TAIMEN WORKSHOP

December 9–10, 2011 • Auckland, New Zealand

Presentations

Day 1: Research Symposium (December 9)

Keynote Presentation

Pete Rand (USA)
Introduction

Steven Weiss (Austria)
Phylogeographic and phylogenetic perspectives on H. hucho, H. taimen and Parahucho

Olaf Jensen (USA)
Research on migration and recreational fishing impacts on Hucho taimen in the Eg-Uur River, Mongolia

Sergei Zolotukhin and Anatoly Semenchenko (Russia)
Studies of Hucho taimen and Parahucho perryi in Khabarovsk, Primorsky and Sakhalin, Russia

Lev Zhivotovsky (Russia)
Genetic diversity of Parahucho perryi in Sakhalin and Iturup Islands, Russia, and its relevance to species conservation

Michio Fukushima (Japan)
Examination of extinction risk and factors linked to local extinction in Parahucho perryi, with focus on the species range in Japan

DAY 2: Conservation Workshop (December 10)

Gankhuyag Balbariin (Mongolia)
Understanding angler attitudes and promoting sustainable recreational fishing practices for Hucho taimen in the Onon River, Mongolia

Tsogtsaikhan Purev (Mongolia)
Taimen conservation initiatives in Mongolia

Andy Parkinson and Amanda Fine (UK)
Conservation efforts on the Delger Muron, Mongolia

Dan Bailey (USA)
Foreign angler education efforts in Mongolia

Sergei Zolotukhin (Russia)
Creation of the first river reserve for Parahucho perryi in Russia, and future opportunities for special regulations and PAs to protect P. perryi and H. taimen

Kouichi Osanai (Japan)
Creation of the first river reserve for Parahucho perryi in Japan

Zeb Hogan (USA)
Progress on a range-wide status assessment of Hucho taimen

Mikhail Skopets (Russia)
Status of the Stocks of Siberian Taimen (Hucho taimen) and Sea-run Taimen (Parahucho perryi) in Russia