9th INTERNATIONAL CHARR SYMPOSIUM

18 - 21 June 2018 - Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

Video of the plenary talks available on the Videos page

Videos

Videos of the 9th International Charr Symposium Keynote Speakers can be found below:

1. The cultural importance and international recognition of the arctic charr populations of Windemere, United Kingdom
             -Ian Winfield, Lake Ecosystems Group of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
2. Hooked on coasters
             -Sharon Moen, University of Minnesota Sea Grant
3. Twenty-plus years of brook charr research in a nutshell
             -Louis Bernatchez, Université Laval
4. Parallel and non-parallel aspects of phenotypic evolution of Arctic charr
             -Kathryn Elmer, University of Glasgow
5. Lake charr movements, behavior, and habitat use - insights gained over the past two decades
             -Thomas Binder, Michigan State University
6. The foraging efficiency consequences of the expression of variation in head shape in arctic charr
             -Colin Adams, University of Glasgow
7. An examination of coaster brook trout life history diversity at Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
             -Henry Quinlan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
8. Reproductive ecology and developmental ontogeny and physiology
             -Skúli Skúlason, Hólar University College
9. A field based assessment of the temperature tolerance of migratory arctic charr
             -Matt Gilbert, University of British Columbia
10. Western US charr management: A tale of three species
              -Dan Schill, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
11. Response to a decade of nonnative lake charr suppression in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
              -Andrew Dux, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
12. Modeling long-term suppression of lake charr in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
              -Mike Hansen, U.S. Geological Survey
13. Lake trout management in Lake Erie: Efforts to restore a formerly self-sustaining population
              -Christopher Vandergoot, U.S. Geological Survey
14. Attributes of a fully recovered lake charr population in Lake Superior
              -Michael Seider, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

About

The genus Salvelinus (charrs) contains the northernmost freshwater fish species on earth that also exhibits the most remarkable polymorphism of all vertebrates. Our knowledge and understanding of the evolution, ecology, and biology of charrs has increased greatly in recent decades, aided by growing research and development of new technologies. Climate change, impacts of non-native fishes, and restoration/conservation of charr species have become an international focus and sustainable management of all charr remains a major challenge, especially at the southern limits of their range.

This 9th International Charr Symposium will gather scientists with an interest in charr biology from the whole distribution of the genus, and will disseminate the latest research findings within a broad range of topics. The symposium will also provide a unique forum for networking and developing research collaborations. Our aim is to publish the proceedings of the symposium in a special issue of Hydrobiologia (impact factor 2.051). Additionally, selected sessions from the symposium will be used in a forthcoming book on the lake charr (S. namaycush).

The charr symposium series has a long history from its origins in Winnipeg, Canada in 1981 to locations around the northern hemisphere: Sapporo, Japan (1988), Trondheim, Norway (1994), Trois-Rivières, Canada (2000), Reykjavik, Iceland (2006), Stirling, Scotland (2009), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia (2012), and Tromsø, Norway (2015). In 2018, the symposium will take place for the first time in the United States, in Duluth, Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior, where the lake charr and brook charr (S. fontinalis) thrive and have supported prosperous fisheries for centuries.

North America is home to more charr species than any other continent on earth, with three indigenous species, the lake charr, brook charr, and bull charr (S. confluentus), and two holarctic species, the Arctic char (S. alpinus) and Dolly Varden (S. malma). The only charr species not represented in North America are the white-spotted charr (S. leucomaenis) and the stone char of Kamchatka (scientific name unresolved). The 9th International Charr Symposium hopes to see research on all charr species!

Presentations & Posters

Guidelines for preparing your presentation or poster:

• Oral presentation guidelines
• Poster presentation guidelines
• Please upload presentations before the symposium at http://charr.glfc.org/CharrSymposiumUpload.html

Download the Full Program Book. Content subject to change prior to Symposium.

The 2018 Charr Symposium Proceedings will be published in Hydrobiologia. The Associate Editor is Michael Power (University of Waterloo, Canada). Guest Editors to manage peer reviews include Colin Adams (University of Glasgow, UK), Charles Bronte (U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USA), Michael Hansen (U. S. Geological Survey, USA), and Rune Knudsen (University of Tromsø, Norway).

Firm Manuscript Deadlines:

• 21 June 2018: Authors submit manuscripts for preliminary screening
• 21 June – 20 July 2018: Authors revise manu¬scripts in response to preliminary screening
• 20 July 2018: Last online submission date

Contact: Mike Hansen, michaelhansen@usgs.gov

Please also see the Guide for Authors for Hydrobiologia.

Thank you for your interest in publishing your work in the Charr-2018 Proceedings!

Program

THE 2018 CHARR SYMPOSIUM FULL PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Note: The full Program Book containing abstract titles will be made available in early May.

Download the Full Program Book. Content subject to change prior to Symposium

Confirmed keynote speakers:

• Louis Bernatchez - Université Laval
• Thomas Binder - Michigan State University
• Anders Klemetsen - Norges Arktiske Universitet
• Dan Schill - Idaho Department of Fish and Game
• Skúli Skúlason - Hólar University College
• Ian Winfield - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Paul Vecsei - Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Symposium venues

Photos

All photos and/or videos uploaded are open access. All photos downloaded should be credited to the name associated with the photo. If you have photos of the conference that you would like to contribute, please contact charr@glfc.org for permission to upload them.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Thank you for your consideration of sponsorship for the 9th International Charr Symposium, June 18-21, 2018, in Duluth, Minnesota. The meeting is expected to have 150+ attendees from around the world who work in fisheries science and management. Below you will find information on benefits for sponsorship at various levels. For more information on sponsorship, please email charr@glfc.org.

Sponsors