATION
10:45 - 11:00	Vincent GALLUCCI	The University of Washington's Approach to GIS: an example of a tool to facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching.	196(2)	(6)

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Andrew CONRAD, Daniel SHEEHAN and Patrick SIMPSON Time keeper : Hidetada KIYOFUJI			Reg No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
SOFTWARE
11:00 - 11:15	Graeme PARKES (for PURCHASE)	Ocean Data and Fleet Operations Management System(ODFOMS)	5	(7)	Demo
11:15 - 11:30	David WALKER	A Spatial Data Management and Reporting System for Canada's West Coast Shellfish Program	44/45	(8)	Demo
11:30 - 11:45	Kiyoshi I TOH	GIS Software demonstration: 'Marine Explorer' Fishery Sciences’	57	(NA)	Demo
11:45 - 12:00	Brent WOOD (for A. CARDNO)	Development of a GIS based navigation and data capture/reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels.	71(1)	(NA)
(12:00 - 13:30)	( lunch )
13:30 - 13:45	Brent WOOD (for A. CARDNO)	A GIS/RDBMS based vessel monitoring system for fisheries compliance.	71(2)	(NA)
13:45 - 14:00	Brent WOOD (fop Craig SOPER)	Kai Tahu Customary Fisheries Management	72	(9)	Demo
14:00 - 14:15	Patrick SIMPSON	FishTrek: Putting GIS into the Hands of the Fishing Fleet	86	(10)	Demo
14:15 - 14:30	L. HENDRICKSON	An Assortment of Arc/Info Applications for Marine Fisheries Management (oral cancelled)	126(2)	(11)	Poster
14:30 - 14:45	A. D. GOMONOV	Computer technologies for environment monitoring and fisheries management	154	(12)	Demo
14:45 - 15:00	Dale KIEFER	A 4 Dimensional Oceanographic Information System	192	(13)	Demo
(15:00 - 15:30)	( coffee break )
15:30 - 15:45	Philip HOOGE	The Animal Movement Program: Integrating GIS with statistical analysis and modeling of animal movemen	200	(14)
15:45 - 16:00	M. KENDZIOREK	Development an ArcView GIS application to assist in the management of Essential Fish Habitat	220	(15) (MAP1)

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Chris MATHEWS and Rick BRODEUR Time keeper : Chris LIPSKY			Reg No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
NAUTICAL CHART
08:30 - 08:45	Thierry HUET	Automatic processing of a Nautical chart	2	(NA)
ARTIFICIAL REEF
08:45 - 09:00	Akira HAMANO	Application of GIS to assess the influence of environmental conditions on the distribution of fish around reefs	1	(NA)
09:00 - 09:15	Wen-Miin TIAN	Positioning of Offshore Artificial Reefs	41	(16)
DATABASE
09:15 - 09:30	Francis MARSAC	GAO: a software linked to oceanographic databases and dedicated to fisheries science (cancelled)	193	(17)
09:30 - 09:45	Paul MACNAB	Inshore Fishing Areas and the Data Collection Challenge for GIS: Atlantic Canada's Experience	209	(NA)
FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY / ECOSYSTEM
09:45 - 10:00	Sei-ichi SAITOH	An Application of Marine GIS and DMSP/OLS Visible Images to Study on Migration Dynamics of Pacific Saury Cololabis saira off Sanriku, Northwestern North Pacific	9	(18)
(10:00 - 10:30)	( coffee break )
10:30 - 10:45	Jeffrey RODGERS	The North Pacific Rim Salmon Ecosystem Project	24	(19) (MAP2)
10:45 - 11:00	Boris TROTSENKO	Dynamically Active Zones of the World Ocean and Fish Abundance	62(3)	(20)
11:00 - 11:15	Brent WOOD	The role of GIS in the description and (characterisation of undersea "fishing hills" around New Zealand. Navigation and data capture / reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels."	70	(NA)
11:15 - 11:30	Hector PENA	Study of spatial dynamics of Jack Mackerel fishing grounds and environmental conditions using a GIS	188	(21)
11:30 - 11:45	E. LOGERWELL	Mapping of survivor’s habitat of pelagic fish off California	155	(22)
11:45 - 12:00	Chris MATHEWS	Interactions between frontal systems, upwelling, El Nino and the small pelagic fisheries of the Bali Straits, Lombok Straits, Alas Straits and Sepi Straits, Indonesia	152	(23)
(12:00 - 13:30)	( lunch )

