All workshop sessions take place in
the West Mall Complex, Room 3520,
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.

9:00-10:30 am
The Setting: Why hatcheries?

• History
• Program Goals and Direction

Panel: Lee Blankenship, Hatchery Review Group, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State; Allen Wood, Allen Wood Consulting; Don Peterson, BC Fisheries, Fish Culture Section

10:30-10:45 am Break

10:45 am-12:15 pm
Evaluating some stated benefits of hatcheries

• Employment/education
• Surplus fish
• First Nation resource ownership
• Case study: Nimpkish Hatchery

Invited Speakers: Bill Bakke, Native Fish Society; Michael Berry, Inner Coast Natural Resource Centre; Henry Nelson and Bert Svanvik, Gwani (Nimpkish) Hatchery.

12:15-1:15 pm Lunch

1:15-3:15 pm
Ecological issues

• Energetics of Hatcheries
• Predation
• Competition
• Disease transmission
• Ecological function

Invited Speakers: Ian Fleming, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University; Richard Beamish, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Bill Heard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, AK; Peter Tyedmers, Fisheries Centre, UBC

3:15-3:30 pm Break

3:30-4:30 pm Discussions

4:30-5:00 pm Report back

8:30-11:00 am
Genetic issues

• Natural selection and in-breeding
• Local adaptation
• Domestication
• Straying and gene flow

Invited Speakers: Jeff Hard, National Marine and Fisheries Services, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Conservation Biology Division, Seattle, WA; Reg Reisenbichler, U.S. Geological Survey, Fisheries Research Centre, Seattle, WA; Fred Whoriskey, Research and Environment, Atlantic Salmon Federation; Patrick O'Reilly, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Atlantic Region; Trevor Goff, Mactaquac Biodiversity, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

11:00-11:15 am Break

11:15 am-12:00 pm Discussions

12:00-12:30 pm Lunch

12:30-4:30 pm
Hatchery Reform: Goals, data gaps, measures of success

Invited Speakers: Lee Blankenship, Hatchery Review Group, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State; Kathy Hopper, Long Live the Kings; Mart Gross, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto

Friday
June 8, 2001

9:00 am-1:00 pm Think Tank (by invitation)
What will it take for hatcheries to be successful?

INFORMATION

The registration fee for the workshop is $50 Cdn.

For more information, contact Jennifer Penikett, 778-782-4893, email penikett@sfu.ca, or Laurie Wood, 778-782-5466, email lauriew@sfu.ca. Or fax 778-782-3851.

This workshop is sponsored by the SFU Faculty of Science and organized by Continuing Studies in Science and the Centre for Coastal Studies.