New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Staff Member
Suresh Andrew Sethi
Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: (607) 255 - 7273
Email: ssethi@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: suresh.sethi@cornell.edu
Faculty Website
Education
- Ph D University of Washington 2011
- MS University of Washington 2007
- BS University of Wisconsin 2001
Biography
Dr. Suresh Andrew Sethi is the Assistant Leader of the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He received graduate degrees at the University of Washington in Fisheries Science. The core of Dr. Sethi's research program centers around quantitative fisheries science in both freshwater and marine environments, with a goal of informing fisheries and aquatic natural resource management efforts. Research topics include population abundance and demographic assessments, habitat use studies, phenology, aquatic invasive species management and incorporation of genetic tools into fish and wildlife management. Natural resource systems are linked social-ecological systems; effective management requires consideration of ecological, economic, and sociocultural components of natural resource systems. As such, Dr. Sethi also maintains cross-disciplinary collaborations in the social and managerial sciences which seek to understand the dynamics of resource users and identify mechanisms to cope with high variability inherent in natural resource systems. Research topics of interest for these collaborations include risk assessment and risk management in natural resource systems.
Areas of Expertise
Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation Genetics/Genomics, Decision Support/Analysis, Ecological Services, Fisheries Management, Invasive Species, Marine/Coastal Ecology, Policy, Population Dynamics, Population and Community Ecology, Predator-Prey Dynamics, Resilience, Species Distribution Modeling, Species Management, Species Status Assessments, Statistics and Modelling, Stream Ecology, UAVs, Wetland Ecology, eDNA
Taxon Groups Studied
Anadromous Fishes, Coastal/Marine Birds, Freshwater Fishes, Gamefish, Marine Fishes, Marine Mammals, Mussels
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Wu X, Gomes-Selman J, Shi Q, Yexiang Xue, Garcia R, Anderson E, Sethi SA, Steinschneider S, Flecker A, Gomes C. (2018) Efficiently approximating the pareto frontier: hydropower dam placement in the Amazon basin. Proceedings of the Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. | Abstract | March 2018 |
| Wolf N, Harris B, Richard N, Sethi SA, Lomac-MacNair K, Parker L. (2018) High-frequency aerial surveys inform the seasonal distribution of Cook Inlet beluga whales. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:577-586. | October 2018 |
| Walsh P, Sethi SA, Lake B, Mangipane B, Nielson R, Lowe S. (2016) Estimating denning date of wolves with daily movement and GPS location fix failure. Wildlife Society Bulletin. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40:663-668. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.703 | Abstract | December 2016 |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2016) Conservation Framework for Yukon River Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Technical Report, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A., 112 pp. | May 2016 |
| Thompson, L. M., A. J. Lynch, E. A. Beever, A. C. Engman, J. A. Falke, S. T. Jackson, T. J. Krabbenhoft, D. J. Lawrence, D. Limpinsel, R. T. Magill, T. A. Melvin, J. M. Morton, R. A. Newman, J. Peterson, M. T. Porath, F. J. Rahel, S. A. Sethi, J. L. Wilkening. 2021. When is resistance futile? Resisting, accepting, or directing ecosystem transformation. Fisheries. 46:8-21. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10506 | January 2021 |
| Smeltz TS, Harris B, Olson J, Sethi SA. A seascape scale habitat model to support management of fishing impacts on benthic ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 76:1836-1844. | Abstract | September 2019 |
| Shi, Y., Dick, C.M., Karpan, K., Baetscher, D., Henderson, M.J., Sethi, S.A., McPhee, M.V., Larson, W.A. Towards absolute abundance for conservation applications: estimating the number of contributors via microhaplotype genotyping of mixed-DNA samples. submitted to Molecular Ecology Resources. | Abstract | May 2023 |
| Shi Q, Garcia R, Flecker A, Sethi SA, Gomes C. (2018) Efficiently optimizing for dendritic connectivity on tree-structured networks in a multi-objective framework. Conference on Computation and Sustainable Society 2018. | Abstract | July 2018 |
| Sethi, S.A., Gerken, J., Ashline, J. (2017) Accurate aging of juvenile salmonids using fork lengths. Fisheries Research 185:161-168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.09.012 | January 2017 |
| Sethi SA. (2010) Risk management for fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 11:341-65. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00363.x | Abstract | December 2010 |
| Sethi SA, Tanner T. (2014) Spawning distribution and abundance of a northern Chinook population. Fisheries Management and Ecology 21:427-438. DOI: 10.1111/fme.12091 | Abstract | December 2014 |
| Sethi SA, Tanner T. (2013) Bayesian implementation of a time stratified Lincoln-Petersen estimator for salmon abundance in the Matanuska River, Alaska, USA. Fisheries Research 145:90-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2013.02.004 | Abstract | August 2013 |
| Sethi SA, Selle AR, Doyle MW, Stanley EH, Kitchel HE. (2004) Response of Unionid mussels to a dam removal in Koshkonong Creek, USA. Hydrobiologia 525:157-65. | Abstract | June 2004 |
