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Oxford University Press to Publish the American Fisheries Society’s Publications

Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a major new agreement with the American Fisheries Society (AFS) to publish its five prestigious peer-reviewed journals and Fisheries, the society’s monthly membership magazine, from 1 January 2025. The publications will join OUP’s portfolio of more than 500 titles, three-quarters of which are published on behalf of learned and professional societies.

Migratory Passage and Run Size of American Shad and River Herring in the Raritan River, New Jersey, USA

Using a combination of electronic tags and video monitoring, we found that a fish passage structure on the Raritan River, New Jersey, works moderately well for the large-bodied American Shad but passes only a small fraction of the smaller-bodied river herring.