Provisional Programme

Please note that information such as paper titles, authorship and precise times may vary in the final programme.

DAY 1: Tuesday 20th October 2015.

08.30  – 10.00 Registration & Coffee on Arrival
10.00 – 10.10 Welcome & Introduction
10.10 – 10.30 Ministerial Addresses (Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland)
10.30 – 11.00 Opening Address: Setting the Scene (Looking Back to 2004).
  Session 1:  Understanding Anadromy.
11.00 – 11.30 Genetic Basis of Anadromy in brown trout. What we know and what we need to find out.
Andrew Ferguson,.
11.30 – 12.00

Understanding anadromy as an individual adaptive behaviour. Theory and its consequences.
 Steve Railsback.
12.00 – 12.20

Are lakeward migrations conceptually different from anadromy in trout?
Jakob Brodersen.
12.20 -12.40

Influence of seascape and migratory patterns of coastal brown trout genetic structure.
Sophie Launey.
12.40 – 13.00 General Discussion.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Session 2: Populations & Management
14.00 – 14.30

Population structure and mixed stock analysis of freshwater trout/sea trout: where we are and where we need to go.
Paulo Prodöhl (et al.).
14.30 – 15.00

Spatial and temporal variation in sea trout abundance and life histories in the Irish Sea.
Nigel Milner (et al).
15.00 – 15.30

Derivation of catch & stock based Biological Reference Points for sea trout in E&W. A comparison of methods and critical examination of their potential application to stock assessment & Management.
Ian Davidson  & Miran Aprahamian.
13.30 – 14.00 Tea Break

16.00 – 16.20

The development of a biologically based management system for sea trout on the Shimna River, Northern Ireland.
Richard Kennedy.

16.20 – 16.40

Sea Trout angling exploitation rates from Irish Fisheries monitored by fish counters.

Patrick Gargan (et al).

16.40 – 17.00

The relative importance of sea trout & salmon to the recreational fisheries in England & Wales.
Robert Evans & Graeme Harris.

17.00 – 17.30

 General Discussion
 

19.00 – 20.00

 Welcome Drinks Reception & Poster Displays.

DAY 2: Wednesday 21st October 2015.

09.00 – 09.30 Registration
  Session 3: Movement & Migration
09.30 – 09.50

Movements of sea trout in the coastal waters of Great Britain.
Ted Potter (et al.).,

09.50 – 10.10

Hydrodynamic modelling of sea trout movements in the Irish & Celtic Seas.
Ted Potter (et al.).
10.10 – 10.30

Genetic structure & acoustic tracking of sea trout (Salmo trutta L) in the Rhine & Maas estuary in the Netherlands.
Dennis Ensing & André Breukelar
10.30 – 10.50

Downstream migration, mortality, migratory routes and habitat use of sea trout at sea.
David Aldvén.
10.50 – 11.00 Discussion

11.00 – 11.30

 Coffee Break
11.30 – 11.50

Marine migration & habitat use of sea trout Salmo trutta L. In a fjord in central Norway.
Jan Grimsrud Davidsen.
11.50 – 12.10

Marine migrations & loss rates of sea trout smolts in the freshwater/sea water transitional zone.
Rasmus B. Lauridsen
12.10 – 12.30

Use of genetic data to elucidate sea trout movements in southern British Waters.
Andrew King 
12.30 – 12.50

Tracing origins and movement patterns of Salmo trutta in the Irish Sea using otolith microchemistry.
Andy Marriott (et al.).  
12.50 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 -14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.20

Swimming depths of sea trout in coastal waters.
Jóhannes Sturlaugsson.
14.20 – 14.40

A comparison of movements of sea trout emigrating from two adjacent rivers in Loch Linnhe.
Stuart Middlemas (et al.).
14.40 – 15.00

Sea trout migrations promote interbasin connectivity between populations.
S. Masson (et al.).
15.00 – 15.30 General Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Tea Break
  Session 4: Ecology & Behaviour
16.00 – 16.20

Marine feeding of sea trout in the Irish Sea.
Willie Roche (et al.).
16.20 – 16.40

Migration behaviour of sexually immature and mature sea trout in a large subarctic river system: evidence of a two season spawning migration.
Panu Orell.
16.40 – 17.00

Use of stable isotopes to assess the distribution of reproduction by migratory and non-migratory trout within river systems.
Robert Briers.

17.00 – 17.15 Discussion

 

 

19.00 – 22.00

 Drinks Reception & Symposium Dinner

DAY 3. Thursday 22nd October 2015.

 

08.30 – 09.30 Registration
  Session 5:  Monitoring & Surveillance
09.00 – 09.20

Assessment of status of Baltic sea trout populations.
Stig Pedersen (et al.).
09.20  – 09.40

Scandinavian perspectives on sea trout stocks: monitoring, threats & management.
Johan Höjesjö.
09.40 – 10.00

Observations on sea trout stock & fishery performance on the Rivers Dee, Tamar, Lune & Tyne, 1991-2014. Contribution of Index River Monitoring in England & Wales to fisheries management.
Ian Davidson (et al.)
10.00 – 10.20

A critical review of the methodologies for obtaining sea trout & salmon catch statistics for the rod and net fisheries in the British Isles.
Graeme Harris & Robert Evans.
10.20 – 10.35

Modelling & Assessment. [Feedback summary from pre-symposium workshop.]
 Ted Potter & Nigel Milner.
10.35 – 10.50

Catch & Effort Statistics. [Feedback summary from pre-symposium workshop.]
 Ken Whelan,
10.50 – 11.00 General Discussion

  11.00 – 11.30

 Coffee Break
  Session 6:  Threat Assessment
11.30 – 11.50

Sea lice impacts from salmon farming on sea trout: a review of recent developments in Ireland, Scotland & Norway.
Patrick Gargan (et al).
11.50 – 12.10

Sea trout and tidal power: challenges and approaches.
Andrew Turnpenny (et al.).
12.10 – 12.30

Acoustic tracking study of the migration behaviour of sea trout around a co-located Larinier fish pass and low-head hydropower turbine on Ruswarp Weir at the tidal limit of the Yorkshire Esk.
Richard Noble.
12.30 – 12.50

The behaviour of wild sea trout smolts in relation to a small in-river hydropower scheme.
Andy Moore.
12.50  – 13.00 General Discussion
13.00  – 14.00 Lunch Break
  Session 7: Looking Forward
14.00– 15.30 (To be Confirmed) Structured Discussion of Strategic Issues & Concerns raised by speakers & delegates relevant to future management needs & priorities
[Targeted at  ancillary output of EIFAC FAO Guidance Note.]
15.30 – 15.45 Closing Remarks

 

 

 Tea on Departure