| Sethi SA, Riggs W, Knapp G. (2014) Metrics to monitor the status of Alaskan fishing communities: a state-of-the-State retrospective 1980-2010. Ocean and Coastal Management 88:21-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.11.007 | Abstract | February 2014 |
| Sethi SA, Reimer M, Knapp G. (2014) Alaskan fishing community revenues and the stabilizing role of fishing portfolios. Marine Policy 48:134-141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.03.027 | Abstract | September 2014 |
| Sethi SA, O'Hanley JR, Gerken J, Ashline J, Bradley C. (2017) High value of ecological information for river connectivity restoration. Landscape Ecology 32: 2327-2336. | Abstract | September 2017 |
| Sethi SA, Linden D, Wenburg J, Lewis C, Lemons P, Fuller A, Hare M. (2016) Accurate recapture identification for genetic mark-recapture studies with error-tolerant likelihood-based match calling and sample clustering. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160457. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160457 . | December 2016 |
| Sethi SA, Hollmen T. (2015) Conceptual models for marine and freshwater systems in Alaska: flexible tools for research planning, prioritization and communication. Arctic 68:422-434. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4521 | Abstract | December 2015 |
| Sethi SA, Hilborn R. (2008) Interactions between poaching and management policy affect marine reserves as conservation tools. Biological Conservation.141:506-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.005 | Abstract | February 2008 |
| Sethi SA, Dalton M. (2012) Risk measures for natural resource management: description, simulation testing and R code with fisheries examples. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 3:150-157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3996/122011-JFWM-072 | Abstract | June 2012 |
| Sethi SA, Dalton M, Hilborn R. (2012) Quantitative risk measures applied to Alaskan commercial fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:487-498. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/f2011-170 | Abstract | February 2012 |
| Sethi SA, Dalton M, Hilborn R. (2012) Managing harvest risk with catch pooling cooperatives. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69:1038-1044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss064 | Abstract | July 2012 |
| Sethi SA, Cook G, Lemons P, Wenburg J. (2014) Guidelines for MSAT and SNP panels that lead to high quality data for genetic mark recapture studies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92:515-526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2013-0302 | Abstract | April 2014 |
| Sethi SA, Carey MP, Morton J, Guerron-Orejuela E, Decino R, Willette M, Boersma J, Jablonski J, Anderson C. (2017) Rapid response for invasive waterweeds at the arctic invasion front: assessment of collateral impacts from herbicide treatments. Biological Conservation 212:300-309. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.015 | Abstract | July 2017 |
| Sethi SA, Carey MP, Gerken J, Harris B, Cunningham C, Wolf N, Restrepo F, Ashline J (2022) Juvenile salmon habitat use drives variation in growth and highlights vulnerability to river fragmentation. Ecosphere 13:e4192. | Abstract | July 2022 |
| Sethi SA, Branch TA, Watson R. (2010) Global fishery development patterns are driven by profit but not tropic level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:12163-7. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003236107 | Abstract | July 2010 |
| Sethi SA, Bradley C. (2016) Statistical arrival models to estimate missed passage counts at fish weirs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73:1251-1260. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0318 | Abstract | August 2016 |
| Sethi SA, Bradley C, Harris F. (2018) Separate tagging versus capture impacts on chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) freshwater spawning migration travel time performance? Fisheries Management and Ecology 25: 296-303. | Abstract | July 2018 |
| Sethi SA, Benolkin E. (2013) Detection efficiency and habitat use to inform inventory and monitoring efforts: juvenile Coho salmon in the Knik River basin, Alaska. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 22:398-411. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12034 | Abstract | July 2013 |
| Sethi SA, Ashline J, Harris B, Gerken J, Restrepo F. (2021) Connectivity between lentic and lotic freshwater habitats identified as a conservation priority for coho salmon. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31:1791-1801. | Abstract | July 2021 |
| Sethi S.A., W. Larson, K. Turnquist, and D. Isermann. 2018. Estimating the number of contributors to DNA mixtures provides a novel tool for ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13079 | Abstract | January 2019 |
| Rose C, Nielsen JK, Gauvin J, Loher T, Sethi SA, Seitz AC, Courtney MB, Dorbny P. (2019) Survival outcome patterns revealed by deploying advanced tags in quantity (160): Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) survivals after release from trawl catches through expedited sorting. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:2215-2224. | Abstract | March 2019 |
| Ray J, Sethi SA, Joyce JE, Eiler JH. (2015) Prespawning movements and spawning distribution of Sockeye Salmon in an urbanizing Alaskan lake. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 6:472-485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3996/112014-JFWM-083 | Abstract | December 2015 |
