Trout Committee Accomplishments!

2010Proceedings of the American Fisheries Society's Southern Division Trout Committee revised.
2010Publication:  Habera, J. W., M. A. Kulp, S. E. Moore, and T. B. Henry.  2010.  Three-pass depletion sampling accuracy of two electric fields for estimating trout abundance in a low-conductivity stream with limited habitat complexity.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:757-766.
2007 Proceedings of the American Fisheries Society's Southern Division Trout Committee developed.
2006Software upgrade:  Worked jointly with Jack Van Deventer (Washington State University) and a team from Microsoft to upgrade DOS-based Microfish 3.0 (analysis package for electrofishing depletiondata) to run on a Windows platform.  MicroFish 3.0 for Windows is now available free of charge at:  http://microfish.org.
2005Workshop:  East Coast Trout Culture and Management IV, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; proceedings published.
2005Publication:  Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Trout Committee.  2005.  Management of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout:  A Position Statement.  Fisheries 30(7):10-20. 
2002 Trout Committee Procedure Manual updated.
2001 Trout Committee Procedure Manual updated.
2000 Workshop: East Coast Trout Management and Culture Workshop III, Frostburg, Maryland. Proceedings published.
1999 Letter to editor published in Fisheries (July 1999) in response to feature electrofishing article.
1999 Sponsored a special technical session on trout biology and management at SD AFS Mid- Year Meeting, Chattanooga, TN.
1998 Workshop: 11th International Trout Stream Habitat Improvement Workshop, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1998 Resolutions passed to request improved water quality below U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Projects in Arkansas and Tennessee.
1998 Established Trout Committee list server at Virginia Tech. University (SD_TROUT_COM@listserv.vt.edu)
1995 Workshop: East Coast Trout Management and Culture Workshop II, State College, PA. Proceedeings published.
1992 Workshop: East Coast Trout Management and Culture: joint sponsorhsip with Northeast Division Trout Committee. Proceedings published.
1992 Resolution passed on Forest Management Practices.
1992 Trout Committee Procedure Manual updated.
1992 Development of standardized stream sampling procedures document.
1991 Workshop: Trout and Timber Management (presentations summarized and distributed).
1990 Workshop: Reservoir and Tailwater Trout Management
1989 Workshop: The Watershed Approach to Trout Management
1988 Workshop: Brown Trout Biology and Management. Proceedings published.
1987 Workshop: Creel Census and Survey Techniques
1987 Trout Strain Summary (distributed to membership)
1986 Workshop: Tailwater Trout Management
1986 Purpose and Goals of Trout Committee developed.
1986 Annotated Bibliography of Brook Trout Management published.
1985 Workshop: Brook Trout Management. Abstracts published.
1978 Status of the Brook Trout in the Southeast completed.
1978 Angling Regulations Review completed.
1975 Resolution on Trout Stocking developed.

1973

 Trout Management in the Southeast Bibliography developed.
1964 Trout Committee organized.

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