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

The Esocid Technical Committee is seeking applications for a student travel grant, The Esocid Award

Details for this travel grant are available HERE.  

Deadline: The deadline for receipt of completed applications by the ETC Scholarship Chair is January 1, 2024 to be eligible for the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference and June 1, 2024 to be eligible for the National AFS Meeting.

E-mail application materials to: Jordan Weeks at [email protected] with the subject line “Esocid travel award application”.

2023 Esocid Award Winner:  The first recipient of this $250 scholarship was Sadie Swindall. Sadie is a graduate student in Environmental Science and Policy master’s program at the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay. This spring she will be working as a research assistant under Dr. Patrick Forsythe in his Aquatic Ecosystems and Fisheries Laboratory. Her research focuses on monitoring Northern Pike spawning and movement using acoustic telemetry in wetlands surrounding Green Bay. Sadie used the scholarship to attend a Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) meeting in Ann Arbor, MI. At that meeting she attended training sessions and workshops that relate to her research including: sessions using R statistical software, an introductory course on telemetry, and a surgery workshop, all of which will help her do great esocid research.

Special thanks to the Muskellunge Clubs Alliance of Wisconsin, the Capital City Chapter of Muskies Inc., and the Michigan Muskie Alliance for their generous donations.  Without donors, this scholarship would not exist!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chair – Jonah Dagel, from Minnesota DNR

Chapter Representatives

Meeting notes are HERE

State and Provincial Reports:

2023 State Updates HERE

2022 State Updates HERE

2020 State Updates HERE

2019 State Updates HERE

2018 State / Provincial Updates HERE

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

• Winter 2020
• Summer 2019
• Winter 2019
• Summer 2018
• Summer 2017
• Winter 2017
  • Meeting Minutes from Winter 2017
  • State / Provincial Updates
• Summer 2016
• Winter 2016
• Summer 2015
• Winter 2015
• Summer 2014  
• Winter 2014
• Summer 2013
• Winter 2012
• Summer 2012
• Winter 2011
• Summer 2011
• Winter 2010
• Summer 2010
• Summer 2009
• Winter 2008
• Summer 2008
• Summer 2006
• Summer 2003
• July 15-17, 2002; 11^th Annual Summer Meeting; Kemp Station, Lake Tomahawk; Wisconsin
• Summer 2001
• December 3, 2000; 62^th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference; Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Summer 2000 
• Summer 1999
• Winter 1998
• Winter 1997
• Summer 1997
• Winter 1995
• Summer 1994
• Summer 1993
• Winter 1992

PUBLICATIONS

• ETC – A Synopsis of Angling Regulations for Esocids in North America (NCD – AFS 1997)
• ETC – The Introductory, Maintenance, and Restoration Stocking of Esocids (NCD – AFS 1997)
• ETC – Casselman Report on Esocid Scale Exchange Program July 1997

Contact Jordan Weeks with Esocid Technical Committee website comments
Updated: 4/26/2022