Gar Biology and Culture Session

Aquaculture America 2005

Thanks to all of the session participants!!

Gar Biology and Culture

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 10:30-4:30

Moderator: Allyse Ferrara (& Student co-moderator Perry Boudreaux)

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10:30 GAR BIOLOGY AND CULTURE SESSION – INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Allyse Ferrara. (Link to transcript of introductory remarks)

10:45 A REVIEW OF GAR BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. Kevin Pope.

11:00 EXTRACT OF GARFISH OOCYTES, EGGS, AND LARVAE ARE LETHAL TO CRUSTACEANS BUT NOT TELEOSTS Gary LaFleur, Jr., Daniel Poole, Stuart Faucheux.

11:15 ACTIVITIES AND CONCERNS OF THE BOWFISHING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA RELATED TO ALLIGATOR GAR Atractosteus spatula STATUS AND MANAGEMENT. Mark Ellenberg, Allyse Ferrara, and Quenton Fontenot.

11:30 DETECTION OF VITELLOGENIN LEVELS IN ADULT Atractosteus tropicus FEMALES AS AN INDICATOR OF SEXUAL MATURITY. Wilfrido Contreras-Sánchez, Ulises Hernández-Vidal, Rafael Martinez-García, Gabriela Arias-Jiménez.

1:00 SPAWNING INDUCTION OF THE TROPICAL GAR Atractosteus tropicus USING GONADOTROPIN RELEASING FACTORS. Wilfrido Contreras- Sánchez, Ulises Hernández-Vidal.

1:15 DOMESTICATION AND CULTURE OF ALLIGATOR GAR Atractosteus spatula IN MEXICO. Roberto Mendoza, Jesús Montemayor, Veronica Cortes, Olga Santillán, Ulises Hernández, Agnes Revol, Lucia Carreón, Joan Holt, Carlos Aguilera.

1:30 LABORATORY CULTURE OF SPOTTED GAR Lepisosteus oculatus WITH NOTES ON SALT, AMMONIA, AND NITRATE TOLERANCE. Quenton Fontenot, Allyse Ferrara, Perry Boudreaux.

1:45 EARLY WEANING OF TROPICAL GAR Atractosteus tropicus LARVAE USING ARTIFICIAL DIETS. Wilfrido Contreras-Sánchez, Gabriel Márquez- Couturier, Tsai García-Galano, Alfonso Alvarez-González.

2:00 ALLIGATOR GAR Atractosteus spatula LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY CONDITIONING TO ARTIFICIAL DIETS. Carlos Aguilera, Roberto Mendoza, Gabriel Marquez, Israel Iracheta

2:15 EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL DIETS ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF TROPICAL GAR Atractosteus tropicus JUVENILES IN CAPTIVITY. Alfonso Alvarez-González, Daniel López-Sanlúcar, Gabriel Márquez-Couturier, Wilfrido Conteras-Sánchez

2:30 ADVANCES ON THE BIOLOGY AND CULTURE OF THE TROPICAL GAR Atractosteus tropicus IN TABASCO, MEXICO. Wilfrido Conteras-Sánchez, Gabriel Márquez-Couturier

2:45 Continuation of DOMESTICATION AND CULTURE OF ALLIGATOR GAR Atractosteus spatula IN MEXICO. Roberto Mendoza, Jesús Montemayor, Veronica Cortes, Olga Santillán, Ulises Hernández, Agnes Revol, Lucia Carreón, Joan Holt, Carlos Aguilera.

3:15 Poster Viewing (Click to view poster abstracts)

3:30 Remaining Session Time to be used for Panel Discussion