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SOTL FISHERIES MEETING AGENDA

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:09 pm
by popster
State of the Lake Meeting 2025
March 15, 2025 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Presentations by NYSDEC, VTFWD, USFWS, LCBP, UVM
Location: Robert Miller Community Room 130 Gosse Ct, Burlington
Public Agenda
Topics
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome from Cooperative - Eric Palmer VTFWD

9:05 – 9:25 Angler Guest Speaker (15 minutes) – Captain Drew Price, Lake Champlain Fishing Guide
and Shawn Good VTFWD
Q&A (5 minutes)

9:25 - 9:45 Cormorants (15 minutes) - Dave Sausville VTFWD
Q&A (5 minutes)

9:45 – 10:00 Lake Trout (10 minutes) – Margaret Murphy VTFWD
Q & A (5 minutes)

10:00 – 10:20 Atlantic Salmon (15 minutes) – Kurt Heim USFWS
Q & A (5 minutes)

10:20 – 10:35 Acoustic telemetry of hatchery raised landlocked Atlantic Salmon smolts in Lake
Champlain (10 minutes) - Graham Montague UVM
Q&A (5 minutes)

10:35 – 10:50 Forage fish (10 minutes) - Evaluating bottom trawling and acoustic surveys as
assessment techniques in Lake Champlain - Shelby Scarfo UVM
Q&A (5 minutes)

10:50 – 11:05 Habitat work for fish passage (10 minute) – Dave Minkoff USFWS
Q & A (5 minutes)

1:05 - 11:15 BREAK

11:15 – 11:30 Sea Lamprey (10 minutes) – Steve Smith USFWS
Q & A (5 minutes)

11:30 – 11:50 Creel surveys (15 minutes) - Nicole Balk NYSDEC
Q & A (5 minutes)

11:50-12:10 Breaking The Bottleneck Of Intensive Walleye Larviculture: Implications For Sport Fish
Restoration and Angling Opportunities (15 minutes) - Kevin Kelsey VTFWD
Q&A (5 minutes)

12:10 – 12:25 Invasives (10 minutes) - Meg Modley LCBP
Q&A (5 minutes)

12:25 – 1:00 Final Q&A

Re: SOTL FISHERIES MEETING AGENDA

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2025 5:40 am
by Reelax
Thanks for posting Bill. Calendar marked and looks like a great agenda!

Fish on!

Re: SOTL FISHERIES MEETING AGENDA

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:33 pm
by Reelax
Thanks for letting us know about this Bill! The data was amazing!

Here is one of my favorite slides..

Re: SOTL FISHERIES MEETING AGENDA

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:21 pm
by Surprise
I say that today's program was the most informative presentation to date.

The shorter presentations allowed for more topics with great information.

Thank You to Everyone from all three Agencies for your Dedicated Work as we all enjoy the results :D

It was great to speak with and reacquaint faces with names.

Randy