Conference abstracts
Presentations at regional, national, and international scientific conferences
Candelmo, A., B.X. Semmens, S. Heppell, D. Heppell, J. Byrd, C. Collier, C. Pattengill-Semmens, C. Crutchfield, N. Hui, R. Kastner, J. Dorton, K. Hu, L. Bellquist. 2024. Fisheries science with a SMILE. American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Talwar, B.S., B.X. Semmens, A. Aires-Da-Silva, D. Bradley, J. Humberstone, M. Hutchinson, J. Lopez, C. Minte-Vera, D. Ovando, S. Siu, L.F. Bellquist. 2024. Informing the spatial management of silky sharks Carcharinus falciformis in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Moore, P., S. Lomonico, L. Bellquist, K. Kauer, F. Hurd. 2024. FishKit: Interactive Analysis Tools for Common Management Options in Small-Scale Fisheries. American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Talwar, B.S., B.X. Semmens, A. Aires-Da-Silva, D. Bradley, J. Humberstone, M. Hutchinson, J. Lopez, C. Minte-Vera, D. Ovando, S. Siu, L.F. Bellquist. 2024. Informing the spatial management of silky shark (Carcharinus falciformis) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), Working Group on Ecosystems and Bycatch, La Jolla, California.
Siddall, A., K. Franke, S. Crooke, S. Williams, G. DiNardo, D. Sweetnam, H. Dewar, K. James, O. Snodgrass, E. Hellmers, M. Monk, L. Bellquist. 2024. Over a decade of collaboration between the Sportfishing Association of California (SAC), NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Aalbers, S., M. Wang, C. Villafana, K. Kauer, L. Bellquist, and C. Sepulveda. 2024. Electronic monitoring performance in a developing deep-set fishery for swordfish off California. The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Talwar, B.S., B.X. Semmens, A. Aires-Da-Silva, D. Bradley, J. Humberstone, M. Hutchinson, J. Lopez, C. Minte-Vera, D. Ovando, S. Siu, L.F. Bellquist. 2024. Informing the spatial management of silky sharks Carcharinus falciformis in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Stohs, S., K. Harmon, C. Sepulveda, L. Bellquist. 2024. Bayesian estimation of catch performance in novel fishing methods. The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Ruttenberg, B., D. Wendt, E. Johnston, A. Pasulka, J. Gilbert, R. Walter, S. Hamilton, S. Ziegler, N. Spindel, R. Brooks, R. Starr, B. Semmens, L. Bellquist, T. Mulligan, A. Buchheister, J. Marin Jarrin, S. Jorgensen, J. Caselle, C. Pasparakis, and S. Morgan. 2024. MPAs, fishing, and ocean climate: applications of collaborative fisheries research in California. California Cooperative Oceanic and Fisheries Investigations, San Diego, CA.
Gong, A.Y., Nosal, A.P., Cartamil, D., Anderson, J., Bellquist, L., Ben-Aderet, N., Blincow, K., Burns, E.S., Freedman, R., Logan, R., Lowe, C.G., Semmens, B., Stirling, B., White, C., Hastings, P. 2024. Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight. Minorities in Shark Science (MISS) Research Summit, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA.
Hurd, F., P. Moore, L. Bellquist, K. Kauer. 2024. FishKit: Interactive analysis tools for common management options in small-scale fisheries. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, WA.
Melnychuk, M.C., C.E. Ashbrook, R.J. Bell, L. Bellquist, K. Kauer, J. Wilson, R. Hilborn, and J. Odell. 2024. Characterizing state-managed and unmanaged fisheries in coastal marine states and territories of the United States. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, WA.
Norman, K., R. Selden, A. Phillips, M. Burden, J. Samhouri, C. Harvey, O. Liu, I. Kaplan, L. Bellquist, A. Beaudreau, K. Andrews, M. Haltuch, A. Harley, B. Feist, and C. Lewis-Smith. 2023. Towards a rubric for defining ‘groundfish fishing communities’: lessons from stakeholders on community. ICES Annual Science Conference, Theme Session M, Bilbao, Spain.
Nosal, A.P., D.P. Cartamil, L.F. Bellquist, N.J. Ben-Aderet, K.M. Blincow, N.V. Klinard, C.G. Mull, B.X. Semmens, and P.A. Hastings. 2023. Persistent Shallow, Low-Amplitude Diel Vertical Migration in Tope Sharks, Galeorhinus galeus. American Elasmobranch Society, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, VA.
