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Regional Aquatics Workshop

Sea Turtle Husbandry Symposium

Draft Program (8 May 06)

Monday, 15 May

8:00am FFTAG

9:00am AITAG

10:00am Coral CAP

10:30am MFTAG

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm AQIG

Tim Carpenter/Hassan Syed, ISIS – “ZIMS – What it will do for your Institution”

Tuesday, 16 May

8:30am Session 1

· Conference Welcome

· Franklin Viola – Flower Gardens Bank National Marine Sanctuary Program presentation.

· Roland Anderson, Seattle Aquarium – “How to keep your GPO happy”

10am Break – Meet the Sponsors!

10:30am Session 2

· Bruce Carlson, Georgia Aquarium – Cephalopod work with Waikiki Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium.

· Vanda Lobo, Oceanaria de Lisboa – Oval Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana ) husbandry

· NRCC – Sepia pharonis husbandry advances

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Session 3

· Drew Weiner, Reef Protection International – Project update

· Roland Anderson, Seattle Aquarium – “Ethics and Invertebrates – Where do we draw the line?”

· Jay Hemdal, Toledo Zoo – “Institutional Collection Planning for Public Aquariums”

· Tom Schmid, Texas State Aquarium – “Standardized Guidelines for Fish Collections” *Group discussion, not formal presentation.

2:30pm Break – Meet the Sponsors!

3:00pm Session 4

· Rubin Fields, Henry Doorly Zoo – “Propagating Nautilus in Artificial Seawater”

· Nikki Grandinetti, Adventure Aquarium – “The Making of the Adventure Aquarium”

· Barrett Christie, Moody Gardens – “ Extreme Duration Hyposalinity in the Control of Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea: Capsalidae), with notes regarding the history of treatment in public aquaria”

· NRCC – “Summary of Cephalopod Culture at the NRCC”

· Richard Hocking, Alaska SeaLife Center – “Reproduction in Captive Giant Pacific Octopus” *Poster introduction, not formal presentation.

Tuesday, 16 May (Evening)

5:00pm First Busses to NRCC leave front of hotel

5:45pm Second busses to NRCC leave front of hotel

6:00pm First group leaves NRCC to Historic Strand district

6:30pm Second group leaves NRCC to Historic Strand district

*Anyone not wanting to stay downtown until 9pm can ride busses back

9:00pm First Busses from Strand back to Moody Gardens

10:0pm Second Busses from Strand back to Moody Gardens

9:00pm Piscine Energetics Hospitality Suite open til 12:30am

Wednesday, 17 May

8:00am Session 5: Elasmobranchs

· Dave Hoffman, Atlantis Aquarium – “Captive husbandry for the genus Potamotrygon, emphasis on P. henlei, P. leopoldi and P. menchacai”

· Erica Clayton, Shedd Aquarium – “The Use of Ultrasound in Monitoring of Reproduction in Freshwater Stingrays, Potamotrygon species.”

· Robert George, D.V.M., Virginia Aquarium – “The Use of Ultrasonography in Managing Reproductive Activity of Rhinoptera bonasus in Captivity”

· Kenny Alexopoulis, Oklahoma Aquarium – “In-House Shark Collection and Proactive Stress Conditioning for Transport of Sensitive Elasmobranchs”

· Eric Curtis, Shedd Aquarium – “Kiddie Pools: Thinking outside the box”

· Steve Blair, Aquarium of the Pacific – “The Captive Handling and Restraint of the Freshwater Sawfish: When not to say 1, 2, 3 go!”

10:00am Break – Meet the Sponsors!

10:30am Session 6: Water Quality/Life Support

· Phillip Lee, NRCC – Anaerobic Denitrification

· Matt Smith, LS Enterprises – “Getting full performance from packed columns, or How to get your money’s worth”

· Barrett Christie, Moody Gardens – “Use of Ionic Constituents to Approximate Total System Volume”

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Session 7: Water Quality/Life Support

· John Overby, Ozone Water Systems – Ozone Equipment Selection

· Andy Aiken, National Aquarium – “Ozone Application and Management in the Aquatic Life Support System (LSS)”

· Andy Aiken, National Aquarium – Aquality update

2:30pm Break – Meet the Sponsors!

3:00pm Session 8

· Stefanie Cooke, Monterrey Bay Aquarium – “Training isn’t just for mammals. How training can be a useful tool to care for a variety of animals”

· Todd Love, Monterrey Bay Aquarium – “From Bay to Display: The Mola mola on exhibit at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium”

· Darryl Deleske, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium – “Don’t sweat it’s only temperate”

· Erik Forsman, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium – “CMA’s Aquatic Nursery Revisited: A year of successes!”

· Ashley Hartness, Adventure Aquarium – “Methods and Techniques for the Husbandry of Gymnura micrura in Closed Environments”

· Ed Seidel, Maine State Aquarium – “Ocean as Aquarium: ROV Used as an Aquarium Display”

7:00pm Icebreaker – Aquarium, Rainforest and SimEx! Iwerks 4-D theatre

10:00pm Piscine Energetics Hospitality Suite open til 12:30am

Thursday, 18 May

8:00am Session 9: Disaster Preparedness

· Greg Whittaker, Moody Gardens – “Proactive Inter-Facility Collaboration”

· C. Ben Daughtry, Dynasty Marine Associates – “Reporting on Hurricane Wilma”

· Nahcole Sears, Dynasty Marine Associates – “Managing Husbandry Standards During Times of Diminished Service Capacity”

· Forrest Young, Dynasty Marine Associates – “ Organization and Leadership During Disaster Recovery”

· Rich Toth, Aquarium of The Americas – Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath *Tentative pending availability

9:30am Break – Meet the Sponsors!

