Summaries and photos from some of the 104 symposia at the Portland Annual Meeting were compiled by symposia organizers. Most summaries includes links to the abstracts of the session presentations.
- Actions and Dialog to Change Perceptions and Increase Engagement of Underrepresented Minorities in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Balancing Conservation and Utilization to Sustain Fisheries
- Barrier Removal in the 21st Century: Context, Generalities, and Potential Trade-Offs
- The Columbia River Treaty – Past, Present, and Future
- Communication and Engagement in Fisheries Management: Working with Stakeholders to Achieve Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Ecosystems
- Conserving Cool- and Cold-Water Lake and Stream Fishes through a Warmer 21st Century: Science, Management, and Policy Needs
- Crossing the Divide: Promoting Cross-Disciplinary Discussion between Inland and Marine Fisheries for Improved Sustainability
- Developments in Low-cost Side-Scan Sonar Applications in Aquatic Research and Conservation
- Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Hagfish
- Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management: It’s Not as Daunting as Some Think
- Fisheries Sustainability, Crime, and Enforcement: Whodunnit and How Do We Manage It?
- Fishing Blind: Building a Case for the Development and Communication of Species-Specific Guidelines for Catch and Release
- For Species that Carry Dual Designations as Imperiled and Invasive: Can We Forge a Common Science Agenda across Regions, Authorities, and Agencies?
- Frontiers in Otolith Chemistry: Insights, Advances and Future Directions
- Genomics of Adaptation in Natural Populations
- Give a Fish Its Due: Nongame Native Fish of the Western United States
- Gutshop 2015: New Perspectives on Feeding Ecology of Fishes
- The Habitat Science Needed for Effective Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)
- How Different Are Asian Masu Salmon Compared to Coho Salmon and Steelhead?
- Implementation of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan: Progress in Protecting, Restoring and Enhancing Fish Habitats, Fish and Fisheries in the United States
- Implementation of the San Joaquin River Settlement Agreement to Restore Chinook Salmon to the San Joaquin River, California
- Incorporating Ecosystem Dynamics in Fishery Stock Assessment and Management: Progress and Challenges
- Intensively Monitored Watersheds (IMW): Lessons from the Past and Future Guidance
- Interactions between Hatchery and Wild Salmonids—International Understanding of the Risks, Benefits, and Options for Management
- Keeping up with the Times: Advancements and Creative Solutions Using Applied Technology in Fisheries Monitoring and Research
- Lamprey Biology and Implications for Fisheries Managers
- Large Salmon Watersheds and Industrial Development: Tools and Lessons Learned from Watersheds across Western North America to Inform Salmon Conservation and Management in the Face of Cumulative Stressors
- Managing Challenges and Conflicts with the Wise Use of Fish Hatcheries and Traditional Production Objectives
- Managing Data to Meet Shrinking Budgets and Growing Needs
- The Next Generation of Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management
- The Physiology, Behavior, and Ecology of Fish Navigation
- (Re)envisioning Process-based Restoration
- Resolving the Multiple Impacts of Anthropogenic Eutrophication on Coastal Fish and Fisheries
- Riverine Thermal Regimes: Natural Patterns and Effects of Human Disturbance
- Selective Fish Passage: Easing the Tension between Native Fish Restoration and Invasive Species Control
- Simulation Models as Decision-Support Tools for Fisheries Conservation Planning
- Sustaining Diverse Fisheries in the Mekong River
- Sustainable Fisheries through Cross-Sectoral Collaboration
- Sustainable Ungulate Grazing in Riparian Rangelands: Oxymoron or Reachable Goal?
- Transdisciplinary Marine Science: Research and Education to Expand Methodologies and Address Complex Problems
- What’s New with Western Native Trout?
- Working Across Diverse User Groups to Address Aquatic Fragmentation in a World of Limiting Resources and Increased Demands: Can We Prevent New Barriers to Avoid Restoration by Working With Diverse Stakeholders?