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CONTENTS

Agenda

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Session V

Session VI

Poster Session

Acknowledgments

List of Attendees

Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 04-01

Current Fisheries Research and Future Ecosystems Science in the Northeast Center
Collected Abstracts of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Eighth Science Symposium, Atlantic City, New Jersey, February 3-5, 2004

by Donna L. Johnson, Thomas W. Finneran, Beth A. Phelan, Ashok D. Deshpande, Catherine L. Noonan, Suellen Fromm, and Danielle M. Dowds, Compilers

National Marine Fisheries Serv., 74 Magruder Rd., Highlands, NJ 07732

Print publication date January 2004; web version posted January 29, 2004

Citation: Johnson, D.L.; Finneran, T.W.; Phelan, B.A.; Deshpande, A.D.; Noonan, C.L.; Fromm, S.; Dowds, D.M., compilers. 2004. Current fisheries research and future ecosystems science in the Northeast Center: collected abstracts of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Eighth Science Symposium, Atlantic City, New Jersey, February 3-5, 2004. Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref. Doc. 04-01; 64 p.

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IN MEMORIAM Christine E. Zetlin was a regular presenter and participant at the Northeast Center Science Symposia. Her frequent attendance and contribution exemplified her devotion to her craft, colleagues and friends.

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AGENDA

Tuesday - February 3, 2004
11:00 am – 12:00pm	Registration	Imperial Ballroom
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch	Fortune’s Restaurant
1:00pm – 1:15pm	Welcome Address  DR. THOMAS NOJI Chief, Ecosystems Processes Division (EPD) NEFSC/James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook	Imperial Ballroom
1:15pm – 2:00pm	Introduction DR. JOHN G. BOREMAN JR. Acting Science and Research Director, NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Keynote Speaker: DR. REBECCA LENT Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Break
	Session I Jerome Prezioso, Session Moderator EPD, Oceanography Branch NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory
2:30pm	A history of ecosystem studies of the U.S. northeast shelf ecosystem, 1807 – 2004 SARA P. ADAMS and Kenneth Sherman NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory
2:45pm	Potential contribution of new technologies to essential fish habitat designation JEFFREY PESSUTTI and John Manderson NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
3:00pm	Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians, restoration efforts in the northeastern United States RONALD GOLDBERG NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
3:15pm	Condition of young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) from two different estuaries along the Mid-Atlantic Bight JENNIFER C. SAMSON and Ashok D. Deshpande NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
3:30pm	The distribution, diet, and growth of young-of-the-year bluefish, in a northwest Atlantic estuary JOHN G. HILBERT JR., Beth Phelan, John E. Rosendale, and Carol Meise NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
3:45pm	True confessions:  lessons learned and new research initiatives in the microalgal mass culture room at Milford MARK S. DIXON and Gary H. Wikfors NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
4:00pm – 7:00pm	Hotel Check-in
7:00pm – 9:00pm	Poster Social	Indoor Pool Room
	Identification of Pseudocalanus moultoni and Pseudocalanus newmani from the northeast continental shelf Jacquelyn Anderson and Jack Green NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory
	Safer surveys:  a model for developing safer marine mammal aerial surveys Nicole Cabana NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Evidence of rapid evolution in an estuarine dependent gadid, Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod), in response to environmental contamination with PCBs R. Christopher Chambers1, David Witting1, David Cerino1, and Ike Wirgin2 1NEFSC/James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2Dept. of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
	Hard-substrate reef as a habitat for finfish, preliminary results Paul E. Clark1, Ronald Goldberg1, Catherine Kuropat1, Renée Mercaldo-Allen1, Jose J. Pereira1 and Lauren M. Vinokur2 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
	Stomach content analysis of northern, Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus) and striped, Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus) searobins from Long Island Sound Paul E. Clark1, Jose J. Pereira1, and Francis Juanes2 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2Univ. of Massachusetts, Natural Resources Conservation Dept., Amherst MA
	Mid-Atlantic Fishing Communities Project Bonnie J. McCay Dept. of Human Ecology, Cook College, Rutgers University
	Sediment grain size and groundfish assemblage structure in the northeastern continental shelf ecosystem Elizabeth Methratta and Jason Link NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Seasonal movement of black sea bass Joshua Moser and Gary Shepherd NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Natural spawning of black sea bass, Centropristis striata, at the NMFS Milford Laboratory and the UMASS Dartmouth Laboratory with observations on spawning behavior David A. Nelson1, Dean M. Perry1 and Edward Baker2 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2136 Beechwood Hill Tr, Exeter, RI 02882
