News Bites – October 2016
Counting all the fishes in the sea “Robotic Mussels Are Here to Help Save the World” FishFace: identifying fish with a headshot The latest in telemetry: self-charging tags
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Counting all the fishes in the sea “Robotic Mussels Are Here to Help Save the World” FishFace: identifying fish with a headshot The latest in telemetry: self-charging tags
NOAA Fisheries announced final revisions to the guidelines that federal managers will use as they routinely update the nation’s marine fisheries plans. The revised federal
2015 was another above-average year for fishing and seafood consumption, with the average American adding nearly an extra pound of seafood to their diet, according
Watch videos of the Plenary Sessions and see more photos from the meeting on Flickr.
Summaries and photos from some of the symposia at the Kansas City Annual Meeting were compiled by symposia organizers. Summaries includes links to the abstracts of the
The Unites States has the highest diversity of freshwater gastropods and Unionidae mussels in the world. Both groups of mollusks are also considered the most
Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus occupy some 4,500 miles of Missouri and Mississippi rivers and Kansas City was a fitting location to host a symposium for
Sponsors: NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation and NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology Habitat protection reached a milestone in 2016 with the 20-year
Sponsors: AFS Fisheries Management Section, Water Quality Section, International Fisheries Section, China Society of Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund This symposium is a
Sponsor: Mississippi River Basin Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force A day-long symposium was held on the theory and application of fish deterrent systems. Thirteen speakers