Aalbers, S., D. Itano, J. Muir, W. Goldsmith, L. Bellquist, Y. Swimmer, M. Wang, and C. Sepulveda. 2023. Testing artificial baits to reduce shark interactions in longline fisheries. The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, California.
Talwar, B., J. Carlson, L. Bellquist, B. Semmens, and M. Heithaus. 2023. Informing silky shark management in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. American Elasmobranch Society, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Free, C.M., Anderson, S.C., Hellmers, E.A., Muhling, B.A., Navarro, M.O., Richerson, K., Rogers, L.A., Satterthwaite, W.H., Thompson, A.R., Burt, J.M., Gaines, S.D., Marshall, K.N., White, J.W., and Bellquist, L.F. 2023. Impact of the 2014-16 marine heatwave on U.S. and Canada West Coast fisheries: surprises and lessons from key case studies. NOAA Fisheries & Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Climate working group. May 22, 2023, Virtual meeting.
Dewar, H., K. James, M. Horezcko, A. Siddall, L. Bellquist, O. Snodgrass, and B. Erisman. 2023. Length-Weight Relationships for Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, California.
Brooks, R., S. Hamilton, S. Ziegler, S. Jorgensen, B. Ruttenberg, D. Wendt, J. Caselle, T. Mulligan, A. Buchheister, J. Marin Jarrin, S. Morgan, C. Pasparakis, B. Semmens, L. Bellquist, and R. Starr. 2023. Evaluating fish community responses across the California MPA network using collaborative fisheries research. Western Groundfish Conference, Juneau, AK.
Blincow, K., J. Elstner, N. Ben-Aderet, L. Bellquist, A. Nosal, and B.X. Semmens. 2023. Tracking giants: examining the spatial ecology of Giant Seabass (Stereolepis gigas) in the La Jolla kelp forest in relation to existing spatial management measures using acoustic telemetry. Gordon Research Conference - Animal Movements, Lucca, Italy.
Harvey, C., K. Norman, P.M. Clay, Y. deReynier, K.S. Andrews, L. Bellquist, M. Burden, L. Colburn, M. Haltuch, A. Harley, I. Kaplan, S. Kasperski, W. Klajbor, O. Liu, S. Moore, B. Selden, S. Wise, and J. Samhouri. 2023. Developing climate-ready indicators of sustained resource access, fishery participation, and economic well-being for U.S. fisheries management and conservation. Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean, Ann. Mtg., Bergen, Norway.
Samhouri, J., B. Selden, O. Liu, M. Jacox, B. Feist, A. Phillips, E. Steiner, K. Richerson, C. Harvey, I. Kaplan, K. Norman, A. Harley, L. Bellquist, L. Rasmuson, J. Wallace, E. Ward, and C. Whitmire. 2023. The influence of mobility and flexibility on the vulnerability of fishing fleets to climate change: a case study of the groundfish bottom trawl fishery on the US West Coast. Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean, Ann. Mtg., Bergen, Norway.
Hamilton, S., S. Ziegler, R. Brooks, S. Jorgensen, B. Ruttenberg, D. Wendt, J. Caselle, T. Mulligan, S. Morgan, B. Semmens, L. Bellquist, and R. Starr. 2022. Evaluating fish community responses across the California MPA network using collaborative fisheries research. Western Society of Naturalists, Ann. Mtg. Oxnard, CA.
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Todd, J., L. Bellquist, J. Caselle, S. Morgan, T. Mulligan, B. Ruttenberg, B. Semmens, R. Starr, J. Tyburczy, D. Wendt, S. Zeigler, C. Honeyman, E. Mason, S. Small, J. Staton, G. Waltz, and S. Hamilton. 2022. Volunteer Anglers of the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program. American Fisheries Society, Ann. Mtg. Spokane, WA.
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Brooks, R., L. Bellquist, J. Caselle, S. Morgan, T. Mulligan, B. Ruttenberg, B. Semmens, R. Starr, J. Tyburczy, D. Wendt, S. Zeigler, C. Honeyman, E. Mason, S. Small, J. Staton, G. Waltz, and S. Hamilton. 2022. California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program – Collaborative Fisheries Research to Improve Ocean Management. American Fisheries Society, Ann. Mtg. Spokane, WA.
