MPE 2013+ Workshop on Chesapeake Fisheries: From Oysters to Economics

August 28 - 30, 2017
Morgan State University, PEARL Lab, MD

Organizers:

Midge Cozzens, DIMACS, Rutgers University, midgec at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Scott Knoche, Morgan State University, scott.knoche at morgan.edu

Richard Lacouture, Morgan State University, Richard.Lacouture at morgan.edu

Asamoah Nkwanta, Morgan State University, Asamoah.Nkwanta at morgan.edu

Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University, ayakubu at howard.edu

Workshop Program:

Monday, August 28, 2017

               Breakfast at hotel (included in room rate)

 8:45 -  9:30  Carpool from Holiday Inn, Solomons, to Pearl Lab
               Meet in hotel lobby

 9:30 -  9:45  Opening Remarks: Scott Knoche, Morgan State University and Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University

 9:45 - 10:05  Fred Roberts: Mathematics of Planet Earth

10:05 - 10:40  An Introduction to Fishery Stock Assessment
               Olaf Jensen, Rutgers University

10:40 - 10:50  Q&A

10:50 - 11:10  Break

11:10 - 11:45  Bringing Economics to Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
               Doug Lipton, NOAA Fisheries

11:45 - 11:55  Q&A

11:55 - 12:45  Lunch

12:45 -  1:20  Methods for Coordinating Stakeholder Engagement in Estuary Management: Reflections and Lessons from Australia and France
               Katherine Daniell, Australian National University

 1:20 -  1:40  Q&A

 1:40 -  2:15  Dealing with Uncertainty in the Assessment and Management of Northeast US Fish Stocks
               John Wiedenmann, Rutgers University

 2:15 -  2:25  Q&A

 2:25 -  3:00  Optimal harvest in a deteriorating environment
               Emily Moberg, Rutgers University

 3:00 -  3:10  Q&A

 3:10 -  3:30  Break

 3:30 -  4:05  Alternative Visions for Fisheries Governancethe Rights of Individuals versus the Interests of their Communities
               Keith Criddle, University of Alaska

 4:05 -  4:15  Q&A

 4:15 -  4:45  Open discussion about Fisheries Modeling

 4:45          Cars and vans leave for Holiday Inn, Solomons

 6:45          Carpool to restaurant
               Meet in hotel lobby

 7:00          Conference dinner at The Pier Restaurant, Solomons

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

               Breakfast at hotel (included in room rate)

 8:45 -  9:30  Carpool from Holiday Inn, Solomons, to Pearl Lab. Meet in hotel lobby

 9:30 - 10:05  Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab: Stock Assessment and Environmental Change
               Tom Miller, University of Maryland

10:05 - 10:15  Q&A

10:15 - 10:50  Using a Discrete Choice model to Predict Oyster Harvester Site Selection
               Scott Knoche, Morgan State University

10:50 - 11:00  Q&A

11:00 - 11:20  Break

11:20 - 11:55  OysterFutures: Applying a spatially-explicit model and testing a collaborative process for developing oyster fishing regulations in Chesapeake Bay
               Elizabeth North, University of Maryland

11:55 - 12:05  Q&A

12:05 - 12:50  Lunch

12:50 -  1:25  Using Population Models to Estimate Abundance of Oyster and Sustainable Fishing Mortality Rates in Chesapeake Bay
               Michael Wilberg, University of Maryland

 1:25 -  2:00  Improving Metrics for Decision-Making for Today's Fisheries: Impacts of Oyster Reef Restoration, Choptank River Complex, Maryland
               Tom Ihde, Morgan State University

 2:00 -  2:10  Q&A

 2:10 -  2:45  Sensitivity Analysis of a Nutrients-Phytoplankton-Oysters (NPO) Mathematical Model of a Bay Ecosystem
               Najat Ziyadi, Morgan State University

 2:45 -  2:55  Q&A

 2:55 -  3:05  Break

 3:05 -  3:50  Open discussion about Educational Issues

 3:50 -  5:00  Boat tour on the Chesapeake with presentation by Pearl Lab

 6:00          Dinner at Stoney's Restaurant, Broomes Island

               Return to Holiday Inn, Solomons

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

 8:30          Breakfast meeting in private meeting room at Holiday Inn: Discussion about Next Steps.

10:30          Workshop end

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