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Loh-Lee LOW and Vincent GALLUCCI Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
BYCATCH
13:30 - 13:45	Robert MIKOL	GIS as a Bycatch Reduction Tool	93	(24)	Poster
13:45 - 14:00	Robert ACKLEY	Using GIS to manage Alaska's groundfish fishery bycatch	108	(25)
ASSESSMENT / PREDICTION / METHOD
14:00 - 14:15	Gordon HATCHER	Using RS-GIS technologies to assess the potential yields of small islands shelves in the tropics	4	(NA)
14:15 - 14:30	Joanne HALLS	Using the Environmental Sensitivity Index for Marine Fisheries Risk Assessment	7	(NA)
14:30 - 14:45	Juan PERTIERRA	Using a GIS platform for the compilation of demersal specie's biomass indices off Catalan coast, NW Mediterranean Sea	49	(26)
14:45 - 15:00	Boris TROTSENKO	Multilevel Informational-Forecasting System in Fishery Sciences and Fisheries Dynamically Active Zones of the World Ocean and Fish Abundance	62(2)	(27)
15:00 - 15:30	( coffee break )
15:30 - 15:45	Christine FIRMAN	A Survey Design for Integrated Monitoring of Oregon Coastal Salmonids	74	(28)
15:45 - 16:00	Tom NISHIDA	Spatial dynamics of southern bluefin tuna recruitment	77	(29)
16:00 - 16:15	John WALDEN	Integrating GIS and mathematical programming models to assist in fisheries management decisions	89	(30)	Demo
16:15 - 16:30	Tony BOOTH	Integrating age-structured stock assessment within a GIS framework	112(2)	(31)
16:30 - 16:45	Michael BYRNE	Aquatic Conservation Strategies: Spatial Predictors for Invasive Fishes	161	(NA)
16:45 - 17:00	Fabio CORSI	Integrating GIS and Surplus Production models: a new approach for spatial assessment of demersal resources?	210	(32)

Moderator and Rapporteurs : C. WITTKUGEL and Charles MINNS Time keeper : Jeremy DAVIES			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
HABITAT / DISTRIBUTION
08:30 - 08:45	Mindi SHEER	A comparison and current and historical salmon habitat in a section of the John Day Reservoir, Columbia River	8	(33)
08:45 - 09:00	S. SRIVASTAVA	Arrangement of habitat inventory information on GIS platform to identity optimum and degraded Areas of endangered fish Tor putitora habitat	27	(34) (MAP3)
09:00 - 09:15	Barry THOM	The Basinwide Prioritization of Stream Habitat Enhancement Sites In Western Oregon	52	(35)
09:15 - 09:30	Peter RISSLER	Using GIS and GPS to map the seasonal distribution of Independence Valley speckled dace and tui chub	80	(36)
09:30 - 09:45	Kim JONES	Spatial Patterns of Aquatic Habitat in Oregon	92	(37)
09:45 - 10:00	Michael PARSLEY	Rearing Habitat and Spawning Locations of White Sturgeons in the Impounded Lower Snake River; an Historical Perspective (cancelled)	94	(NA)
(10:00 - 10:30)	( coffee break )
10:30 - 10:45	C. WITTKUGEL	Geographical mapping of spawning areas of fish in the littoral zone of Lake Constance - Long term changes	165(1)	(38)
10:45 - 11:00	Anthony CHEONG	Interpretation of Reconnaissance Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Data for BC	55	(38/39)
MANAGEMENT
11:00 - 11:15	Collins JAMBO	The Use of GIS in the Management of Inland Fisheries of Lake Malawi (Third Largest Lake in Africa)	12	(NA)
11:15 - 11:30	Charles MINNS	The Role of GIS in Area Fish Habitat Management Plans in the Great Lakes Basin	14	(39)
11:30 - 11:45	Martin HUDSON	Where the wild fish are: documenting salmonid presence and use for effective management	97	(40)
11:45 - 12:00	Vladimir BABAYAN	GIS "Fishery Resources of Russia"	113	(41)	Demo
(12:00 - 13:30)	( lunch )

