This document announces a seminar on lower river and inshore acoustic tracking programs and technologies that will be held on February 12, 2016 at the Banchory Lodge Hotel in Aberdeenshire. The seminar will feature presentations from various groups on their recent work tracking Atlantic salmon smolts and kelts as well as advances in acoustic telemetry technology. Attendees can register for the seminar for £20 and stay overnight at the hotel for £90 including dinner and breakfast.

1. Lower River and Inshore Tracking
An invite to a seminar on acoustic tracking programmes and technological
developments. There will be discussion on recent advances in the field and
drawing together lessons from both sides of the North Atlantic.
Banchory Lodge Hotel, Aberdeenshire. Friday, 12 February 2016
Seminar programme:
9.30 am Registration & refreshments
10.00 am Introduction from Ivor Llewelyn (Chair, AST)
10.05 am Jon Carr (ASF) Sonic telemetry of Atlantic salmon smolts and kelts to sea: lessons on the migration pathways and mortality
10.50 am Andy Moore (CEFAS) Investigating the movement of salmon and sea trout smolts in estuaries and the coastal zone
11.25 am David Morris (MSS) Smolt tracking at MSS: past, present and future
12.00 pm Stephanie Smedbol (Vemco) Introduction to acoustic telemetry technology
12.35 pm LUNCH
1.30 pm Colin Adams (SCENE) presenting an overview of tracking from the IBIS project
1.35 pm Matt Newton (Glasgow University) presenting studies on river and estuarine tracking of adult salmon and smolts
2.10 pm Mark Bilsby (DDSFB) & Lorraine Hawkins (RDT) Smolt tracking through Aberdeen Harbour
2.30 pm Plenary session led by Ivor
3.30 pm Close & refreshments
Attendance at the seminar is £20. Dinner, bed & breakfast available at Banchory Lodge for £90
Please register with Lorraine by Monday, 8 February – Lorraine@riverdee.org 013398 80411