April 19-20, 2011 - Juneau AK The workshop was a success! Thank you for participating. Here is your feedback. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The goal of this meeting was to advance general knowledge of otolith thermal marking techniques, otolith laboratory specific processes, and research on alternative marking methods. Here is the program booklet. The program shows a map of the area, the workshop schedule, and presentation abstracts. PresenterPresentation Bev AglerEighteen years of thermal marking in Alaska Kathleen JensenUsing thermal mark information in inseason fisheries management Malika BrunetteUsing thermal marks to assess wild salmon migration routes and run timing Andrew MunroAlternative methods for marking otoliths: enriched stable isotopes and florescent dyes Emily FergussonSoutheast coastal monitoring (SECM) surveys to determine hatchery stock-id Andy PistonHatchery chum salmon straying in southeast Alaska Lorna WilsonChum salmon thermal mark detection and readability in southeast Alaska Ron JosephsonThermal mark assignment Bev AglerVoucher imaging and analysis Susan DohertyUse of dichotomous keys for identification of salmon otolith hatch codes Tim FrawleyeOto: Otoliths in the 21st century Mike WunderlichDIPAC’s thermal marking program Krysta WilliamsQuantifying reader accuracy for thermal mark identification of Pacific salmon through the use of single blind pre-season test samples Lorna WilsonWorkhop activity results Dion OxmanWho says fish can't be sensitive? Brian WalkerGrowth increment formation using otolith and scales of juvenile Chinook salmon Kris MunkBiological pattern interpretation - aging - of long-lived species Ken SeverinStrontium mark detection and other methods of otolith analysis available at the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks Karen SpaletaResults from preliminary analysis of Mg marking trials on sockeye salmon otoliths with LA-ICP-MS Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit Secondary Site Navigation Fisheries Research Fisheries Research Home Gene Conservation Lab Pathology Lab Mark, Tag and Age Lab Mark Lab Otolith Marking Mark Reports Procedures Related Sites Meetings and Workshops Chinook Scale Age Meeting Otolith Workshop Tag Lab Age Lab Limnology Lab Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program (WASSIP) Sonar Programs Westward Region Research