2008 Alligator Gar 2008 Alligator Gar Working Group MeetingWorking Group Meeting

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveJean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveWetlands Acadian Cultural CenterWetlands Acadian Cultural Center

Thibodaux, LAThibodaux, LA

21-22 February 200821-22 February 2008

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SPONSORSSPONSORS

Royal Sonesta HotelRoyal Sonesta Hotel300 Bourbon Street300 Bourbon Street

New Orleans, LA 70130New Orleans, LA 70130

2009 Southern Division 2009 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Societyof the American Fisheries Society

Spring MeetingSpring Meeting

15-18 January 200915-18 January 2009

2nd Meeting of the International Network for Lepisosteid Fish Research and Management

23-26 September 2008, at the Omar Dengo Campus of the National University, Heredia,

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THURSDAY EVENINGTHURSDAY EVENINGTHIBODAUX

Recommended Places to Eat and Buy Local Products in Thibodaux

Fine Dining1.) Fremin’s402 West 3rd Street

2.) Flanagans111 Audubon Ave.

Pizza3.) Pepper’s Pizzeria600 West 3rd Street

Seafood5.) Bubba’s II Seafood764 Bayou Rd.

6.) Bubba’s II Po-Boys212 Bayou Rd.

7.) Spahr’s Seafood Downtown601 West 4th Street

8.) Half Shell1106 St. Mary St.

9.) Danny and Clyde’s100 St. Charles St.(across from hotel)

Mexican4.) La Palma701 St. Mary St.

Grocery Store10.) Rouse’s Epicurean Market204 N. Canal Blvd.

Take-Home Seafood11.) Seafood Outlet1701 Canal Blvd.

12.) Seafood Outlet-Uptown100 St. Patrick St.

Cajun Meat Market13.) Bourgeois Meat Market543 West Main St.

Homemade Rootbeer14.) Frostop305 North Canal St.

Formalizing Working Group

2009 Meeting of Working Group

Alligator Gar (All gars) Aging Workshop

Resolving Alligator Gar User Group Conflicts

Coordination of Alligator Gar Research across State Lines

Improving Public Understanding of Gar Biology and Ecology

Working Group Involvement in Public Education

Funding for Alligator Gar Research

Limiting Effort in Commercial and Recreational Fisheries