| Pendleton R, Standley CR, Higgs AL, Kenney GH, Sullivan PJ, Sethi SA, Harris B. (2018) Acoustic telemetry and benthic habitat mapping informs the spatial ecology of Shortnose Sturgeon in the Hudson River, NY, USA. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148:35-47. | Abstract | January 2019 |
| Paufve MR, Sethi SA, Weidel BC, Lantry BF, Yule DL, Rudstam LG, Jonas JJ, Berglund E, Connerton MJ, Gorsky D, Herbert M, Smith J. (2022) Diversity in spawning habitat use among Great Lakes Cisco populations. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 31: 379-388. | Abstract | April 2022 |
| Paufve MP, Sethi SA, Rudstam L, Weidel BC, Lantry BF, Chalupnicki M. (2020) Differentiation between Lake Whitefish and Cisco eggs based on diameter. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 46:1058-1062. | Abstract | July 2020 |
| Paufve MP, Sethi SA, Lantry BF, Weidel BC, Rudstam LG. Asessing the spawning ecology of fish in situ using a benthic pump sampler. Fisheries Research 214:19-24. | Abstract | January 2019 |
| Murphy RD, Hagan JA, Harris BP, Sethi SA, Smeltz TS, Restrepo F. (2021) Can Landsat thermal imagery and environmental data accurately estimate water temperatures in small streams? Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 12:12-26. | Abstract | February 2021 |
| Moriarity M, Sethi SA, Pedreschi D, Smeltz TS, McGonigle C, Harris BP, Wolf N, Greenstreet SPR. (2020) Combining fisheries surveys to inform marine species distribution modelling. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77:539-552. | Abstract | March 2020 |
| Micheli F, Heiman KW, Kappel CV, Martone RL, Sethi SA, Osio GC, Fraschetti S, Shelton AO, Tanner JM. (2016) Combined impacts of natural and human disturbances on rocky shore communities. Ocean and Coastal Management 126:42-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.014 | Abstract | June 2016 |
| Marcy-Quay B, Sethi SA, Therkildsen NO, Kraft CE. (2020) Expanding the feasibility of fish and wildlife assessments with close-kin mark-recapture. Ecosphere, 11:e03259. | Abstract | October 2020 |
| Lynch A. J., L. M. Thompson, J. M. Morton, E. A. Beever, M. Clifford, D. Limpinsel, R. T. Magill, D. R. Magness, T. A. Melvin, R. A. Newman, M. T. Porath, F. J. Rahel, J. H. Reynolds, G. W. Schuurman, S. A. Sethi, J. L. Wilkening. RAD adaptive management for transforming ecosystems. Bioscience, 72:45-56. | Abstract | January 2022 |
| Lynch A. J., L. M. Thompson, E. A. Beever, A. C. Engman, S. T. Jackson, T. J. Krabbenhoft, D. J. Lawrence, D. Limpinsel, R. T. Magill, T. A. Melvin, J. M. Morton, R. A. Newman, J. Peterson, M. T. Porath, F. J. Rahel, S. A. Sethi, J. L. Wilkening. (2021) Managing for a R-A-Dical Future: Resisting, Accepting, or Directing Ecosystem Transformation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19:461-469. | Abstract | October 2021 |
| Lemons PR, Marshall TC, McCloskey SE, Sethi SA, Schmutz JA, Sedinger JS. (2015) A new likelihood-based approach for assessment of extra-pair paternity and conspecific brood parasitism in natural populations. Molecular Ecology Resources 15:107-116. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12287 | Abstract | January 2015 |
| Kaiser MJ, et al. (2016) Prioritisation of knowledge needs to achieve best practices for bottom-trawling in relation to seabed habitats. Fish and Fisheries 17:637-663. DOI: 10.1111/faf.12134 | Abstract | September 2016 |
| Heilpern S, Fiorella K, Canas C, Flecker A, Moya L, Naeem S, Sethi SA, Uriarte M, DeFries R. (2021) Substitution of inland fisheries with aquaculture and chicken undermines human nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon. Nature Food, 2:192-197. | Abstract | March 2021 |
| Heilpern S, DeFries R, Fiorella K, Flecker A, Sethi SA, Uriarte M, Naeem S. (2021) Declining diversity of wild-caught species puts dietary nutrient supplies at risk. Science Advances, 7:eabf9967. | Abstract | May 2021 |
| Hamel O, Sethi SA, Wadsworth TF. (2009) Status and future prospects for Lingcod in waters off Washington, Oregon, and California as assessed in 2009. In Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2009. Status of Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery through 2009 and Recommendations for Accepted Biological Catches for 2009. | Publisher Website | July 2009 |
| Fitzpatrick KB, Weidel BC, Connerton MJ, Lantry J, Holden JP, Yuille M, Lantry B, LaPan S, Rudstam LG, Sullivan P, Brenden TO, Sethi SA. (2022) Balancing prey availability and predator consumption: a multispecies stock assessment for Lake Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79:1529-1545. | Abstract | September 2022 |
| Doyle MW, Stanley EH, Orr CH, Selle AR, Sethi SA, Harbor JM. (2005) Stream ecosystem response to small dam removal: lessons from the Heartland. Geomorphology 71:227-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.011 | Abstract | October 2005 |
| Dick, C., Larson, W.A., Karpan, K., Baetscher, D.S., Shi, Y., Sethi, S., Fangue, N.A., Henderson, M.J. Prey ration, temperature, and predator species influence digestion rates of prey DNA inferred from qPCR and metabarcoding. Submitted to Molecular Ecology Resources. | Abstract | August 2023 |
| Cusack C, Sethi SA, Rice A, Warren J, Fujita R, Ingles J, Flores J, Garchitorena E, Mesa SV. (2021) Marine ecotourism for small pelagics provides alternative income generating activities to fisheries in a tropical community. Biological Conservation, 261:109242. | Abstract | September 2021 |