10:00am Session 10: Aquatic Animal Enrichment

· George Stettner, Dallas World Aquarium – Introduction of panel and agenda

· Jill Mellen, Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Evolution of Enrichment

· Roland Anderson, Seattle Aquarium – “Enrichment for Giant Pacific Octopuses”

· Margaret Whittaker, Active Environments – Implementing New Ideas into Established Programs

11:00am Session 10 Question/Answer Discussion – Group discussion of presentations

11:30am Session 10 Working Groups – Smaller focus groups

· Cephalopods led by Roland Anderson

· Sea Turtles led by Lisa Davis, Disney’s Animal Kingdom

· FW/Marine Community & Reef led by George Stetner, Jill Mellen & Others (TBA)

12:00pm End of Sessions, assemble outside Hotel for Busses to Houston

12:30pm Busses leave MG

1:45pm Busses arrive Houston Zoo – Lunch served

5:00pm Busses leave Houston Zoo for Downtown Aquarium – Food/Drinks served

9:00pm Busses leave Downtown Aquarium for MG

10:15pm Busses arrive at MG

10:00pm Piscine Energetics Hospitality Suite open til 12:30am

Friday, 19 May

8:30am Session 11

· RAW Business Meeting

10:00am Break – Meet the Sponsors!

10:30am Session 12

· Debra Goodrich, Fins, Fur and Feathers – “Can Saltwater Fish Exhibits Utilize Enrichment Practices?”

· Robert Snowden, Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium – “Target Training and Tactile Conditioning of Two Zebra Sharks, Stegostoma fasciatum”

· Heather Crocker, Aquarium of the Pacific – “Positive Buoyancy in Adult Leafy Seadragons”

· Elsa Santos, Oceanaria de Lisboa – “Trials with Ghost Pipefish”

· Jessica Trantham, WCS – “Aquarium Science Program at Oregon Coast Community College”

· Greg Whittaker - Closing remarks

12:00pm Palm Beach – Beach party, aquarium olympics

9:00pm Piscine Energetics Hospitality Suite open til 12:30am

Goodbye RAW 2006, Welcome Sea Turtle Husbandry Symposium

Sea Turtle Husbandry Symposium

Galveston, Texas, USA

May 20-21, 2006

Saturday, 20 May

8:30 – 10:15 Session I

Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

Raising Sea Turtles for Research

Meghan Conti, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Got Sea Turtles? An Overview of FWC’s Captive Facility

Program and Management Practices

Mark Swingle, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Sea Turtle Husbandry Survey

10:30 – 12:15 Session II

David Rostal, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University

Reproductive Physiology of Sea Turtles: Observations from

Captive and Wild Populations

Robert George, DVM, Aquatic Animal Medicine Consultants

Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Medical Management of

Reproductively Active Sea Turtles

Ben Higgins, NOAA Fisheries Service, Galveston Laboratory

The Kemp’s ridley Headstart Program and Sea Turtle Captive

Rearing Programs at the NOAA Fisheries Sea Turtle Facility,

Galveston, Texas

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch

Posters:

Margaret Cook, Robert George, Wendy Walton and Susan Barco

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Preliminary Blood Chemistry Results for Stranded Sea Turtles

in Virginia

Wendy Walton, Robert George and Brad Nadelstein

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Ophthalmic Abnormalities in Stranded Sea Turtles from the

Mid-Atlantic United States

Lory Scott, Virginia Living Museum and Old Dominion University

Sea Turtle Husbandry

Mark Swingle, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Sea Turtles in Aquariums: 2002 Sea Turtle Survey

1:30 – 3:15 Session III

Todd Jones, Doctoral Student, University of British Columbia

Rearing Leatherbacks in Captivity: Protocols, Health and

Research

Kelly Martin, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

Designing Basic Husbandry Training Programs to Fit the Needs of Two Very Different Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas

Lucia Guillen, Sea Turtle Inc.

Behavioral Impact of Enrichment Tools on Captive Sea Turtles

at Sea Turtle Inc.

Petra Cunningham-Smith, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

Planning and Evaluating Sea Turtle Enrichment

3:30 – 5:00 Session IV

Karen Eckert, Ph.D., Duke University and WIDECAST

Building Capacity for Conservation at Regional Scales:

WIDECAST’s Caribbean “Sea Turtle Trauma Response Corps”

Kate Mansfield, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Satellite Tracking: A Tool for Monitoring Sea Turtles in the Wild

Group Discussion of Sea Turtle Husbandry Issues

5:15 – 5:45

Sea Turtle training demonstration at Moody Gardens Aquarium

6:00 pm Busses to NOAA Fisheries Sea Turtle Facility – Food/Drinks

served, sponsored by Animal Capture Equipment, Inc

8:30 pm Busses return to Moody Gardens Hotel

Sunday, 21 May

8:30 am Busses to NOAA Fisheries Sea Turtle Facility for Workshops

Participants may choose only one workshop session. Due to quarantine restrictions, movement from one session to the other will be prohibited.

9:00 – 12:00 Workshop Session I

Sea Turtle Anatomy and Necropsy Techniques

by NOAA Fisheries Staff and Jeanette Wyneken

9:00 – 12:00 Workshop Session II

Physical Diagnosis and Handling of Sea Turtles

by NOAA Fisheries Staff and Robert George, DVM

Sea Turtle Tagging Techniques

by NOAA Fisheries Staff and Kate Mansfield

12:00 pm Busses return to Moody Gardens Hotel

Goodbye from Sea Turtle Husbandry Symposium

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