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Free, C., J. Wilson, L. Bellquist, K. Kauer, and J. Humberstone. 2021. Preparing California’s fisheries for diverse climate challenges. Ann. Mtg. The Nature Conservancy, Global Science Gathering, virtual meeting.
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Bellquist, L., V. Saccomanno, B. Semmens, M. Gleason, and J. Wilson. 2021. The rise in climate change-induced Federal Fishery Disasters in the United States. Ann. Mtg. The Nature Conservancy, Global Science Gathering, virtual meeting.
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Burnham, T., W.J. Harford, J. Wilson, L. Bellquist, and K. Hovel. 2020. Incorporating spatially explicit demographic rates in a Management Strategy Evaluation of the California spiny lobster. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. San Diego, California.
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Ruttenberg, B.I., G.T. Waltz, L. Bellquist, J. Caselle, J. Chiu, C. Dibble, R. Fields, C. Honeyman, I. Kelmartin, E. Mason, S. Morgan. T. Mulligan, E. Satterthwaite, B. Semmens, R. Starr, J. Stanton, J. Tyburczy, and D.E. Wendt. 2019. The California Cooperative Fisheries Research Program: implementation and expansion of a statewide marine protected area monitoring program. Ann. Mtg. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, La Jolla, CA.
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Jarvis-Mason, E.T., L. Bellquist, B. Semmens. 2019. Twenty-five years of tag and recapture data: insights into the population status and recovery of an iconic century-old sport fishery. 100thAnn. Western Society of Naturalists. Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
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Tyburczy, J., S. Morgan, D. Wendt, L. Bellquist, B. Semmens, B. Ruttenberg, J. Caselle, T. Mulligan, J. Chiu, S. Hamilton, and R. Starr. 2019. The California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program: a statewide partnership among scientists, managers, and recreational and professional fishermen. American Fisheries Society Ann. Conference. Reno, Nevada.
Siddall, A., L. Bellquist, J. Childers, and S. Crooke. 2019. Recreational fisheries data collection for tunas led by the Sportfishing Association of California (SAC). 70th Ann. Mtg. Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
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Bellquist, L., S. Lomonico, J. Wilson, F. Hurd, M. Merrifield, T. Dempsey, and M. Gleason. 2018. Integrating technological innovation with citizen science to improve climate-ready management of the California recreational Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) fishery. TNC Global Science Gathering. Houston, Texas.
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Harford, B., A. Jackson, J. Wilson, L. Bellquist, J. Prince, F. Hurd, N. Dowling, J. Likins. 2018. A collaborative management strategy for red abalone in California. California Fish and Game Commission meeting. Sacramento, California.
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Bellquist, L., S. Beyer, J. Hyde, N. Wegner. 2018. Effectiveness of descending devices to mitigate the effects of barotrauma among rockfishes (Sebastes spp) in southern and central California recreational fisheries. 20th Western Groundfish Conference, Seaside, California.
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Siddall, A., N. Wegner, D. Demer, L. Bellquist. 2018. Collaborative groundfish research supported by the Sportfishing Association of California: descending devices, cowcod mortality estimates, and acoustic-optical surveys. 20th Western Groundfish Conference, Seaside, California.
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Semmens, B. and L. Bellquist. 2018. Building CalCOFI’s Cooperative: Implementing a portfolio of technology-assisted fisheries citizen science projects in California. California Marine Protected Area Technology Workshop. La Jolla, California.
Waltz, G.T., L. Bellquist, J. Caselle, J. Chiu, C. Dibble, R. Fields, C. Honeyman, I. Kelmartin, E. Mason, S. Morgan, T. Mulligan, E. Satterthwaite, B. Semmens, R.M. Starr, J. Stanton, J. Tyburczy, and D.E. Wendt. 2018. Statewide expansion of the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program. 20th Western Groundfish Conference, Seaside, California.
Kauer, K., M. Gleason, J. Sullivan, L. Bellquist, A. Rubinstein, D. Oberhoff, L. Damrosch, M. Norvell, M. Bell. 2018. Reducing bycatch through a risk pool: a case study of the U.S. west coast groundfish fishery. 20th Western Groundfish Conference, Seaside, California.
Bellquist, L., K. Kauer, and M. Gleason. 2017. Using Exempted Fisheries Permits (EFPs) to advance collaborative research, gear alternatives, and monitoring in California fisheries. MREP Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA.