| Cook GM, Prince DJ, O’Rourke SM, King TL, Miller MR, Lewis CJ, Eackles MS, Lemons PR, Sethi SA, Olsen JB, Wenburg JK. (2020) A little SNP of this, a little SNP of that: the discovery of 116 single nucleotide polymorphism markers to enable the rapid identification of individual Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). Conservation Genetics Resources, 12:555-565. | Abstract | October 2020 |
| Clark SC, Tanner TL, Sethi SA, Bentley KT, Schindler DE. (2015) Migration timing of adult Chinook salmon into the Togiak River (Alaska) watershed: Is there evidence for stock structure? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 144:829-836. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2015.1031281 | Abstract | June 2015 |
| Carey M, Sethi SA, Larsen S, Rich C. (2016) A primer on potential impacts, management priorities, and future directions for Elodea spp. in high latitude systems: learning from the Alaskan experience. Hydrobiologia 777:1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2767-x | Abstract | September 2016 |
| Calvert J, McGonigle C, Sethi SA, Harris B, Quinn R, Grabowski J. Dynamic occupancy modelling of temperate marine fish in area-based closures. Ecology and evolution 8:10192-10205. | Abstract | September 2018 |
| Buchanan B, Sethi SA, Cuppett S, Lung M, Jackman G, Zarri L, Duvall E, Dietrich J, Sullivan P, Dominitz A, Archibald J, Flecker A, Rahm B. (2022) A machine learning approach to identify barriers in stream networks demonstrates high prevalence of unmapped riverine dams. Journal of Environmental Management, 302:113952. | Abstract | January 2022 |
| Brown T, Sethi SA, Rudstam L, Holden J, Connerton M, Gorsky D, Karboski CT, Chalupnicki M, Sard NM, Roseman EF, Prindle SE, Sanderson JM, Evans TM, Cooper A, Reinhart DJ, Davis C, Weidel B. (2022) Contemporary spatial extent and environmental drivers of larval coregonine distributions across Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 48:359–370. | Abstract | April 2022 |
| Bradley C, Sethi SA, Ashline J, Gerken J. (2017) Cohort-specific variation in juvenile coho salmon habitat use. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 26:695-706. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12317 | Abstract | October 2017 |
| Beever E, Sethi SA, Prange IS, DellaSalla DA. Chapter I: Introduction, in Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity: Scale, Context, and Nature. E. Beever (Ed.), Taylor and Francis, New York. | Abstract | August 2020 |
| Beatty WS, Lemons PR, Sethi SA, Everett J, Lewis CJ, Lynn RJ, Cook GM, Garlich-Miller JL, Wenburg JK. (2020) Panmixia in a sea ice-associated marine mammal: evaluating genetic structure of the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Mammalogy 101:755-765. | Abstract | July 2020 |
| Beatty W, Lemons P, Everett JP, Lewis CJ, Taylor RL, Lynn RJ, Sethi SA, Quakenbush L, Citta J, Kissling M, Kryukova N, Wenburg JK (2022) Estimating Pacific walrus abundance and survival with multievent mark-recapture models. Marine Ecology Progress Series 697:167-182. | September 2022 |
| Andres KA, Sethi SA, Lodge D, Andres J. (2021) Nuclear eDNA estimates population allele frequencies and abundance in experimental mesocosms and field samples. Molecular Ecology, 30:658-697. | Abstract | February 2021 |
| Andres K, Sethi SA, Duskey E, Lepak JM, Rice AN, Estabrook B, Fitzpatrick K, George E, Marcy-Quay B, Paufve M, Perkins K, Scofield AE. (2020) Seasonal habitat use indicates depth may mediate the potential for invasive round goby impacts in inland lakes. Freshwater Biology 65:1337-1347. | Abstract | August 2020 |
| Almeida R, Shi Q, Gomes-Selman JM, Barros N, Forsberg B, Garcia-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Melack JM, Perez G, Sethi SA, Gomes CP, Flecker AS. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with optimal dam planning. Nature Communications 12:4281 | Abstract | September 2019 |
| Almeida R, Fleischmann A, Brêda JPF, Cardoso DS, Angarita H, Collischonn W, Forsberg B, García-Villacorta R, Hamilton SK, Hannam PM, Paiva R, Poff NL, Sethi SA, Shi Q, Gomes C, Flecker AS. (2021) Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower. Global Environmental Change, 71:102383. | Abstract | November 2021 |
| Heilpern S, Sethi SA, Barthem RB, Doria CRC, Garcia-Vasquez A, Goulding M, Isaac V, Batista V, Duponchelle F, Naeem S, Flecker AS (2022) Biodiversity underpins fisheries resilience to exploitation in the Amazon river basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 389:20220726 | Abstract | July 2022 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| “Working at the margin of social, ecological, and quantitative sciences to advance fisheries management,” SA Sethi, Invited seminar, University of Alaska-Anchorage, 2022. | June 2022 |
| “The role of invasive Round Goby in the Great Lakes basin,” J Lepak et al. (SA Sethi 2nd) NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Cooperstown, NY | February 2018 |
| “The impact of predator-prey dynamics on the future sustainability of an intensively managed fishery’” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Department of Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium, online conference, February 2021. | February 2021 |
| “The global habitat cost of wild seafood production: solutions to overcome these tradeoffs,” TS Smeltz et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. | January 2020 |
| “Status of round goby in the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers,”,” S. George et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 6<sup>th</sup>), American Fisheries Society NY Chapter annual meeting, 2022. | March 2022 |
