1:30 PM: Stow, Craig^*,1, Qian, Song², Craig, Kevin², ¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia, SC, USA² Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC, USA, Gulf of Mexico hypoxia: A declining threshold.

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1:50 PM: Shester, Geoffrey^*,1, Sanchirico, James², Mumby, Peter³, ¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA² Resources For the Future, Washington, D.C.³ University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, Using space and connectivity to value mangroves as fish habitat.

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2:10 PM: Levin, Phillip^*,, , The importance of old growth age structure in the management of exploited fishes: Implications for the utility of marine protected areas.

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2:30 PM: De Leo, Giulio^*,1, Micheli, Fiorenza², Hilborn, Ray³, ¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy² Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA³ School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, The effect of spatial heterogeneity on optimal harvesting in a TAC regulated fishery.

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2:50 PM: Neubert, Michael ^*,1, Herrera, Guillermo², ¹ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institiution, Woods Hole, MA² Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, Spatial bioeconomic models and fisheries management.

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3:20 PM: Kellner, Julie^*,1, Nisbet, Roger², Gaines, Steve², ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA² University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Modeling the spatial patterns of harvesting effort and fish in response to marine protected area establishment.

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3:40 PM: Grabowski, Jonathan^*,1, Clesceri, Erika², Baukus, Adam³, Gaudette, Julien¹, Yund, Philip⁴, ¹ Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, USA² USA International Development, Washington, D.C., USA³ University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA⁴ University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA, Interactions among herring and lobster fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.

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4:00 PM: Colón-Rivera, Ricardo^*,1, Sabat, Alberto ², ¹ University of Puerto Rico at, Humacao, Puerto Rico² University of Puerto Rico at, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, The effects of predator abundance and food availability on the abundance of the sea urchin Diadema Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico.

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4:20 PM: Edwards, Andrew^*,1, Myers, Ransom¹, ¹ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, A Bayesian framework for modelling spatio-temporal oceanic fisheries data.

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