Moderator and Rapporteurs : William FISHER and Jim KAPETSKY Time keeper : Hidetada KIYOFUJI			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
ASSESSMENT / ESTIMATION / METHODS
13:30 - 13:45	Susan DOKA	Raster-based thermal habitat suitability analysis for selected freshwater fish	13	(42) (MAP4)
13:45 - 14:00	Michael WING	Display and Analysis Methods for Aquatic Habitat Data	16(1)	(43)	Poster
14:00 - 14:15	J. WANZENBOCK	GIS supported assessment of fish stocks in Austrian lakes	18	(44)
14:15 - 14:30	Jill HARDIMAN	Integration of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Location Estimates and Water Velocities to Assess Migration Behavior in the Forebay of Bonneville Dam, Columbia River	35	(45)
14:30 - 14:45	Lars ERIKSTAD	Potential for use of geostatistics in combination with biological data to assess the freshwater production of Atlantic salmon in Norway	83	(NA)
14:45 - 15:00	Conrad TOEPFER	Impacts of land use on stream habitat for the threatened leopard darter	90	(46)
(15:00 - 15:30)	( coffee break )
15:30 - 15:45	William FISHER	Estimating the Abundance of Stream Fish Populations Using Geographic Information Systems Technology	118	(47)
15:45 - 16:00	Kelly BURNETT	GIS in the coastal landscape analysis and modeling study (Clams): A prototype application to predict juvenile salmonid summer use and habitat from landform and landuse data	129	(48)
16:00 - 16:15	Sharon CLARKE	Building Foundation Spatial Data Layers for Aquatic Analyses	130	(49) (MAP5)
16:15 - 16:30	J. UNDERWOOD	Hydrologically enhanced high-resolution digital elevation models	138	(50)
16:30 - 16:45	Jim KAPETSKY	Strategic Assessments of the Potential for Increasing Fish Production from Inland Waters	158	(51)
16:45 - 17:00	Joshua VIERS	Aquatic conservation strategies and the Navarro River watershed: applied GIS for TMDL decision support	160	(52)

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Stephen BROWN and Geoff MEADEN Time keeper : Chris LIPSKY			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
HABITAT / DISTRIBUTION
08:30 - 08:45	Stephen BROWN	Identifying and Assessing Essential Fish Habitat Using GIS	33	(53) (MAP6)
08:45 - 09:00	Michael PARKE	Identifying Essential Fisheries Habitat with GIS: Problems and Prospects in the Central Pacific	189	(54)
09:00 - 09:15	Rebecca REUTER	Description of Dusky Rockfish habitat in the Gulf of Alaska	185	(NA)
09:15 - 09:30	Christopher PERLE	GIS Applications to Map and Mangage Fish Habitat: The Highly Migratory Species Example	227	(57)
09:30 - 09:45	Rosidi ALI	ntroduction and application of the Marine GIS In Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Marine Fish Resource in the Southeast Asia Region: A Case Study in the Exclusive Economic Zones of Malaysia (cancelled)	202	(56)
(09:45 - 10:30)	( coffee break )
MANAGEMENT
10:30 - 10:45	Steven EDWARDS	Ecosystem Management of Fishery Resources in the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Evidence from GIS Analysis of Fishery and Environmental Data on Georges Bank	75	(58)
10:45 - 11:00	Alvaro ABELLA	Use of GIS for the analysis of spatial data on fishing effort and seasonal changes in fishing strategies for Tyrrehenian Sea bottom trawl fisheries	162	(59)
11:00 - 11:15	Sonia CARRIER	EU Agreement for the distant water fisheries and spatial analysis problem	183	(NA)	Poster
11:15 - 11:30	Frank AUGUST	Vessel Monitoring and GIS in Fisheries Enforcement	194	(60)
(cancelled)	Dan URBAN	Problem Solving in Western Alaskan Fisheries Using GIS	69	(61)
(11:30 - 13:15)	( lunch )

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Michael PORTER and Ken COOPER Time keeper : Bernard A. Megrey			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
WATERSHEDS / ESTUARY
08:30 - 08:45	Geoffey HABRON	Integrating social and ecological suitability in a community-based, spatially explicit, adaptive watershed conservation program	32	(62)
08:45 - 09:00	Stuart HAWTHORN	The Digital Watershed Atlas - Creation and Use	95	(63) (MAP7)
09:00 - 09:15	Vincent GALLUCCI	Management of A Tropical Fishery And Watershed For The 21st Century: The Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica.	196(1)	(64)
AQUACULTURE / MARICULTURE
09:15 - 09:30	Munir AHMED	Identification of Shrimp Pond and Waterbody in Coastal Area of Bangladesh	11	(65)
09:30 - 09:45	Michael PORTER	Water quality analyses in commercial catfish ponds using GRASS (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System)	29	(66)
(09:45 - 10:30)	( coffee break )
10:30 - 10:45	Ken COOPER	The Application of GIS to Commercial Aquaculture	61	(67)	Poster
10:45 - 11:00	M. BEL HASSEN	A GIS Assessment of Aquacutural Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Fier d’Ars Bay	66	(68) (MAP8)
11:00 - 11:15	Tony BOOTH	Identifying potential areas for mariculture in South Africa: A GIS approach	112(6)	(69)
(11:15 - 13:15)	( lunch )