| “Spawning habitat and reproductive strategies of Cisco in the Great Lakes,” M Paurve et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, NY. | February 2019 |
| “Spawning and incubation habitat of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) in the Great Lakes,” M Paufve et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toronto, Canada. | June 2018 |
| “Secondary effects and fate of fluridone used to eradicate Elodea.” J Morton et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Annual Invasive Species Workshop of the AK Committee for Invasives Management, Anchorage, AK. | October 2017 |
| “Seascape-level fishing impacts modeling to assess tradeoffs between spatial closures and gear modifications,” T Smeltz et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), International Council for Exploration of the Sea FTFB Working Group, Hirtshals, Denmark. | June 2018 |
| “Saildrone acoustics surveys to provide insight into vessel avoidance by fishes,” T Evans et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 3<sup>rd</sup>), Cornell Biological Field Station, Invited seminar, 2022. | September 2022 |
| “Saildrone acoustics surveys provide insight into vessel avoidance by fishes,” T.M. Evans et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 4<sup>th</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “Responding to ecosystem transformation: Resist, Accept, or Direct?” L Thompson et al. (SA Sethi 15th), Joint AFS-TWS National Meeting, Reno NV. | October 2019 |
| “Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) adaptive management,” A. Lynch et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 14<sup>th</sup>), Invited seminar, National Conservation Training Center, U.S. Department of Interior, 2022. | January 2022 |
| “Regional and local drivers combine to structure mussel growth and mortality,” SA Sethi et al. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. | January 2018 |
| “Rapid response for invasive waterweeds in temperate lakes: assessment of collateral ecological impacts from herbicide treatments,” SA Sethi et al., NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Cooperstown, NY | February 2018 |
| “Rapid response for invasive waterweeds in high latitude systems: assessment of collateral impacts from herbicide treatment,” SA Sethi et al., Western Division American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK. | May 2018 |
| “Predator‐prey population dynamics model for Lake Ontario salmon management.,” K Fitzpatrick & SA Sethi, NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Cooperstown, NY | February 2018 |
| “Predator-prey population dynamics modeling for Chinook salmon and alewife in Lake Ontario,” KB Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY. | February 2020 |
| “Predator-prey population dynamics modeling for Chinook salmon and alewife in Lake Ontario,” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 8th), International Association for Great Lakes Research, Brockport, NY. | June 2019 |
| “Predator-prey population dynamics modeling for Chinook Salmon and Alewife in Lake Ontario” K. Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY American Fisheries Society, online conference, February 2021. | February 2021 |
| “Predator-prey population dynamics model for Chinook Salmon management,” K Fitzpatrick & SA Sethi. Lake Ontario Technical Committee annual meeting, Clayton, NY. | November 2017 |
| “Parentage-Based Tagging to support the conservation and management of inland fish populations,” K. Fitzpatrick et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 5<sup>th</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “Optimal dynamic spatial closures can improve fishery yield and reduce fishing-induced habitat damage,” A Poulton et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Montreal, 2022. | August 2022 |
| “Observing halibut survival after trawler deck-release with satellite tags.” C Rose et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, AK. | October 2017 |
| “Observing halibut survival after trawler deck-release with satellite tags,” C. Rose et al. (SA Sethi 5th). International Flatfish Symposium, St Malo, France | November 2017 |
| “Novel environmental DNA methods for monitoring population genetics of an invasive species,” K Andres et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Society for Freshwater Science, Salt Lake City, UT. | May 2019 |
| “Novel eDNA methods for monitoring the population genetics of invasive species,” K Andres et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), International Association for Great Lakes Research, Brockport, NY. | June 2019 |
| “Navigating tradeoffs between hydropower proliferation and ecosystem services across the Amazon basin using a computational sustainability approach,” AS Flecker et al. (SA Sethi 6th), Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020. | August 2020 |
| “Multispecies statistical catch at age stock assessment model for Lake Ontario fisheries: indicators of predator prey balance” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Lake Ontario Technical Committee, invited seminar, July 2021. | July 2021 |
| “Moving to a lake-wide understanding of early life-history habitat for Lake Ontario Coregonines,” T Brown et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, NY. | February 2019 |
| “Monitoring survival of trawler deck-released pacific halibut using satellite reporting accelerometer tags,” C. Rose et al. (SA Sethi 4th), Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. | January 2018 |
