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Free live stream event all day November 7th, 2021.
To qualify for Rapala's $500 Prize Pack, see details below.
SCHEDULE OF TALKS
OPENING REMARKS: Sean Simmons 8:00 am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rick Bonney 8:20 am — Fish are Just Like Birds!(?)
BC STURGEON: Sarah Schreir 9:20 am — Forced Marriage Or Perfect Union? Over 20 Years Building and Maintaining Angler Engagement to Keep the Sturgeon Legend Alive
BREAK 9:40 am - 10:00 am
TEXAS ALLIGATOR GAR: Daniel Daugherty 10:00 am — Texas Trash to Texas Treasure – Angler Involvement in Management and Research of the Alligator Gar
MYCATCH TOURNAMENTS: Shayna Hamilton 10:20 am — Tournament Talks: Will anglers engage and participate in virtual webinars?
CANADIAN MUSKIE: Sean Landsman 10:40 am — Long-Term Relationship Building with Anglers: A Case Study with the Muskellunge Angling Community
ARKANSAS FISHERY: Jessica Feltz 11:00 am — Let's Talk About It: How Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Fisheries Division changed the message being shared
VIRGINIA FISH TAGGING: Susanna Musick 11:20 am — Growing Angler Engagement through Cooperative Tagging Research
BREAK 11:40 am - 1:00 pm
SOUTH CAROLINA FISH TAGGING: Matt Perkinson 1:00 pm — Engaging anglers in SCDNR's fish tagging efforts
MYCATCH TOURNAMENTS: Danielle Quinn 1:20 pm — Using App Based Tournaments as a Source of Fisheries Data
PENNSYLVANIA TROUT: Sara Mueller 1:40 pm — Penn State Trout Angler Science Study: Lessons we learned so you don’t have to
FLORIDA TROPHY BASS: Andrew Dutterer 2:00 pm — TrophyCatch: angler recognition, citizen science, and trophy bass conservation
IOWA FISHERY: Jeffery Kopaska 2:20 pm — How do you engage your anglers? Every way you can!
BREAK 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
GEORGIA FISHERY: David Moss 3:00 pm — TNC Angler Engagement
GLOBAL FISHERY: Asta Audzijonyte 3:20 pm — Importance of fish body size information in citizen science data collection tools
ALASKAN FISHERY: Guy Eroh 3:40 pm — Development of a Fish Identification Tool for Alaskan Fishes
MASSACHUSETTS FISHERY: Kimberley Fine 4:00 pm — Filling the Gap - A partnership between Recreational Anglers and Biologists, working together to study and support recreational fisheries!
PANEL DISCUSSION - TBD
These talks are part of the American Fisheries Society annual conference. This year it is taking place in Baltimore. Click here for more details.
To qualify for the prize simply post a question to one of the speakers through Facebook Live on the MyCatch Facebook Page during the talks on November 7th.
MyCatch and Citizen Science
Our passion for fisheries research has driven us for decades. Angler’s Atlas began collecting angler data in the early 2000's and the launch of MyCatch in 2018 has supercharged our efforts. We currently work with scientists across Canada and into the US, to provide data that is difficult to otherwise collect, and to help inform fisheries management and conservation. Recently, our first scientific paper has been published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and there are several more research papers in the works. To learn more about the research, click here to read the full scientific study. To be part of the growing movement, download MyCatch today and start tracking your catches!
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Track your catches and at the same time help fisheries biologists by providing important catch data for their fisheries assessments. MyCatch provides a new way to collect fisheries data from anglers. Through the app you will be able to share your catch data with fisheries biologists and learn more about what fisheries research is going on.
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