	The abundance and distribution of Temora longicornis (Copepoda) within the Northwest Atlantic shelf waters, 1977-2002 Jerome Prezioso and Joseph Kane NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory
	Culture and rearing techniques of scyphozoans and hydrozoans (jellies) in public aquaria for exhibit display Brandon Schmidt NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Sectioning otoliths in the 21st century: increased efficiency through the use of new technology Nina Shepherd, Sandra J. Sutherland, Sarah Pregracke, Daphne Cassidy, Christine Esteves, Blanche Jackson, Elizabeth O’Neill, and Jay Burnett NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Spawning duration and frequency of weakfish, Cynoscion regalis, near the northern margin of its geographic range based on the size and age structure of young-of-the-year Donald D. Shrump Jr. and R. Christopher Chambers NEFSC/James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
	Age-structure reference collections:  the importance of being earnest Vaughn Silva, Nancy Munroe, Sarah E. Pregracke, and John Burnett NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
	Communal effects between Argopecten irradians irradians and Nassarius obsoletus David J. Veilleux and Katlyn Mihalek NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
	PCB bioaccumulation trends and ecosystem stress responses in young-of-the-year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) Shayla D. Williams and Ashok D. Deshpande NEFSC/James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
Wednesday  - February 4, 2004
7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast	Fortune’s Restaurant
	Session II Maureen H. Taylor, Session Moderator EPD, Oceanography Branch NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
8:00am	Species-habitat characterization for the Georges Bank ecosystem SUKWOO CHANG1, Peter Berrien1, Donna Johnson1,Joseph Kane2, John O’Reilly2 and Maureen Taylor3 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory 3NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
8:15am	Density-dependent habitat use in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank or what do Fretwell and Lucas know about fish anyway? JOSE J. PEREIRA1, Eric Schultz2 and Peter Auster3 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 3National Undersea Research Center, University of Connecticut at Avery  Point, Groton, Connecticut
8:30am	Three-dimensional visualization of fisheries’ acoustics data and models DAVID F. CHEVRIER and J. Michael Jech NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
8:45am	Plankton monitoring utilizing a MOCNESS mounted Video Plankton Recorder ELISABETH BROUGHTON NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
9:00am	A comparison of organic nutrient levels in near-shore and offshore environments JOHN E. MCCARTHY, Vincent G. Guida, and Andrew F. J. Draxler NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
9:15am	The outer shelf of the mid-Atlantic:  Terra incognita at our doorstep VINCENT G. GUIDA1, Page C. Valentine2, Frank Almeida3, Michael Fahay1, Joseph J.Vitaliano1, Maureen H. Taylor3, Martha S. Nizinski4, and Lauren Pandolfo5 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2USGS, Woods Hole Field Office, Woods Hole, MA 3NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory 4NEFSC/National Systematics Laboratory 5Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
9:30am	Preliminary Observations on the Diversity of the Fauna Associated with Lophelia Banks off North Carolina MARTHA S. NIZINSKI1, Steven W. Ross2, and Kenneth J. Sulak3 1NEFSC/National Systematics Laboratory 2Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 3U.S.G.S, Biological Resources, Gainesville, FL
10:00am – 10:30am	Morning Break
	Session III Jeffrey Pessutti, Session Moderator EPD, Behavioral Ecology Branch NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
10:30am	Long-term effects of quahoging and crabbing gear on the benthic ecosystem of Raritan Bay CLYDE L. MACKENZIE, JR., Donald G. McMillan, Robert Pikanowski, John Rosendale, Daniel Wieczorek, John Hilbert, and Chad Brown NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
10:45am	A system for simulating the biogeochemical habitats of lobsters, and its use for determining survival at elevated temperature Andrew F. J. Draxler1, Richard A. Robohm2, DANIEL WIECZOREK1 and Michael Schafer1, Diane Kapareiko2, Steven Pitchford2 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
11:00am	Effects of environmental stressors on disease susceptibility in lobsters:  a controlled laboratory study Richard A. Robohm1, Andrew F. J. Draxler2, DIANE KAPAREIKO1, Steven Pitchford1, Daniel Wieczorek2 and Lori Davias2 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
11:15am	Methods and importance of analyzing PCB concentrations in lobster Hepatopancreas tissues Ashok D. Deshpande, MICHAEL W. SCHAFER, A.F.J. Draxler, and Daniel Wieczorek NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
11:30am	Comparison of two different methods of lipid analysis in fish tissue THOMAS H. CLEARY, Vincent Guida, and Jennifer C. Samson NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch	Fortune’s Restaurant
