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- AFT Applauds Senate Re-linking of Conservation Compliance to Crop Insurance
- TRCP Policy Rider 5.13.2013
- New AFS book: Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
- Post for the listserve
- FishNews - May 8, 2013 - Status of Stocks 2012, More Habitat Means More Fish, Shark Conservation Act, Facts on National Ocean Policy Implementation, and More
- New Study Quantifies U.S. Investment in Conservation and Its Economic Impacts
- AFS Briefing on the Hill- Climate Change and Fisheries, Thursday, May 9, 2013-UPDATED VERSION
- TRCP Policy Rider 5.6.2013
- AFS Briefing - Climate Change and Fisheries. Thursday, May 9
- 2012 Status of U.S. Fisheries; First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed onto spacecraft
- Assessment of Change in Commercial Size Limit of Channel Catfish
- Evaluation of fingerling walleye stockings among interior Iowa rivers
- Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Project Technical Document 12: Tests of Togiak and Goodnews Reporting Groups for Sockeye Salmon
- Pasagshak River Salmon Weir Operational Plan, 2012
- A Program for Improving Fisheries Management and Research in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game Staff Comments on Commercial, Sport, and Subsistence Finfish Regulatory Proposals, Committee of the Whole, Committees A and B, for the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Management Areas Alaska Board of Fisheries Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska January 15-20, 2013.
- 2012 Norton Sound Salmon Fisheries Outlook and Management Strategies
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff comments on for the Bristol Bay Management Area, Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting Naknek, Alaska December 4-12, 2012.
- 2012–2013 Winter Troll Fishery Management Plan
- Genetic Stock Composition of the Commercial Harvest of Sockeye Salmon in Southeastern District Mainland, Alaska Peninsula Management Area, 2010–2012
- A Review of “All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and the Failure of Fisheries Management”
- A Review of “Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Technology”
- Visual Prey Detection Responses of Piscivorous Trout and Salmon: Effects of Light,Turbidity,and Prey Size
- Movements by Adfluvial Bull Trout during the Spawning Season between Lake and River Habitats
- Effects of Simulated Angler Capture and Live-Release Tournaments on Walleye Survival
- Upper Thermal Tolerance of Mountain Whitefish Eggs and Fry
- Improved Variance Estimates of Biomass for Stream-Dwelling Fish Calculated Using Removal Estimators
- Sympatric Polymorphism in Lake Trout: The Coexistence of Multiple Shallow-Water Morphotypes in Great Bear Lake
- Evaluation of Age–Length Key Sample Sizes Required to Estimate Fish Total Mortality and Growth
- Behavioral Responses of Representative Freshwater Fish Species to Electromagnetic Fields
- Linking Fish and Angler Dynamics to Assess Stocking Strategies for Hatchery-Dependent, Open-Access Recreational Fisheries
- Longitudinal Variation in the Ohio River Fish Community
- Experimental Examination of Surgical Procedures for Implanting Sonic Transmitters in Juvenile Shortnose Sturgeon and Atlantic Sturgeon
- Disinfection of Three Wading Boot Surfaces Infested with New Zealand Mudsnails
- Acclimation Enhances Postrelease Performance of Hatchery Fall Chinook Salmon Subyearlings While Reducing the Potential for Interaction with Natural Fish
- To Stock or Not to Stock? Assessing the Restoration Potential of a Remnant American Shad Spawning Run with Hatchery Supplementation
- Spatial Consistency of Chinook Salmon Redd Distribution within and among Years in the Cowlitz River, Washington
- Effectiveness of Three Compounds to Anesthetize Rainbow Trout during PIT Tag Implantation Surgery
- Biological Reference Points for the Nutritional Status of Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass
- Utility of Restrictive Harvest Regulations for Trophy Largemouth Bass Management
- Prevalence of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis in Cultured Tilapia on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii
- Specific and Rapid Diagnosis of Edwardsiella tarda by a Novel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Targeting the Upstream Region of hlyb Gene
- Clupeid Response to Stressors: The Influence of Environmental Factors on Thiaminase Expression
- Effect of Dietary Herbal Supplements on Some Physiological Conditions of Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax
- Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Distribution of Thiamphenicol and Florfenicol in Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in Freshwater following Oral Administration
- Temperature Modulation of Growth and Physiology of Juvenile Guadalupe Bass
- pH Dynamics of Tricaine Methanesulfonate (MS-222) in Fresh and Artificial Seawater
- Identification of Gender in Yellow Perch by External Morphology: Validation in Four Geographic Strains and Effects of Estradiol
- Controlling Mortality Caused by External Columnaris in Largemouth Bass and Bluegill with Chloramine-T or Hydrogen Peroxide
- Growth of Juvenile Scup Fed Two Commercial Diets
- Comparative Value of Fish Meal Alternatives as Protein Sources in Feeds for Hybrid Striped Bass
- Sex Differences in Residency of Adult Spotted Seatrout in a Louisiana Estuary
- Long-Term Changes in Fish Assemblage Structure in the Yellow River Estuary Ecosystem, China
- Size-Dependent and Temporal Variability in Batch Number and Fecundity of Red Porgy, a Protogynous, Indeterminate Spawner, in the U.S. South Atlantic
- What Is the Relative Importance of Phytoplankton and Attached Macroalgae and Epiphytes to Food Webs on Offshore Oil Platforms?
- Use of Human-Altered Habitats by Bull Sharks in a Florida Nursery Area
- Reproductive Biology of Pacific Ocean Perch in the Gulf of Alaska
- Application of Morphometric Analysis to Identify Alewife Stock Structure in the Gulf of Maine
- Influences of Artificial Reefs on Juvenile Red Snapper along the Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Booth Reservation Form: AFS- Little Rock, AR September 8–12, 2013Fisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 233, May 2013. […]
- NEW AFS MEMBERSFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 237, May 2013. […]
- Status of White Sturgeon in the Lower Fraser River, British ColumbiaFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 197-209, May 2013. […]
- Full Issue PDF Volume 38, Issue 5Fisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 193-240, May 2013. […]
- AFS Genetics Section Members Attend Meeting on “Next Generation” DNA Sequencing for Fisheries Research in Southeast AsiaFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 228-229, May 2013. […]
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783–1840Fisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 224-226, May 2013. […]
- Gary D. “Dox” Doxtater, 1936–2012 and John D. (Jack) McIntyre, 1938–2012Fisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 230-232, May 2013. […]
- Habitat Connects Us AllFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 196, May 2013. […]
- Researching the Physiology and Culture of Scaphirhynchus SturgeonFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 221-223, May 2013. […]
- Continuing Education ProgramFisheries, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 234, May 2013. […]