NRCTP_Tagging Workshop - Future of cod tagging research needs

A workshop to identify future research priorities
for cod tagging in the Gulf of Maine

Date: Thursday 12th February, 2009

Venue: GMRI TD BankNorth Boardroom (3rd floor),
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, 350 Commercial Street, Portland, ME.

Primary contact: Shelly Tallack, Program Manager
(stallack@gmri.org; 207-228-1639)

Workshop objectives:

1) Review the knowledge we have gained from current and recent cod tagging studies.

2) Identify major gaps in information currently remaining.

3) Identify priority future tagging-related research which is still needed for the GOM region.

4) Prepare and distribute a meeting summary for future reference.

Meeting materials:

Agenda: The final agenda with abstracts can be downloaded here.

Workshop proceedings: Available as a PDF file (2 MB). These proceedings have also been accepted (June 24th, 2009) for publication in the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document (CRD) Series.

Citation: Tallack S, Compiler/Editor (2009). Proceedings from a workshop to identify future research priorities for cod tagging in the Gulf of Maine, 12 February, 2009. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 09-09; 76 p. Available from: National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, or online at:http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/

Presentations:
The following presentations have kindly been made available to the workshop group. Please do not reference these presentations without prior consent from the respective presenter.

Shelly Tallack: Update on the Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program: "What have we learned? Where do we go from here? pdf (13MB)

Dave Martins: An overview of SMAST tagging: UMD tagging pdf (4MB)

Jon Loehrke: Movement Patterns of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Spawning Groups in the New England Region pdf (10MB)

Laughlin Siceloff: Vertical activity and fine-scale distribution of cod on the Ipswich Bay spawning ground pdf (4MB)

James Lindholm & Peter Auster: Habitat-mediated movement of Atlantic cod and other demersal fishes in the western Gulf of Maine pdf (2MB)

Tim Miller: Tag reporting rates pdf (<1MB)

Shelly Tallack: Understanding tag reporting pdf (<1MB)

Last updated 08th July, 2009