| “Modeling Chinook salmon population dynamics in Lake Ontario,” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 7th), NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, NY. | February 2019 |
| “Minimizing cost and uncertainty: assessing marking techniques to distinguish stocked and wild fish” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), International Association for Great Lakes Research, online conference, May 2021. | May 2021 |
| “Marine fisheries management: goals, strategies, and case studies,” <b>SA Sethi</b>, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, NTRES 3110 Fish Ecology, Conservation, and Management Cornell University, invited seminar, 2022. | April 2022 |
| “MSCAA model for Lake Ontario: predator prey dynamics update,” K Fitzpatrick et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Lake Ontario Technical Committee Predator-Prey Science workshop, invited seminar, September 2021. | September 2021 |
| “Life history informed watershed connectivity restoration: win-win investments into salmon ecology,” SA Sethi, invited lecture, Alaska Pacific Univesity, Anchorage, AK. | January 2018 |
| “Life history consequences of connectivity loss for salmon bearing watersheds: juvenile coho salmon growth” SA Sethi et al., Cornell Biological Field Station, invited seminar, April 2021. | April 2021 |
| “Launch of the first CPIC Conservation Finance report” J Baralon, J Tobin, SA Sethi, Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation Members Meeting, invited presentation, September 2021. | September 2021 |
| “Is environmental DNA ready for population genetics? Estimating genetic diversity and absolute abundance of an invasive species with nuclear eDNA,” KJ Andres et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020. | August 2020 |
| “Innovation across scales to support ecosystem assessment and management,” SA Sethi, invited lecture, U of AK. | October 2018 |
| “Guiding principles for managing ecosystem transformation,” A Lynch et al. (SA Sethi 15th), Joint AFS-TWS National Meeting, Reno NV. | October 2019 |
| “Genetic variation in environmental samples as a metric of species’ abundance,” K Andres et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Second National Workshop on Marine eDNA, Costa Mesa, CA, 2022. | September 2022 |
| “Genetic structure of the Pacific walrus at multiple spatial scales,” W Beatty et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 3<sup>rd</sup>), Joint AFS-TWS National Meeting, Reno NV. | October 2019 |
| “Fishing down the food chain: the state of our fisheries,” SA Sethi. Invited lecture, Introduction to Conservation Science (NTRES 2670), Cornell University, NY. | November 2017 |
| “Fisheries connectivity optimization under Amazon hydropower proliferation,” Q. Shi et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Computation Sustainability Net working group on Amazon Dams annual meeting, Miami, FL. | March 2018 |
| “Financing nature,” SA Sethi et al., Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020. | August 2020 |
| “Financing Nature: expert discussion of mechanisms and milestones,” J Tobin et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Invited keynote presentation, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, online distributed platform, October 2020. | October 2020 |
| “Exploring the ecological and evolutionary impacts of sustained invasive species suppression,” L. Zarri et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 5<sup>th</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “Expanding the feasibility of fish and wildlife assessments with close-kin mark-recapture,” B Marcy-Quay et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY. | February 2020 |
| “Evaluating survival of juvenile Cisco (<i>Coregonus artedi</i>) re-introduced to Keuka Lake through acoustic telemetry,” A. Koeberle et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), American Fisheries Society NY Chapter annual meeting, 2022 | March 2022 |
| “Estimating the number of contributors to DNA mixtures provides a novel tool for ecology,” SA Sethi et al., NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, NY. | February 2019 |
| “Estimating survival and movement of stocked juvenile Coregonines using small acoustic tags,” G Scholten et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), International Association for Great Lakes Research, Brockport, NY. | June 2019 |
| “Estimating denning date of wolves with daily movement and GPS location fix failure,” P. Walsh et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Anchorage, AK. | March 2018 |
| “Estimating Pacific walrus abundance and survival with multievent mark-recapture models,” W Beatty et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 7<sup>th</sup>), Society for Marine Mammal Science annual meeting, Palm Beach, FL, 2022. | August 2022 |
| “Elodea may mediate juvenile salmon growth by altering physical structure,” M. Carey et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 3<sup>rd</sup>), Alaska Invasive Species Partnership Workshop, online conference, 2022. | October 2022 |
| “Efficiently optimizing for dendritic connectivity on tree-structured networks in a multi-objective framework,” Q Shi et al. (SA Sethi 4th), Conference on Computing & Sustainable Societies, Menlo Park, CA. | June 2018 |
| “Efficiently approximating the Pareto frontier in multi-objective optimization problems: Insights from hydropower dam placement in the Amazon Basin,” Q Shi et al. (SA Sethi 9th), Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020. | August 2020 |
