Forum Agenda
Light Breakfast
8:00-8:25
Introductions
8:30-8:40
Bob Lambe, Invasive Species Centre (ISC)
Dave Ullrich, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI)
Welcome
Honorable Michael Gravelle, Minister, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
8:40-8:50
Assistant Deputy Minister (TBD), Fisheries and Oceans Canada
8:50-9:00
Strategies
9:00-9:30
U.S. – Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (Great Lakes and national)
John Goss, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (15 min)
Canada/Ontario – Canadian Asian Carp Strategy (15 min)
Dave Burden, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Eric Boysen, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR)
Nature and Extent of Problem
9:30-10:00
Current distribution in the United States
Charlie Wooley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (US FWS) (15 min)
Risk Assessments
Becky Cudmore, DFO (15 min)
Current Efforts to Stop Migration – U.S. and Canada – Panel
10:20-12:00
Monitoring and Response Strategy Implementation (15 min/person)
Chicago Area Waterway / Mississippi River Basin / Great Lakes
John Rogner, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IL DNR)
Charlie Wooley, US FWS (Mississippi and Great Lakes)
Rich Carter, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Ohio DNR)
Mike Morencie, OMNR (Asian carp monitoring on Ontario side of Lake Erie)
John Dettmers, Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) - broader Great Lakes program and bi-national efforts on Lake Erie (Cdn and U.S. waters)
Q&A and Panel Discussion (25 min)
Press Conference
12:05-12:45
Control Strategies - U.S and Canada – Panel
1:00-1:30
US Army Corp of Engineers (US ACE), Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IL DNR)
Overview of Actions
Barrier systems – Lt. Col. James Schreiner, US ACE (15 min)
Commercial fishing and other controls – John Rogner, IL DNR (15 min)
Other Pathways – U.S. and Canada – Panel
1:30-2:15
Live Food-Fish – Enforcement
Canada/Ontario – Border surveillance and enforcement
Randy Tippin, OMNR
Dan Badour, Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
John Dettmers, GLFC (15 min)
Grass carp enforcement efforts
Gary Hagler, Michigan DNR (15 min)
Q&A and Panel Discussion (Control Strategies and Other Pathways sessions)
2:15-2:30
Aboriginal Considerations
2:45-3:15
Andrew Ecclestone, The Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre
Jennifer Vanator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Non-Government Organizations Considerations
3:15-3:50
Terry Quinney, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.)
Jennifer Nalbone, Great Lakes United (GLU)
Peter Meisenheimer, Ontario Commercial Fisheries Association
Planning for the Future – U.S. and Canada – Panel
3:50-4:55
Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) (15 min)
Jack Drolet, US ACE
Restoring the Natural Divide (15 min)
Dave Ullrich, GLSLCI
Science and Technology (25 min)
Leon Carl, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Cam Mack, OMNR
Q&A and Panel Discussion (10 min)
Marc Gaden, GLFC to join panel
Closing Remarks and Wrap-up
4:55-5:00