Geographic Information System and Geospatial Analyses in Fisheries Research and Management

Moderators: William L. Fisher, Jeff Waldon, Fred Janssen, and Stuart Shipman
Emails: wfisher@okstate.edu; fwiexchg@vt.edu; fred.janssen@tpwd.state.tx.us and sshipman@dnr.in.gov.

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 8:00 am to 5:40 pm
Location: Egan 7-8

Applications of geographic information system (GIS) and geospatial analyses in fisheries research and management continue to increase as the technology becomes more familiar and available to fisheries scientists, managers and administrators. Recent symposia at the AFS annual meeting, independently-sponsored international symposia, and numerous publications, including the 2004 AFS publication Geographic Information Systems in Fisheries, illustrate the increasing integration of GIS in fisheries. As GIS software becomes more sophisticated and user friendly, applications of GIS in marine and freshwater fisheries have become more wide-ranging and useful for fisheries decision makers. Among the emerging GIS applications are modeling fish population characteristics, spatial analysis of subpopulation genetic patterns, evaluation of fish habitat preferences, risk assessment modeling, remote sensing of aquatic habitats, advances in habitat data collection, analysis of human dimensions information, integration of watershed factors with aquatic habitat condition, and Internet-based GIS applications. The objective of the symposium is to provide current applications of GIS and geospatial analysis in fisheries research and management. This symposium should be of great value to AFS members in that it will demonstrate how GIS is being used to help make decisions on critical fisheries issues and showcase state-of-the-art applications of GIS and geospatial analyses.

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Sponsor:

AFS Computer Users Section