	Session IV Dr. Martha S. Nizinski, Session Moderator NEFSC/National Systematics Laboratory
1:00pm	Modeling study of movement and settlement of the Atlantic sea scallops in the Northeast United States Coastal Region ZHIZHANG YANG, David G. Mountain, Dvora Hart, and Paul Rago NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
1:15pm	The influence of surface layer salinity changes on wintertime convection in Wilkinson Basin, Gulf of Maine MAUREEN H. TAYLOR and David G. Mountain NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
1:30pm	Benthic macrofauna and sedimentary habitats of the closed areas on Georges Bank JOSEPH J. VITALIANO1, Robert N. Reid1, and Page Valentine2 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2USGS, Woods Hole Field Office, Woods Hole, MA
1:45pm	Yellowtail flounder cooperative tagging study AZURE D. WESTWOOD and Steve X. Cadrin NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
2:00pm	Results from PSAT attachments to swordfish…a cautionary tale RICHARD BRILL1 and Michael Musyl2 1NMFS/NEFSC, VIMS-HU CMER Program, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 2NMFS/PIFSC, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2:15pm	Monitoring the juvenile sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, population in the Delaware Bay nursery grounds CAMILLA T. MCCANDLESS1, Harold L. Pratt, Jr.2, and Nancy E. Kohler1 1NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory 2Mote Marine Laboratory, FL
3:00pm – 3:30pm	Afternoon Break
	Session V Diane Kapareiko, Session Moderator Aquaculture and Enhancement Division, Biotechnology Branch NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
3:30pm	Indirect age estimation of butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus) based on otolith weights:  preliminary results SANDRA J. SUTHERLAND, Nancy Munroe, Elizabeth O’Neill, and John Burnett NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
3:45pm	A model to estimate growth rate in young-of-the-year tautog, Tautoga onitis, based on RNA/DNA ratio and seawater temperature RENEE MERCALDO-ALLEN1, Catherine Kuropat1, Elaine Caldarone2 and Ronald Goldberg1 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2NEFSC/Narragansett Laboratory
4:00pm	Growth of juvenile black sea bass, Centropristis striata, in a recirculating seawater system David A. Nelson1, DEAN M. PERRY1, Robin Katersky1, Stephen Metzler2 and Dylan Redman2 1NEFSC/Milford Laboratory 2End to End Technical Services Inc., Portsmouth, VA
4:15pm	How different light regimes and intensities affect growth rates and nutrient uptake in Tetraselmis chui (PLY429) SHANNON L. MESECK and Jennifer Alix NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
4:30pm	The effects of shell hash on the survival and transport of juvenile Spisula solidissima SHANNON NEWBY CMER program/IMCS, Rutgers University
4:45pm	Mid-Atlantic Fishing Communities Project BONNIE J. MCCAY Dept. of Human Ecology, Cook College, Rutgers University
7:00pm	Dinner	Chelsea Ball Room
Thursday – February 5, 2004
8:00am – 9:00am	Breakfast	Fortune’s Restaurant
	Session VI Joseph J. Vitaliano, Session Moderator EPD, Coastal Ecology Branch NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook
9:00am	A petroleum fingerprinting study of ribbed mussels and sediments from a previously contaminated and freshly contaminated site in the Arthur Kill BRUCE W. DOCKUM1, Ashok D. Deshpande1, and Amy M. Tesolin2 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan
9:15am	Update on coastal Maine river Atlantic salmon smolt studies: 2003 JAMES HAWKES1, John Kocik1 and Gregory Mackey2 1NOAA Fisheries Maine Field Station/ NEFSC, Orono, ME 2Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission/Downeast Regional Office, Jonesboro, Maine
9:30am	Changes in the proportion of naturally reared Atlantic salmon smolts to hatchery smolts emigrating from the Penobscot River, ME, during 2000-2003 CHRISTINE LIPSKY1, James Loftin1, Edward Hastings1, and Russell Brown2 1NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, 31 Main St., Orono, ME 04473 2NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
9:45am	Update on NOAA Fisheries aerial surveys for right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) off the northeastern United States TIMOTHY V.N. COLE, Peter A. Duley, Kelly A. Houle, Misty D. Nelson, Richard M. Pace III, Brenda K. Rone, Alison K. Stimpert and Frederick W. Wenzel NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
10:00am	Sand lance as an intermediate vector in the trophic transfer of contaminants in the endangered humpback whales ASHOK D. DESHPANDE1, Bruce W. Dockum1, and Salvatore Testaverde2 1NEFSC/ James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook 2National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office
10:30am – 11:00am	Closing Remarks Frank Almeida Acting Deputy Science and Research Director, NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory	back to top
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank all the participants of the NEFSC who have contributed to the production of this Science Symposium. Special thanks to Dee Dee Grevelis and Karen Tougas who were instrumental in coordinating travels plans at their facilities. Thanks also to Michael P. Fahay for his helpful editorial advice. Finally, we are greatly indebted to Laura Garner and Jon Gibson for without their assistance this document would not have been possible.