| “Early successes of a multi-agency study to quantify and correct for biases in acoustic fish abundance estimates in the Great Lakes,” P. Esselman et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 8<sup>th</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “Distributions of sympatric Cisco and Lake Whitefish larvae in Lake Ontario embayments,” T. Brown et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “Determining how Elodea spp. impacts fish performance in Subarctic food webs” M. Carey et al. (SA Sethi 3rd), AK American Fisheries Society, online conference, March 2021. | March 2021 |
| “Dams and greenhouse gases: Is hydropower a green alternative in the Amazon?,” R Almeida et al. (SA Sethi 6th), Congreso AQUATROP, Quito, Ecuador. | July 2018 |
| “Damming the Amazon: evaluating tradeoffs between hydropower and ecosystem services using a computation sustainability approach,” A. Flecker et al. (SA Sethi 4th), Society for Freshwater Science, Detroit, MI. | May 2018 |
| “DNA mixtures for ecology,” SA Sethi et al., Western Division American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK. | May 2018 |
| “Contemporary spatial extent and environmental drivers of larval coregonine distributions across Lake Ontario” T Brown et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), State of Lake Ontario Conference, International Association for Great Lakes Research, online conference, March 2021. | March 2021 |
| “Contemporary spatial extent and environmental drivers of larval Coregonine distributions across Lake Ontario,” T Brown et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, NY. | February 2020 |
| “Community consequences of indiscriminate overharvest in large tropical rivers,” S Heilpern et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY. | August 2019 |
| “Community consequences of indiscriminate overfishing in large tropical rivers,” S Heilpern et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Society for Freshwater Science, Salt Lake City, UT. | May 2019 |
| “Combining fisheries surveys to inform marine species distribution modelling,” M Moriarty et al. (SA Sethi 5th), 2nd Annual Ecology and Evolution Ireland Conference, Galway, Ireland. | January 2019 |
| “Cisco restoration in Keuka lake,” A Koeberle et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Cornell Limnology Lab, invited presentation, 2022. | September 2022 |
| “Chinook Salmon and Alewife:A predator-prey approach to fisheries management,” Fitzpatrick K, SA Sethi, invited lecture, Tompkins County ‘In Your Own Backyard’ Science Symposium, Ithaca Public Library, Ithaca, NY. | April 2019 |
| “Characterizing the spawning and incubation habitat of Cisco Coregonus artedi in the Great Lakes,” M Paufve et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, Cooperstown, NY | February 2018 |
| “Characterizing the ecological niche of invasive round goby in inland lakes,” SA Sethi et al., International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toronto, Canada. | June 2018 |
| “Characterizing the ecological niche of invasive round goby in Cayuga Lake,” SA Sethi et al. Finger Lakes Research Conference, Geneva, NY. | November 2017 |
| “Balancing predator consumption and prey availability in an intensively managed fishery: a multispecies statistical catch-at-age model for lake ontario,” KB Fitzpatric et al. (SA Sethi 11th), American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020. | September 2020 |
| “As if it wasn’t already hard enough: dealing with imperfect detection in ecological data,” SA Sethi, Invited Seminar at Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK. | May 2018 |
| “Acoustic telemetry to evaluate survival of post-stocked juvenile Cisco to Keuka Lake, New York,”,” A. Koeberle et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observing System annual meeting, invited seminar, 2022 | March 2022 |
| “Acoustic telemetry to evaluate native Cisco reintroductions to Keuka Lake,” A. Koeberle et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 2<sup>nd</sup>), Cornell Biological Field Station, invited seminar, 2022. | February 2022 |
| “Acoustic telemetry and edna to evaluate a native Cisco (Coregonus artedi) reintroduction in the Finger Lakes,” A. Koeberle et al. (<b>SA Sethi</b> 8<sup>th</sup>), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Am. Fish. Soc. and 8 other organizations) annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022. | May 2022 |
| “A seascape scale fishing impacts model to assess tradeoffs between spatial closures and gear modifications,” T Smeltz et al. (SA Sethi 2nd), Western Division American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK. | May 2018 |
| “A seascape scale fishing impacts model to assess tradeoffs between spatial closures and gear modifications,” S Smeltz, SA Sethi, B Harris. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. | January 2018 |
| “A rapid social threshold may lead to long-term ecological transformation by invasive hippos in Colombia,” SA Sethi et al., Joint AFS-TWS National Meeting, Reno NV. | October 2019 |
