2016 NANFA Convention Schedule
June 9-12, 2016
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
| Thursday June 9th | |
| Noon | Registration/check-in begins |
| Local trips: | Isinglass River/Nippo Brook |
| The Submarine U.S.S. Albacore | |
| 6:30 PM | Welcome from Josh Jarvis & Mike Lucas |
| Speaker – Ben Nugent | Non-game Fisheries Biologist NH Fish & Game - “What we’ve learned about fish species of greatest conservation need since the development of the New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan in 2005” |
| Speaker - Fritz Rohde | International Collecting |
| Fish & Finship | Fishy fellowship in the event room, bartender available |
| Friday June 10th | |
| 6:00 -7:30 AM | Breakfast, Roundabout Diner attached to hotel, other restaurants within short drive |
| 8:00 AM | meet in front of hotel to arrange car pools to Odiorne Point State Park |
| 8:20 AM | depart to Odiorne Point State Park |
| 8:30 AM | arrive Odiorne Point State Park begin tide pooling, tidal creek sampling, shore seining. Visit Seacoast Science Center on site. |
| 11:00 AM | Depart Park for lunch on your own meet back at hotel by noon |
| 12:15 PM | Depart hotel lot for freshwater trips: |
| Group 1 | Bellamy Reservoir/Mallego Brook/Oyster River |
| Group 2 | Oyster & North Rivers |
| Group 3 | Lamprey & North Rivers |
| 4:30 PM | Free time & dinner on your own |
| 6:30 PM | Presentations |
| Speaker - Helen Dalbeck | “More than bait! The impressive American Eel, Anguilla rostrata” |
| Speaker - Jonathan Davis | "The conservation of sicklefin redhorse in north Georgia" |
| Speaker - Bob Mueller | "Round Gobies" |
| Fish & Finship | Fishy fellowship in the event room, bartender available |
| Saturday June 11th | |
| 6:00 -7:30 AM | Breakfast, Roundabout Diner attached to hotel, other restaurants within short drive |
| 8:00 AM | Meet in front of hotel to arrange car pools to Gulf Challenger Research Vessel |
| 8:00 AM | Meet in front of hotel to arrange car pools for Landlubbers’ Sampling Trip |
| 6:30 PM | NANFA BANQUET |
| Banquet Speaker – Jerry Shine, diver, photographer, and author of “A Shore Diving Guide to New England” and “Nudibranchs of the Northeast” | |
| NANFA Grant Funding AUCTION | |
| Sunday June 12th | |
| 6:00 -7:30 AM | Breakfast, Roundabout Diner attached to hotel, other restaurants within short drive |
| 8:20 AM | Meet in front of hotel for freshwater sampling trips: |
| Mike Lucas – sites heading north | |
| Josh Jarvis – sites heading wsw: Souhegan River, Asshuelot River, Cold River | |
| Tide pooling, shore seining Great Island Commons Park |