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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE UPDATES & CHANGES: As a result of the prolonged government shutdown, we experienced a number of cancellations and changes to the schedule. Cancellations and changes are listed here (as of January 26, 2019).

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2:30pm

AFS NCD Walleye, Centrarchid, and Esocid Joint Technical Committee Meeting VETERANS ROOM C/D

4:30pm

AFS NCD Executive Meeting VETERANS ROOM C/D

6:00pm

Featured Event! Welcome to Ohio Social - Sponsored by Mossy Oak, National Shooting Sports Foundation, and USDA APHIS Wildlife Services SUPERIOR BALLROOM C/D

7:00am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors SUPERIOR BALLROOM C/D

10:00am

Wild Jobs Café SUPERIOR BALLROOM A

10:20am

(FISHERIES: LIGHTNING TALK) Using a Long-term Tagging Study to Evaluate Escapement, Survival, and Angler Catch of Stocked Muskellunge in Ohio Reservoirs VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

10:30am

(FISHERIES: LIGHTNING TALK) Movements and Habitat Use of Muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

10:40am

(FISHERIES: GREAT LAKES 1) Using Sonar to Describe Spawning Habits of Tributary Spawning Lake Whitefish in Green Bay, Lake Michigan CENTER STREET ROOM A

10:50am

(FISHERIES: LIGHTNING TALK) Effects of Dam Removal on the Community Structure of Micropterus Species in Two Midwestern Rivers VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

11:40am

(SYMPOSIA-01) Wisconsin's Northern Highland Fishery Research Area: A Long-term Comprehensive Program for Evaluating Fisheries Regulations HOPE BALLROOM A

1:20pm

(SYMPOSIA-06) Do Beaver and Trout Really Get Along? Some Perspectives on a Long-Term Conflict Concerning Landscape Scale Riparian Management VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

1:40pm

(SYMPOSIA-06) Trout Stream Enhancement and Beaver Management Challenges: A Trout Angler-Conservationists Perspective VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

2:20pm

(CANCELLED) (SYMPOSIA-03) DNA-based Dietary Analysis of Invasive Flathead Catfish: A Case Study from the Edisto River, South Carolina HOPE BALLROOM C

3:20pm

(FISHERIES: HABITAT) Hypoxia Alters Spatial Overlap of Primary and Secondary Consumers in the Pelagic Food Web of Reservoirs CENTER STREET ROOM B

3:40pm

(FISHERIES: FISH CONSERVATION) The Cart Before the Redhorse: Examining Summer Habitat Use of the Threatened River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) to Guide Future Management CENTER STREET ROOM C

4:20pm

(FISHERIES: INVASIVE SPECIES 1) Examination of a Modular Electrical Barrier for Deterring Fish Movements HOPE BALLROOM C (FISHERIES: HABITAT) The Influence of Season and Streamflow on Habitat Selection of Spotted Bass and Shorthead Redhorse Downstream of a Hydropeaking Dam in Central Missouri, USA CENTER STREET ROOM B

4:40pm

(WILDLIFE: CERVIDS) Understanding Relationships Between Deer Demographics, Deer Health and Forest Vegetation Through Partnerships with Wisconsin Hunters CENTER STREET ROOM D

5:00pm

Student / Professional Networking Mixer Trivia Night! - Hosted by the University of Toledo's Rocket Student Subunit of the AFS HOPE BALLROOM D/E

8:10am

Plenary Session II: Communicating the Science and Engaging the Angling Public and Policy Makers: Examples from Fisheries Management in Minnesota - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/EDon Pereira

10:00am

Wild Jobs Café SUPERIOR BALLROOM A

10:20am

(FISHERIES: GREAT LAKES 2) Evaluating the Influence of Past and Current Environments on Lake Erie Walleye Growth Rates CENTER STREET ROOM A

11:00am

(FISHERIES: GREAT LAKES 2) You Can't Just Use Gold: The Effects of Elevated Algal and Sedimentary Turbidity on Lure Success for Walleye (Sander vitreus) CENTER STREET ROOM A

11:20am

(FISHERIES: GREAT LAKES 2) Smallmouth Bass Population Characteristics in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior Under a Unique 22-inch Size Limit CENTER STREET ROOM A

1:40pm

(SYMPOSIA-07) Acoustic Telemetry and Management of Behaviorally Diverse Lake Sturgeon in the Huron-Erie Corridor HOPE BALLROOM A

2:20pm

(SYMPOSIA-07) Tracking the Movements and Interactions Among Salmonids in Lake Ontario HOPE BALLROOM A

2:40pm

(FISHERIES: EARLY LIFE HISTORY) Maturation of Artificial Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System CENTER STREET ROOM B

3:40pm

(FISHERIES: BIG RIVERS) Age-0 Daily Growth Estimation of Commercially Exploited Channel Catfish in a Free-Flowing Midwestern River CENTER STREET ROOM B

4:00pm

(FISHERIES: BIG RIVERS) Age, Growth, and Yield-Per-Recruit of Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) in Pools 4, 8, and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River CENTER STREET ROOM B

4:40pm

(FISHERIES: BIG RIVERS) Long-term Shovelnose Sturgeon Recapture and Population Data and Implications for Management Actions CENTER STREET ROOM B

6:00pm

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters SUPERIOR BALLROOM C/D