Moderator and Rapporteurs : Eric ROGERS and Sei-ichi SAITOH Time keeper : Suzann SPECKMAN			Reg. No.	Abs- tract (page)	Poster /demo
	Presenter
REMOTE SENSING
13:15 - 13:30	Hidetada KIYOFUJI	Analysis of Japanese common squid fishing boat distribution around Japan by DMSP/OLS visible data	10	(70)
13:30 - 13:45	Boris TROTSENKO	Development of Methods for Assessment and Forecasting of the State of Marine Ecosystems in the Fishing Areas of the World Ocean on the Basis of Cosmic Monitoring Data	62(1)	(71)
13:45 - 14:00	Eric ROGERS	Remotely-Sensed Data Products For the Fisheries: A review and synthesis of over 10 different data sources and their potential use in the fisheries	87	(72)
14:00 - 14:15	Tony BOOTH	Assessment of kelp biomass off the west Cape coast of Southern Africa using RS/GIS methods	112(4)	(73)
14:15 - 14:30	M.B. SHATOSHIN	Creation and develop of air-cosmic monitoring system of Russian fisheries	153	(74)	Demo
14:30 - 14:45	Evelyn BROWN	Use of GIS in spatial analysis of forage fish distribution in Prince William Sound, Alaska in relation to oceanographic regimes.	169	(NA)
14:45 - 15:00	Nina Maggi KELLY	Spatial Pattern of Forest Clearing in Watersheds Containing Essential Fish Habitat for Pacific Salmon	203	(75)
(15:00 - 15:30)	( coffee break )
PANEL DISCUSSION (SUMMING UP SESSION)
15:30 - 16:30	( 16:45 : latest )
	Moderators	Geoff MEADEN and Jim KAPETSKY
	Rapporteurs	Stephen BROWN and Daniel SHEEHAN
	Panelists	Tony BOOTH William FISHER Vincent GALLUCCI Loh-Lee LOW Patrick SIMPSON
CLOSING	Tom NISHIDA	(Convener)

No	Presenter	Title	Reg. no	Abstract (page)	Oral presentation
1	Haolan HUANG	A Web-based GIS System for Fisheries Research (cancelled)	23	(78)
2	Steve W. ROSS	Developing a geographic information system for the North Carolina coastal reserve program	34	(79) (MAP9)
3	Brent WOOD (for A. CARDNO)	Oceantrek: A GIS based navigation and data capture/reporting tool for use on research and commercial fishing vessels.	71(3)	(NA)
4	Daniel SHEEHAN (for HENDRICKSON)	An Assortment of Arc/Info Applications for Marine Fisheries Management	126(2)	(11)
5	L. FORTUNATI and A. ABELLA	Interactive viewer of information on catch, effort, fleet and fishing grounds	164	(80)
6	Teppo VEHANEN	Quick and all-year-round spatial physical habitat mapping by the use of ground penetration radar and differential global position system	176	(81)
7	Herve DEMARCQ	CUSSI: a software for managing satellite data in coastal upwellings areas for fisheries management in a GIS context	205(1)	(82) (MAP10)
8	G. MOISEYENKO	Use of GIS to analyse the activity of catching vessels	30	(83)
9	Janet SMOKER	Distribution of seabird bycatch by North Pacific longline fleet	68	(84)
10	Laurence C. BYRNE or Dan URBAN	Evaluating a New Management Boundary on Two King Crab Stocks in the Aleutian Islands	79	(85)
11	Robert MIKOL	GIS as a Bycatch Reduction Tool	93	(24)	Mar 3 13:30-13:45 (Grand ballroom 2)
12	Christine ATYEO	The development of a GIS to aid sustainable management of the Australian South East Fisheries	182	(86)
13	Sonia Carrier and Pierre FAILER	EU Agreement for the distant water fisheries and spatial analysis problem	183	(NA)	Mar 3 11:15-11:30 (Grand ballroom 2)