The trade show social was good – food consisted of mini burgers, and there was copious amounts of beer to be drunk. We also had the opportunity to view the submitted poster papers – there was an interesting one on triploid brook trout stocking.
After the trade show I met up with Ian Cowx, Ron Essig and Dirk Miller and we went to BB Kings Blues club. I wasn’t sure what we were getting when the band started to play – it was a bit jazzy (not my taste – jazz seems to me to be music that doesn’t know where its going, and when (if!) it gets somewhere, I think, why did you bother?). Anyway, the band soon started playing blues – the band consisted of drums, bass, trumpet, sax and lead guitar. The lead guitarist was incredible – he ended up climbing on the bar to play. A brilliant night, and I felt a bit worse for wear this morning –it must have been the buckets of beer they served….
This morning’s session was fish passage again, much of the material was reviews of previous work, but there was one paper featuring work on larval swimming and the Reynolds number. The presenter outlined that swimming in larval fish is viscosity related i.e. their movement is mostly controlled by their environment. In addition, their sight, hearing and lateral line are all poorly developed – all of which has implications for screening.
This afternoon is the AFS Business meeting, which I have a slot at to speak about the IFM and the UK. Tonight I am invited to the International Section reception, after which I think I may need an early night – as we are all off to Woody Hollow for the main social event tomorrow night and I have a feeling it may be a long night….!
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