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: [email protected] 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
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
Whatever your professional fisheries calling, you’ve no doubt been hearing the growing call to add an ecosystem perspective to traditional fishery management. The concept is at least 20 years old and is definitely gaining momentum. Read More
INTRODUCTION BY JOE MARGRAF, AFS PRESIDENT I feel so strongly about safety in the fisheries profession that I wanted to devote my column to the following piece written by our Second Vice President Scott A. Bonar. Bonar was compelled to write this by the sudden and untimely death of one of his graduate students. His... Read More