LIST OF ATTENDEES
Adams, Sara Almeida, Frank Anderson, Jacquelyn Boreman, John Briggs, Ruth Brill, Richard Broughton, Elisabeth Buckley, Lawrence Busch, Donna Cabana, Nicole Caldarone, Elaine Cassidy, Daphne Chambers, Christopher Chang, Sukwoo Chevrier, David Clark, Paul Cleary, Thomas Cole, Tim Croxton, April Cummings, Meagan Denecour, Joyce Deshpande, Ashok Despres, Linda Dixon, Mark Dockum, Bruce Dow, David Dowds, Danielle Draxler, Andrew Drohan, Amy Duquette, Jonathan Fabrizio, Mary Finneran, Thomas Frady, Teri Fromm, Steve Fromm, Suellen Gabriel, Wendy	Goldberg, Ronald Green, John Grevelis, DeeDee Griswold, Carolyn Guida, Vincent Hawkes, James Hilbert, John Hoey, John Hughes, Jim Jearld, Ambrose Jeffress, Dorothy Johnson, Donna Kane, Joseph Kapareiko, Diane Keith, Nathan Kohler, Nancy Kuropat, Cathy Lang, Kathy Lent, Rebecca Lipsky, Christine MacKenzie,, Clyde Manderson, John Martin, Christopher McCandless, Camilla McCarthy, John McCay, Bonnie McMillan, Donald Meise, Carol Mercaldo-Allen, Renee Meseck, Shannon Methratta, Elizabeth Moakley, Jack Moser, Joshua Mountain, David Munroe, Thomas Mustafa, Helen	Newby, Shannon Nizinski, Martha Noji, Thomas Noonan, Catherine O'Neill, Elizabeth Palmer, Joan Pereira, Jose Perry, Dean Pessutti, Jeffrey Phelan, Beth Pikanowski, Robert Pregracke, Sarah Prezioso, Jerome Rosendale, John Samson, Jennifer Schafer, Michael Schmidt, Brandon Sennefelder, George Serchuk, Fred Shepherd, Nina Shrump, Donald Silva, Vaughn Smith, Daniel Stehlik, Linda Sutherland, Sandra Taylor, Maureen Tougas, Karen Turner, Pat Veilleux, David Vitaliano, Joseph Westwood, Azure Wieczorek, Daniel Williams, Shayla Yang, Zhizhang