Monthly Archives: April 2017
By James P. Kilfoil, Bradley M. Wetherbee, John K. Carlson, Dewayne A. Fox The popularity of recreational shark fishing appears to be on the rise in recent years, with current policies often failing to address the direct targeting of protected species in this sector. Examination of catch trends from the past decade revealed that more than 66 million... Read More
By Benjamin J. Clemens, Richard J. Beamish, Kelly C. Coates, Margaret F. Docker, Jason B. Dunham, Ann E. Gray, Jon E. Hess, Jeffrey C. Jolley, Ralph T. Lampman, Brian J. McIlraith, Mary L. Moser, Joshua G. Murauskas, David L. G. Noakes, Howard A. Schaller, Carl B. Schreck, Steven J. Starcevich, Bianca Streif, Stan J. van de Wetering, Joy Wade, Laurie A. Weitkamp,Lance A. Wyss. The Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus, an anadromous fish native to... Read More
By Thomas E. Bigford, Policy Director. E-mail: tbigford@fisheries.org It’s been a busy week in what will be a busy year. As an AFS employee and president of the Fish Habitat Section, I’m preparing for the mid-year Governing Board meeting in Mystic, Connecticut. We’re hoping to accelerate efforts to shift the Society’s policy work toward the more... Read More
As part of our new AFS approach to policy work, the Society recently spent a day in the halls of Congress. In response to on-going efforts to modernize the Endangered Species Act, Tom Bigford and Patrick Shirey met with Legal Counsel and the Marine Policy Fellow in Sen. Booker’s (D-NJ) office and with the Senior... Read More
Membership votes to accompany the AFS officer elections Establish a Science Communication Section of the American Fisheries Society Background: The purpose of the new section is to advance the Society’s promotion of scientific research and sustainable management of fisheries resources by expanding the science communication knowledge and skills of AFS members. A Science Communication Section... Read More
BACKGROUND My remarkable journey into fisheries science is based on a passion for fish and fishing that comes from growing up in northeast New Jersey. Salt was put into my veins, never to really leave, by older family members who found me to be the perfect excuse to take everyone fishing in the waters around... Read More
BACKGROUND Growing up in Michigan, there were plenty of opportunities to indulge my lifelong fascination with all things aquatic. However, living on the boundary between urban and rural, I also saw firsthand the profound influences that people can exert on the integrity of aquatic systems. I came to fisheries science late in my educational career,... Read More
Guest President's Column The Dark Side of Safety Policy Column Adding Ecosystems to Fisheries Management Second Vice President Candidate Statements Brian R. Murphy and Gary Whelan FEATURES Causes and Consequences of Straying into Small Populations of Pacific Salmon Estimating Fish Mortality Rates Using Telemetry and Multistate Models Inland Fisheries Habitat Management: Lessons Learned from Wildlife Ecology and... Read More
Pacific salmon straying has been heavily studied for several decades, particularly from the perspective of the populations that donate the stray migrants. Conservation consequences are experienced primarily by the populations that receive strays, though, and there is recent evidence of significant levels of genetic introgression in small recipient populations, which could contribute to the loss... Read More
We simulated and evaluated multistate capture–recapture models to estimate mortality rates using telemetry data. Read More
