Esocid – North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society

Esocid

Esocid Technical Committee

COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT

To encourage and coordinate research leading to the development of functional management strategies toward the wise use of esocid stocks
To advance the knowledge of esocid ecology
To improve culture techniques
To provide a forum in which pertinent data and technologies can be exchanged within the scientific community and among user groups

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Past-Chair Janice Kerns with a Two Sisters Muskie

Chair – Keith Koupal, Nebraska DNR

Chapter Representatives

Dakotas: Brian Blackwell	Minnesota: Mike Habrat
Illinois: Joe Parkos	Missouri: Mike Anderson
Indiana: Nick Haunert	Nebraska: Keith Koupal
Iowa: Jonathan Meerbeek	Ohio: Curt Wagner
Kansas: Andrew Shaefer	Ontario: John Paul LeBlanc
Michigan: Jim Diana & Cory Kovacs	Wisconsin: Jordan Weeks

Southern Division Rep: Jeff Hansbarger

2019 Joint Meeting of the Centrarchid, Esocid, and Walleye Technical Committees – NCDAFS

Meeting notes are HERE

Winter 2018 and 2019 Meeting Updates below:

2019 State Updates HERE

2018 State / Provincial Updates HERE

PAST CHAIRS
2007-2008 Ed Braun, Indiana	2014-2015 Dave Kittaka, Indiana
2008-2009 Jim Diana, Michigan	2015-2017 Cory Kovacs, Michigan
2009-2010 Rod Pierce, Minnesota	2017 – 2018 Janice Kerns, Ohio
2010-2012 Jonathan Meerbeek, Iowa	2018 – 2019 Keith Koupal, Nebraska
2012-2014 Dave Woods, Missouri

NEWS

There are ONLY three copies of the Proceedings of The International Pike Symposium: Merging Knowledge of Ecology, Biology and Management for a Circumpolar Species available at a cost of $15 in the US. Please contact Janice Kerns if you are interested.

CURRENT PROJECTS

2018 Missouri Muskie Management Plan

HISTORY

The ETC approved the following document at a 2017 Meeting: History and By-Laws of the ETC

List of presentations in past Symposia can be accessed here:

1991: Northern Pike Ecology and Management

1997: Strategies for Muskellunge Management

2002: Northern Pike Management

2005: Crossman Memorial Muskie Symposium

2016: Hugh C. Becker Muskie Symposium

MEETINGS

PUBLICATIONS

Contact Keith Koupal with Esocid Technical Committee website comments
Updated: 3/12/2018

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