[Six Decades Of Fishery Genetics:]{.smallcaps}

[A Retrospective View And A Vision For The Future]{.smallcaps}

September 17-18, 2007

Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), Seattle

[Monday, September 17, MOHAI Auditorium]{.underline}

0800 Arrival and Registration

0830 *Introduction.* Robin Waples, Northwest Fisheries Science Center,
Seattle

## Oral Session #1 Population Genetics (session chair Robin Waples)

0845 *A six-decade perspective of fishery genetics.* Fred M. Utter,
University of Washington, Seattle, and Nils Ryman, Stockholm University,
Sweden

0915 *Challenges in identifying genetic subdivisions in the face of high
gene flow and potentially strong selection.* François Bonhomme,
Université Montpellier, France

0940 *Identifying the environmental factors that influence population
processes using genetic and environmental data:  An application to
herring populations from the North and Baltic seas.* Oscar Gaggiotti,
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

1005 *Use of genetic information to define conservation and management
units of salmon.* Anne Marshall, Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Olympia

1030 Break

1055 *Project CROOS: a unique collaboration among scientists, commercial
fishermen, and fisheries managers.* Michael Banks, Oregon State
University, Newport, *et al.*

1120 *Ecological insights from genetic stock identification of juvenile
salmon*. David Teel, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle

1145 *The FISH-BOL campaign to DNA barcode all species of fish.* Bob
Ward, CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania

1210 *Forensic applications* *of molecular genetic data.* Linda Park and
Piper Schwenke, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle

1235 Lunch

### Oral Session #2 Ecological Genetics (session chair Jeff Hard)

1335 *Introduction*. Jeff Hard, Conservation Biology Division, NMFS
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle

1345 *A quantitative genetic approach to understanding human-induced
changes in fish life histories*. Derek Roff and Daphne Fairbairn,
Department of Biology, University of California Riverside

1410 *Genetic variability in reaction norms and fish population
responses to environmental change*. Jeff Hutchings, Department of
Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1435 *Fishery-induced evolution in Chinook salmon: the role of harvest
gear, location and genetic correlations among life history traits*.
Willy Eldridge, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of
Washington, Seattle

1500 Break

1525 *Observations relating to inbreeding and outbreeding depression in
Sashin Creek steelhead*. Frank Thrower, Auke Bay Laboratory, NMFS Alaska
Fisheries Science Center, Juneau

1550 *The role of gene-environment interactions in determining lake
trout morphotypes*. Rick Goetz, Great Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin

1615 *Genomic analysis of growth-related traits in two Pacific salmon
species, Chinook and coho*. Kerry Naish, School of Aquatic and Fishery
Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

1640 *Towards understanding the genes promoting alternative migratory
life history strategies in salmonids: genomic analysis of morphological
and physiological indices of smoltification in Oncorhynchus mykiss.*
Krista Nichols, Departments of Biological Sciences & Forestry and
Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1705 Discussion

1745 - 1945 Reception and Poster Session -- McGurdy Gallery, MOHAI

[Tuesday, September 18, MOHAI Auditorium]{.underline}

## Oral Session #3 Hatcheries and Aquaculture (session chair Michael Ford)

0830 *What has changed within three generations: DNA parentage analysis
on the Hood River steelhead*. Hitoshi Araki, Oregon State University,
Corvallis

0855 *Measuring natural selection in the hatchery and wild environments
of a supplemented salmon population.* Michael Ford, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center, Seattle

0920 *Genetic analysis of domestication in salmonids.* Gary Thorgaard,
Washington State University, Pullman

0945 *Analyzing genetic interactions between wild and hatchery brown
trout - a matter of scales*. Michael Hansen, Danish Institute for
Fisheries Research, Silkeborg, Denmark

1010 Break

1035 *Effects of artificial propagation on resident and anadromous life
history types of Oncorhynchus mykiss.* Shawn Narum, Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, Oregon

### Oral Session #4 Environment, Health, and Physiology (session chair Walt Dickhoff)

1100 *The genome sequence of Renibacterium salmoninarum ATCC 33209
suggests reductive genome evolution from environmental Arthrobacter*.
Mark Strom, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle

1125 *Large-scale gene expression analyses to assess reproductive
status.* Julien Bobe, INRA, Rennes, France

1150 *Functional genomics of bluefish and winter flounder.* Peter
Straub, Richard Stockton College, New Jersey

1215 Lunch

1315 *Genetic and genomic analyses provide insight into the relationship
between infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) and salmonid
fishes.* Maureen Purcell and Gael Kurath, US Geological Survey, Western
Fisheries Research Center, Seattle.