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Siddall, A. and L. Bellquist. 2017. Recreational fisheries data collection led by the Sportfishing Association of California (SAC). World Recreational Fisheries Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
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Nosal, AP, D.P. Cartamil, C.H. Lam, L.F. Bellquist, N.J. Ben-Aderet, C.F. White, R.K. Logan, R.M. Freedman, C.G. Lowe, B.X. Semmens, P.A. Hastings. 2017. Movement Ecology of the Soupfin Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the Eastern North Pacific. International Conference on Fish Telemetry, Cairns, Australia.
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Wegner, N., L. Bellquist, A. P. Nosal, P. A. Hastings, and J. Hyde. 2016. Post-release survival and behavior of two deep-dwelling rockfishes (Cowcod, Sebastes levis, and Bocaccio, S. paucispinis) suffering from barotrauma: using recompression devices to reduce bycatch mortality. Western Groundfish Conference, Newport, Oregon.
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Bellquist, L.F. and B.X. Semmens. 2015. Integrating cooperative fisheries research and the La Jolla acoustic array: Population analyses of two species in the genus Paralabrax. Ann. Mtg. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, Moss Landing, CA.
Bellquist, L.F., J. Graham, B.X. Semmens. 2014. Long-term dynamics of trophy-sized pelagic fishes based on a new California recreational fisheries database (1966-2013). Ann. Mtg. Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Lowe, C.G., K.M. Anthony, E.T. Jarvis, L.F. Bellquist, and M.S. Love. 2009. Site fidelity patterns of groundfishes associated with platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel. Southern California Academy of Sciences. Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
Bellquist, L.F., M.A. Shane, and M.A. Drawbridge. 2007. Validated age, growth, and otolith morphology of white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, from the Southern California Bight: Preliminary Results. Ann. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. Ventura, CA.
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Anthony, K., C.G. Lowe, E.T. Jarvis, L.F. Bellquist, and M.S. Love. 2007. Site fidelity and movements of oil platform-associated fishes in the Santa Barbara Channel. Ann. Mtg. American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA.
Lowe, C.G., K. Anthony, T. Mason, L. Bellquist, D. Topping, B. Hight, and J. Caselle. 2007. Using acoustic telemetry to quantify movement patterns, habitat use, and optimize MPA design for gamefishes. Ann. Mtg. American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA.
Lowe, C.G., T. Mason, L. Bellquist, D. Topping, B. Hight, and J. Caselle. 2007. What do we know about movement patterns and habitat use of rocky reef associated gamefishes and why is it essential for MPA design? President’s Symposium, Ann. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. Ventura, CA.
Bellquist, L.F., C.G. Lowe, and J.E. Caselle. 2005. Movement patterns and habitat use of ocean whitefish, Caulolatilus princeps (Malacanthidae), in a Santa Catalina Island marine reserve. Ann. Mtg. Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, CA.
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Bellquist, L.F., C.G. Lowe, and J.E. Caselle. 2005. Movement patterns and habitat preference of ocean whitefish (Malacanthidae), in a Santa Catalina Island marine reserve. Ann. Mtg. American Fisheries Society. Anchorage, AK.
Lowe, C.G., L. Bellquist, D. Topping, E. Jarvis, K. Anthony, B. Ziegler. 2005. Using acoustic telemetry for catch and release survivorship and site fidelity of rockfishes on oil platforms off California. Ann. Mtg. American Fisheries Society. Anchorage, AK.
Bellquist, L.F., C.G. Lowe, and J.E. Caselle. 2005. Movement patterns, home range, site fidelity, and habitat preference of ocean whitefish (Malacanthidae), in a Santa Catalina Island marine reserve. Ann. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. Monterey, CA Nov.
Lowe, C.G., E. Jarvis, K. Anthony, L. Bellquist, B. Hight, M. McCrea, M. Love, and A. Scarborough-Bull. 2005. Site fidelity and emigration of fishes tagged at offshore petroleum platforms off southern California. Ann. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. Monterey, CA.
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Bellquist, L.F., C.G. Lowe, and J.E. Caselle. 2004. Movement patterns and habitat use of ocean whitefish, Caulolatilus princeps (Malacanthidae), in a Santa Catalina Island marine reserve. Ann. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. Sonoma, CA.