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Ictalurid Technical Committee

Chair: 
Kirk Hansen (2009/2010)
Phone: 563.872.4976

Secretary Treasurer:
Cari-Ann Hayer (2009/2010)
Phone: 605.688.5759

Past Chair:
Mark Porath (2008/2009)
Phone: 402.471.7651

Previous Chairs of the Ictalurid Technical Committee
Catfish 2010

Mission Statement     
To provide a forum in which pertinent data and technologies can be exchanged within the scientific community and among user groups.  To promote conservation of ictalurid diversity and the restoration of habitats which support threatened species.  To improve culture techniques, and encourage coordinated research and management of ictalurid species. 

Second International Catfish Symposium in June 2010
The North Central Division's Ictalurid Technical Committee and the Southern Division's Catfish Management Committee of the American Fisheries Society are in the early stages of planning the Second International Catfish Symposium in June 2010. We are looking for a location in the United States convenient for Midwestern and Southern participants. The location and scope of the symposium are still being worked out. The intent is to provide a forum for interaction among biologists and anglers interested in catfish issues around the world.

Potential topics would include life history and management of game and non-game species, habitat use, and human dimensions. We will keep you updated as things develop. Be thinking about how you would like to participate in this meeting. If you have any questions or would like to help, please contact either Greg Pitchford, greg.pitchford@mdc.mo.gov or Dave Buckmeier, david.buckmeier@tpwd.state.tx.us

Joining the NCD-Ictalurid Technical Committee
Membership to the NCD-Ictalurid Technical Committee is open to any and all who are working with ictalurid culture and management.   

 

Catfish Forum
Catfish related questions or information should be posted to the Southern Division's catfish message board.

Meetings
The first NCD Ictalurid technical committee meeting was held in December, 2001 in conjunction with the 63rd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference.  To facilitate attendance at Ictalurid technical committee meetings, the annual meetings have been held during the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conferences.  

Meeting minutes (pdf)
2008 Minutes (Draft)
2007 Minutes
2006 Minutes
2005 Minutes
2004 Minutes
2003 Minutes
2002 Minutes

Upcoming meetings or events
The North Central Division and Southern Division are cosponsoring a survey on catfish management and sampling efforts.   
 
The committee is planning to have a techniques workshop in 2007 or 2008.  Topics for the workshop include: harvesting and use of otoliths in aging; field collection methods for various catfish species; use of a variety of sampling techniques and equipment; and management implications from data trends.    
 
The NCD and Southern Divisions are planning a symposium on catfish management in 2010.  The symposium date, meeting site, and agenda are being discussed.       

Recent publications (pdf)
If you have recently completed a journal article, technical report, annual performance report or a popular article on a catfish related topic, you can make them available to others interested in the conservation and management of catfish by having them posted here.  Send a copy (pdf) to the current ITC chair listed above.  Another good source of catfish related literature is available on the Southern Divisions Catfish Management Technical Committee’s webpage http://www.sdafs.org/catfish/papers.htm

  • Animal Behavior Society Conservation Behaviorist Vol. 4(1) 2006

  • Arab et al. 2008 "Zero Inflated Modeling of Fish Catch per Unit Area Resulting from Multiple Gears: Application to Channel Catfish and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River"

  • Berry et al. 2004 "Fish Distribution and Abundance Vol. 3 of Population Structure and Habitat Use of Benthic Fishes Along the Missouri and Lower Yellowstone Rivers - United States Geological Report"

  • Bryan et al. 2004 "Threatened Fishes of the World: Noturus placidus Taylor, 1969 (Ictaluridae)"

  • Bryan et al. 2005 "Examining Neosho Madtom Reproductive Biology Using Ultrasound and Artificial Photothermal Cycles"

  • Bryan et al. 2006 "Influence of Water Flow on Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) Reproductive Behavior"

  • Bulger et al. 2002 "Effects of Photoperiod on Behavior and Courtship of the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus)"

  • Bulger and Wilkinson et al. 2002 "Breeding Behavior and Reproductive Life History of the Neosho Madtom, Noturus placidus (Teleostei: Ictaluridae)"

  • Gillette et al. 2005 "Spatiotemporal Patterns of Fish Assemblage Structure in a River Impounded by Low-Head Dams"

  • Gillette et al. 2006 "Habitat Use by a Midwestern U.S.A. Riverine Fish"

  • Morgan 2006 "The Social Hierarchy of Fishing: Myth or Reality?"

  • Tiemann and Gillette et al. 2004 "Correlations Among Densities of Stream Fishes in the Upper Neosho River, with Focus on the Federally Threatened Neosho Madtom, Noturus placidus"

  • Tiemann et al. 2004 " Effects of Lowhead Dams on Riffle-Dwelling Fishes and Macroinvertebrates in a Midwestern River"

  • Wilkinson et al. 1996 "Neosho Madtom Distribution and Abundance in the Spring River"

  • Wildhaber 2008 "Neosho Madtom: A Small Fish with Complex Problems"

  • Wildhaber and Tabor et al. 2000 "Ictalurid Populations in Relation to the Presence of a Main-Stem Reservoir in a Midwestern Warmwater Stream with Emphasis on the Threatened Neosho Madtom"

  • Wildhaber et al. 1999 "Potential Effects of Interspecific Competition on Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) Populations"

  • Wildhaber et al. 2000 "Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on the Distribution of the Threatened Neosho Madtom in a Midwestern Warmwater Stream"

  • Wildhaber et al. 2003 "A Comparison of Measures of Riverbed Form for Evaluating Distributions of Benthic Fishes"

  • Wildhaber et al. Unpublished "Factors Explaining the Distribution and Site Densities of the Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) in the Spring River, Missouri"


    • Updated: 12/2/2008

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