### Oral Session #5 Future Applications and Emerging Technology (session chair Linda Park)

1340 *Beautiful hypotheses as yet untouched by ugly facts: the next
decade in fisheries genetics.* Lorenz Hauser, School of Aquatic and
Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

1405 *Large scale parentage inference for fishery management, gene
mapping, and ecological investigation.* Carlos Garza, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

1430 *Application of molecular methods to the study of larval dispersal,
connectivity, and recruitment.* Russ Vetter, Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, La Jolla, California

1455 Break

1520 *The next decade of fishery genetics: whole genome sequencing, SNP
discovery, and SNP applications.* Jim Seeb, School of Aquatic and
Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

1545 *Emerging molecular tools and technologies for marine biosensing:
efforts in the area of Oceans & Human Health.* Kelly Goodwin, Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida

1610 Discussion

1645 Adjourn

Posters

**The use of microsatellite markers to compare the population structure
of *pseudo-nitzschia pungens* from the pacific northwest and the north
sea**

Nicolaus G. Adams^1\*^, Lorenz Hauser^2^, Russell P. Herwig^2^,
Gabrielle Rocap^3^, and Vera L. Trainer^1^ \* <Nicolaus.Adams@noaa.gov>

^1^NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA,
98112, USA

^2^University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences,
Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, ^3^University of Washington, School of
Oceanography, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

**Discovery of genes associated with whirling disease infection and
resistance in rainbow trout using genome-wide expression profiling**

Melinda R. Baerwald^1\*^, Ronald P. Hedrick ^2^, Bernie May^1^

\* <mrbaerwald@ucdavis.edu>

^1^Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis,
CA, USA

^2^Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California
Davis, Davis, CA, USA

**Life history plasticity in Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon:
interactions among photoperiod at emergence and growth modulate smolting
and early male maturation.**

Brian R. Beckman^1\*^, Brad Gadberry^1^, Paul Parkins^2^, Kathleen A.
Cooper^2^, and Kristen D. Arkush^3^ **^\*^**<Brian.Beckman@NOAA.gov>

^1^NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA,
98112, USA

^2^University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences,
Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, ^3^University of California Davis, Bodega
Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay CA.

**Phylogeography determined by recent geological history: tui chubs
(*Siphateles bicolor*) in the Great Basin and Eastern Sierra**

Natalia M. Belfiore^1^\*, Mark J. Bagley^2^, Eric Waits^2^, Bernie P.
May^1^

^1^ Department of Animal Science, One Shields Avenue, University of
California, Davis CA 95616; \* <nmb@berkeley.edu> ; bpmay@ucdavis.edu

^2^ Molecular Ecology Research Branch, United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Cincinnati OH, 45268; bagley.mark@epamail.epa.gov;
waits.eric@epa.gov

**Deep-water coral DNA repository for the NE Pacific**

Ewann A. Berntson^1\*^, Elizabeth Clarke^2^, and Linda K. Park^1^

\* <ewann.berntson@noaa.gov>

NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 98112,
USA

^1^Conservation Biology Division

^2^Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division

**Salmon populations dance the metapopulation limbo: How low can they
go?**

Ewann Berntson^1^ and Paul Moran^1^

\* <ewann.berntson@noaa.gov>; Paul.Moran@noaa.gov

NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 98112,
USA

^1^Conservation Biology Division

**Utilization of microsatellite markers for a preliminary analysis of
southern flounder (*Paralichthys lethostigma*) genetic resources on the
Texas Coast, applications for stock enhancement**.

Blandon, I.R.^1\*^, R. Ward^2^, R.R.Vega^1^,and K. Cammarata^3^ F.
Martínez-Andrade^1^\
 ^1^ CCA/CPL Marine Development Center, Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, Corpus Christi, TX, 78418. <Ivonne.Blandon@TPWD.State.TX.US>
Robert.Vega@TPWD.State.TX.US Fernando.Martinez@ TPWD.State.TX.US\
 ^2^ USGS/BRD Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, 176 Straight Run
Road, Wellsboro, PA , 16901 rward@usgs.gov 570-724-3322 ext232

^3^ Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus
Christi, TX, 78418

Kirk.Cammarata@tamucc.edu

**Genetic population structure of Pacific cod over broad and local
geographic scales.**

Canino MF^1^, Cunningham KM^2^, Spies IB^1^, Hauser, L^2^

\* <Mike.Canino@noaa.gov>

^1^Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA 98115

^2^School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195

**Population-of-Origin Assignments for Winter-run Steelhead Captured as
By-catch in the Columbia River Tangle Net Fishery**