| Sethi SA 2016. “Global fisheries status update: ecological, economic, and social dimensions,” Invited lecture, Introduction to Conservation Science (NTRES 2670), Cornell University, NY. | November 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2017 “High value of life history information for watershed connectivity restoration,” NY Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Buffalo, NY. | February 2017 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "Taking salmon ecology through to optimal management decisions: fish passage restoration in Alaska," Invited Lecture, Cornell Biological Field Station. | July 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "Oceanscape models inform policy options to manage seafloor impact from commercial fishing," Computational Sustainability Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. | July 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "Informed management: optimal fish passage restoration decisions for Pacific Salmon in Alaska," Invited Lecture, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, NY. | September 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "Implementing change in the North Pacific bottom trawl groundfish fishery: sweep modifications success," International Council for Exploration of the Sea, Fish Technology and Fish Behavior Working Group Annual Meeting, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. | April 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "For the fish and by the fish: integrating life history into optimal aquatic barrier mitigation decisions," Computation Sustainability Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca NY. | July 2016 |
| SA Sethi et al. 2016. "Estimation of juvenile salmonid age and growth from routinely collected fork length data," Invited talk, AFS NY Student Chapter, Cornell University, NY. | October 2016 |
| R Pendleton et al. (SA Sethi 6th). 2017. “Seasonal distribution and habitat associations of Shortnose Sturgeon in the Hudson River estuary,” NY Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Buffalo, NY. | February 2017 |
| P Walsh et al. (SA Sethi 2nd). 2017 “Estimating denning date of wolves with daily movement and gps location fix failure.” The Wildlife Society national meeting, Albuquerque, NM. | September 2017 |
| M Paufve et al. (SA Sethi 4th). 2017. “Investigating habitat suitability for Cisco (Coregonus artedi) spawning and egg incubation.” IAGLR annual meeting, Detroit, MI. | April 2017 |
| M Paufve et al. (SA Sethi 2nd). 2017. “Describing suitable spawning habitat of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) in the Great Lakes and informing restoration efforts in Lake Ontario,” NY Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Buffalo, NY. | February 2017 |
| M Paufve et al. (SA Sethi 2nd). 2017. “Characterizing the ecological niche of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) spawning and egg incubation habitat.” International Coregonid Symposium, Bayfield, WI. | September 2017 |
| L Sztukowski et al. (SA Sethi 8th). 2017. “Nearshore marine consumer responses to changing prey: combining quantitative and qualitative model input into a conceptual framework,” AK Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. | January 2017 |
| J Hagan et al. (SA Sethi 3rd). 2017. “Assessing the accuracy of Landsat derived stream temperatures for use in juvenile salmonid habitat assessments on the Anchor River, Alaska.” AK Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Fairbanks, AK. | March 2017 |
| J Ashline et al. (SA Sethi 2nd). 2017. “Where do they go and how do they get there? Juvenile coho salmon overwinter habitat selections.” AK Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Fairbanks, AK. | March 2017 |
| D Monson et al. (SA Sethi 6th). 2017. “Understanding trophic relationships of sea otters and their effects on demographic attributes.” Sea Otter Conservation Workshop, Seattle, WA. | March 2017 |
| D Esler et al. (SA Sethi 7th). 2016. “Barrow’s Goldeneye demographic responses to changing mussel conditions on wintering areas: a conceptual model exercises,” Alaska Bird Conference, Cordova, AK. | December 2016 |
| C Rose et al. (SA Sethi 7th). 2017. “Satellite tags to measure halibut survival after trawler deck release,” Groundfish Forum annual captain’s meeting, Seattle, WA. | January 2017 |
| B Harris et al. (SA Sethi 4th). 2017. “Seascape-scale modelling of benthic habitat disturbance from commercial fishing activities.” AK Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Fairbanks, AK. | March 2017 |
| A Nimick et al. (SA Sethi 5th). 2017. “Fishing effects in 3D – it’s not all about bottom contact anymore.” AK Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Fairbanks, AK. | March 2017 |
| TS Smeltz et al. (SA Sethi 4th). 2017. “Seascape-scale modelling of benthic habitat disturbance from commercial fishing activities,”NY Chapter, American Fisheries Society meeting, Buffalo, NY. | February 2017 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wildlife Society - Member | Sethi | April 2017 | Present |
| Other - Ulster University, Honorary Fellow | Sethi | July 2017 | July 2022 |
| Other - Member of the Fish Technology and Fish Behavior Working Group of the International Council for Exploration of the Sea. | Sethi | March 2016 | Present |
| Other - Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future | Sethi | 2016 | 2021 |
| Other - Affiliate Assistant Professor | Sethi | January 2012 | January 2022 |
| International Association for Great Lakes Research - Member | Sethi | January 2017 | Present |
| American Statistical Association - Member | Sethi | January 2012 | Present |
| American Fisheries Society - Working group member of the Joint Synthesis Team on Ecosystem Transformation (AFS-TWS joint working group). | Sethi | November 2018 | Present |
| American Fisheries Society - Member New York and Alaska Chapters | Sethi | August 2005 | Present |