Date: August 2007
Event: (workshop) "Coastal Movements of Spiny Dogfish: Current Knowledge and Future Direction for Research"
Location: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Synopsis:In August, 2007, North Carolina Sea Grant sponsored a Spiny Dogfish Workshop at East Carolina University.  Representatives from Sea Grant, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NC DMF), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada, AMIRIX/VEMCO Division, and East Carolina University joined to discuss spiny dogfish movement behavior.  Workshop participants also included two North Carolina commercial fishermen that fish out of Hatteras Village, NC and Wanchese, NC.
     There were two major goals of the workshop, 1) to develop a white paper that identified common knowledge and research needs for spiny dogfish movement patterns, and 2) to develop a practical approach to characterize movement patterns of spiny dogfish in coastal North Carolina waters.
     Presentations from participants were heard for two days.  On the second day, an AMIRIX/VEMCO representative provided an introduction to acoustic telemetry and a demonstration of several types of acoustic transmitters and receivers.  The second day also included a trip to Morehead City, NC - participants visited the beach, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, and enjoyed local seafood at the famous "Sanitary Fish Market" on the Morehead City waterfront.  On the third day, the outline and introduction to the white paper were drafted.  East Carolina University representatives Roger A. Rulifson, Ph.D and graduate student Jennifer L. Cudney expanded the white paper from a compilation of notes and tape recordings. 

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White Paper "Coastal Movements of Spiny Dogfish: Current Knowledge and Future Direction for Research"