Cheryl A. Dean^\*^, Cherril M. Bowman, and Todd W. Kassler

\* <deancad@dfw.wa.gov>, bowmacmb@dfw.wa.gov, kassltwk@dfw.wa.gov

WDFW Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Olympia, WA 98513

**Forensic Marine Fish Voucher Collection to Aid Law Enforcement**

Anna E. Elz\*, Piper Schwenke, and Linda Park

\* <anna.elz@noaa.gov>, piper.schwenke@noaa.gov, linda.park@noaa.gov

NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 98112,
USA

Conservation Biology Division

**Where** **did these fish come from? Chinook salmon individual
assignment to Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU)**

Anna E. Elz\*, Piper Schwenke, and Linda Park

\* <anna.elz@noaa.gov>, piper.schwenke@noaa.gov, linda.park@noaa.gov

NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 98112,
USA

Conservation Biology Division

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height="0.15625in"}**Can the consequences of interbreeding between
farmed and wild salmon be predicted from the extent of divergence
between parents?**

Dylan J. Fraser\*, Patrick O'Reilly\^ and Jeffrey A. Hutchings

\* <dylan.fraser@dal.ca>

Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada B3L 4J1.

\^Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of
Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4A2

**Genetic assignment of fish origin enables stray rate calculations**

Kinsey E. Frick^1^, Brian J. Burke^1^, Matthew L. Keefer^2^, Eric S.
LaHood^1^

\* <kinsey.frick@noaa.gov>

^1^ Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East,
Seattle, WA 98112

^2^ U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844

**Isolation and characterization of a zebrafish with muscular
dystrophy**

Jeffrey R. Guyon^1-2\*^, Julie Goswami^1^, Susan Jun^1^, Marielle
Thorne^1^, Melanie Howell^1^, Timothy Pusack^1^, Galdzicki, M.^1^ and
Louis M. Kunkel^1-3\*^

<jeffrey.guyon@alaska.gov>

^1^Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,
^2^Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, and
^3^Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA, Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

\* Current address:  Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Gene
Conservation Laboratory, Anchorage, AK, USA

**Applying Genetic Data to Management Needs: Sockeye Salmon Returning to
Bristol Bay Drainages**

Christopher Habicht^1\*^, Lisa W. Seeb^1^, Joseph Miller^2^, Lowell
Fair^1^, Carol Ann Woody^3^, Kristina M. Ramstad^4^, Michael Link^5^,
Gina R. Johnston^1^, Eric S. Lardizabal^1^, Richard Wilmot^6^, John H.
Clark^7^, James E. Seeb^1^

^1^Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, AK; ^2^Katmai National
Park and Preserve (KATM) and Alagnak Wild River (ALAG), King Salmon, AK;
^3^Science and Education toward a Sustainable Future, Anchorage, AK;
^4^Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand;
^5^Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute, Dillingham, AK & LGL
Alaska Research Associates Inc., Anchorage, AK; ^6^National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Juneau, AK; ^7^Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, Juneau, AK

\* Gene Conservation Laboratory, Commercial Fisheries Division, 333
Raspberry Road, Anchorage, AK 99518. <chris.habicht@alaska.gov>.

**Population genetics and juvenile life-history evolution of Chinook
salmon, (*Oncorhynchus tshawytscha*), in the Skagit River Basin of Puget
Sound\
**Heeg^1\*^, Elizabeth R., Tricia Lundrigan^2^, David Teel^3^, Paul
Moran^3^, and Correigh Greene^3^

\* <erheeg@u.washington.edu>, tlundrig@uvic.ca, david.teel@noaa.gov,
paul.moran@noaa.gov, correigh.greene@noaa.gov

^1^University of Washington, School of Fisheries, 1122 NE Boat St.,
Seattle, WA 98105;

^2^Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 3020
STN CSC; Victoria, B.C. V8W 3N5 Canada

^3^Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA; Conservation Biology;
2725 Montlake Blvd. E.; Seattle, WA 98112

**The Use of Molecular Genetics for Species and Stock Identification of
Southern Resident Killer Whale Prey**

Jennifer Hempelmann^1^, M. Bradley Hanson^1^, Don Van Doornik^1^, Robin
W. Baird^2^, Candice Emmons^1^, Gregory S. Schorr ^2^, and John Sneva^3^

**\*** [Jennifer.Hempelmann@noaa.gov]{.underline}

^1^NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake
Boulevard E.,Seattle, WA 98112

^2^Cascadia Research Collective, 218 ½ West Fourth Avenue, Olympia, WA
98501

^3^Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capital Way North,
Olympia, WA 98501

**Discordant genetic breaks along the Northeastern Pacific coast for
sympatric sister species of rockfish**

Hess\*, Jon E.

*Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Conservation Biology Division, 2725
Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112-2097, USA.*
<jon.hess@noaa.gov>

**Conservation implications of genetic structuring in North American
green sturgeon in western rivers and estuaries**

Joshua A. Israel^\*^ and Bernie May

\* <jaisrael@ucdavis.edu>, bpmay@ucdavis.edu

Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields
Ave, Davis CA 95616

**Assessing relatedness estimators for kin group inference and spawner
estimation in North American green sturgeon**

Joshua A. Israel^\*^ and Bernie May

\* <jaisrael@ucdavis.edu>, bpmay@ucdavis.edu

Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields
Ave, Davis CA 95616

**The Role of Microsatellite Allele Ladders to Facilitate
Inter-laboratory Standardization: An Example from the Genetic Analysis
of Pacific Salmon (GAPS) Research Community**

Eric S. LaHood^1^, Ora Schlei^2^, Paul Moran^1^, John Wenburg^2^, and
Jeffrey Olsen^2^

\* <eric.lahood@noaa.gov>

^1^Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center,
2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington 98112, USA.
^2^Conservation Genetics Laboratory, USFWS, 1011 East Tudor Rd.,
Anchorage AK 99503, USA

**Genomic biomarkers for assessing fish reproductive health.**

J. Adam Luckenbach^1,\ 2\*^, Tristan J. Stringer^1,\ 2^, Frederick W.
Goetz^3^, Graham Young^2^, Penny Swanson^1^.

\* <Adam.Luckenbach@noaa.gov>

^1^Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98112, USA,
^2^School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA,

^3^Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
53201, USA

**AFTC's Applied Research Program in Conservation Genetics: providing
restoration & management support in the Pacific Region**

William Ardren, Patrick DeHaan, Matt Diggs, Lindsay Godfrey, Amanda
LaGrange, Andrew Matala^\*^, Jonathan Nelson, Christian Smith

*^\*^ <andrew_matala@fws.gov>*

*U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Abernathy Fish Technology
Center,*

*Applied Research Program in Conservation Genetics, 360-425-6072*

**Recombination is suppressed over a large region of the Y chromosome in
rainbow trout**

Ruth B. Phillips^1\*^, Jenefer J. DeKoning^1^, Abigail B. Ventura^1^,
Krista M. Nichols^2^, Robert E. Drew^3^, Kent M. Reed^4^, and Gary H.
Thorgaard^5^

\* [phllipsr@vancouver.wsu.edu]{.underline}

^1^School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University,
Vancouver, WA 98686,

^2^ Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN  47907, ^3^Department of Biology, University of Idaho,
Moscow, ID 83844,

^4^ Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, ^5^School of Biological Sciences,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA

99164

**Inhibition by the sortase inhibitor phenyl vinyl sulfone of
*Renibacterium salmoninarum* adherence and invasion of host cells**

Sudheesh Ponnerassery and Mark Strom

\* <Sudheesh.Ponnerassery@noaa.gov>, mark.strom@noaa.gov

Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service, 2725
Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington 98112, USA.

**Toxicogenomic responses of salmonids exposed to contaminants.**

Irvin R. Schultz and Sharon E. Hook

\* [irv.schultz@pnl.gov]{.underline}

Battelle Pacific NW National Laboratory -- Marine Science Lab, Sequim WA

**Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) to Identify Hybrid
*Sebastes* in Puget Sound, Washington**

Piper Schwenke^1^, Linda Park^1^, and Lorenz Hauser^2^

\* <piper.schwenke@noaa.gov>, linda.park@noaa.gov

^1^NOAA-Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA,
98112, USA

^2^University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences,
Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

**Ecology, life history, and apparent genetic panmixia in the marine
fish species, Atka mackerel (*Pleurogrammus monopterygius*)\
**Ingrid Spies\*, Sandra Lowe, and Michael Canino\
\* <Ingrid.Spies@noaa.gov>

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA\
\
**SNP-based assessments of hybridization: implications for the
conservation of endemic golden trout, *Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita*
and *O. m. whitei***

Molly R. Stephens^\*^, Neil W. Clipperton, Amanda J. Finger, and Bernie
P. May.

\* <mrstephens@ucdavis.edu>, bpmay@ucdavis.edu

Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields
Ave, Davis CA 95616

**Assessing effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on pacific salmon
reproduction and growth using gene expression analyses**

Penny Swanson^1\*^, Irvin R. Schulz^2^, Graham Young^3^, Jon T.
Dickey^3^, Kathleen A. Cooper^3^, and Larissa Felli^3^
\*<penny.swanson@noaa.gov>

^1^NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA,
^2^Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Division,
Sequim, WA, ^3^School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA

**Finding the best subset of SNPs for distinguishing populations of
Yukon River Chinook salmon**

William D. Templin and Anton B. Antonovich

\* <bill.templin@alaska.gov>

Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
Gene Conservation Laboratory, Commercial Fisheries Division, Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage AK, 99518.
USA