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SYMPOSIA

SY01   Common Strategies of Anadromous and Catadromous Fishes

SY02   10th Annual Larval Fish Conference

SY03   Larval Fish and Shellfish Transport through Inlets

SY04   Status and Management of Interior Stocks of Cutthroat Trout

SY05    11th Annual Larval Fish Conference

SY06   Mathematical Analysis of Fish Stock Dynamics (out of print)

SY07    Fish-Marking Techniques (out of print)

SY08   Biological Indicators of Stress in Fish (out of print)

SY09    Mysids in Fisheries

SY10   Fisheries Bioengineering Symposium

SY11   Fisheries and Oil Development on the Continental Shelf

SY12   Creel and Angler Surveys in Fisheries Management (out of print)

SY13   Fisheries Management and Watershed Development (out of print)

SY14   Water Quality and Early Life Stages of Fishes (out of print)

SY15   Uses and Effects of Cultured Fishes in Aquatic Ecosystems (out of print)

SY16   Multidimensional Approaches to Reservoir Fisheries Management (out of print)

SY17   Evolution and the Aquatic Ecosystem: Defining Unique Units in Population Conservation

SY18   Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium

SY19   Fish Ecology in Arctic North America

SY20   Global Trends: Fisheries Management

SY21   Early Life Stage Mortality Syndrome in Fishes of the Great Lakes and Baltic Sea

SY22   Fish Habitat: Essential Fish Habitat and Rehabilitation

SY23   Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of Long-Lived Marine Animals

SY24   Catfish 2000: Proceedings of the International Ictalurid Symposium

SY25   Island in the Stream: Oceanography and Fisheries of the Charleston Bump

SY26   Behavioral Technologies for Fish Guidance

SY27   Incorporating Uncertainty into Fisheries Models

SY28   Biology, Management, and Protection of North American Sturgeon (out of print)

SY29   Whirling Disease: Reviews and Current Topics

SY30   Catch and Release in Marine Recreational Fisheries

SY31   Black Bass: Ecology, Conservation, and Management

SY32   Fisheries in a Changing Climate

SY33   Biology, Management, and Protection of Catadromous Eels

SY34   Nutrients in Salmonid Ecosystems

SY35   Biodiversity, Status, and Conservation of the World’s Shads

SY36   Fisheries, Reefs, and Offshore Development

SY37   Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers

SY38   Proceedings of the Third World Fisheries Congress: Feeding the World with Fish in the Next MillenniumThe Balance between Production and Environment

SY39   Early Life History of Fishes in the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed

SY40   Development of Form and Function in Fishes and the Question of Larval Adaptation

SY41   Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing

SY42   Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management Tools

SY43   Sustainable Management of North American Fisheries

SY44   Propagated Fish in Resource Management

SY45   Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas

SY46   Aquaculture in the 21st Century    (out of print)

SY47   Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems

SY48   Landscape Influences on Stream Habitats and Biological Assemblages

SY49   Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation: Proceedings of the 4th World Fisheries Congress

SY50   Shark Nursery Grounds of the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast Waters of the U.S.

SY51   Hudson River Fishes and Their Environment

SY52   Partnerships for a Common Purpose: Cooperative Fisheries Research and Management

SY53   Status, Distribution, and Conservation of Native Freshwater Fishes of Western North America

SY54   Sockeye Salmon Evolution, Ecology, and Management

SY55   Aquatic Stewardship Education in Theory and Practice

SY56    Anadromous Sturgeons: Habitats, Threats, & Management

SY57   Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

SY58   Eels at the Edge: Science, Status, and Conservation  Concerns

SY59   Burbot: Ecology, Management, and Culture

SY60   Red Snapper: Ecology and Fisheries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

SY61   Advances in Fisheries Bioengineering

SY62   Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems

SY63  Grenadiers of the World Oceans

SY64   Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems

SY65   Salmonid Spawning Habitat in Rivers

SY66   Paddlefish Management, Propagation, and Conservation in the 21st Century

SY67   Urban and Community Fisheries Programs: Development, Management, and Evaluation

SY68   Enclosing the Fisheries: People, Places, and Power

SY69   Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Global Environment

SY70   Pacific Salmon: Ecology and Management of Western Alaska’s Populations

SY71   Pacific Salmon Environmental and Life History Models

SY72   Biology, Management, and Conservation of Lampreys in North America

SY73   Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques

SY74   Invasive Asian Carps in North America

SY75   Angler in the Environment

SY76   Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Technology

SY77   Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish: The Second International

Symposium

SY78   Managing the Impacts of Human Activities on Fish Habitat: Governance,

  Practices, and Science  

SY79   Advancing an Ecosystem Approach in the Gulf of Maine

SY80    Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass

SY81   number not used

SY82   Black Bass Diversity: Multidisciplinary Science for Conservation

SY83   Mangroves as Fish Habitat

SY84   Fishery Resources, Environment, and Conservation in the Mississippi and Yangtze River Basins

SY85   Muskellunge Management: Fifty Years of Cooperation among Anglers, Scientists, and Fisheries Biologists

SY86   Marine Artificial Reef Research and Development: Integrating Fisheries Management Objectives

 SY87   Managing Centrachid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams

  SY88   Paddlefish: Ecological, Aquacultural, and Regulatory Challenges of Managing a Global Resource

SY89   Proceedings of the First International Snakehead Symposium

  SY90   Advances in Understanding Landscape Influences on Freshwater Habitats and Biological Assemblages

 SY91   Multispecies and Watershed Approaches to Freshwater Fish Conservation

 

  • Monographs

M01     The Connecticut River Ecological Study (reprinted in M09 below)

M02     The Bacterial Pathogen Flexibacter columnaris and Its Epizootiology among Columbia River Fish: A Review and Synthesis  (out of print)

M03       Histology of the Striped Bass

M04     Science, Law, and Hudson River Power Plants: A Case Study In Environmental Impact Assessment

M05     Design and Analysis Methods for Fish Survival Experiments Based on Release– Recapture        (out of print)

M06     Native Trout of Western North America     (out of print)

M07     Sediment in Streams: Sources, Biological Effects, and Control

M08     Guide to Sampling Freshwater Mussel Populations

M09     The Connecticut River Ecological Study (1965-1973) Revisited:  Ecology of the Lower Connecticut River 1973-2003

 

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SP01    A List of Common and Scientific Names of the Better Known Fishes of the United States and Canada   (out of print)

SP02    A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 2nd Edition   (out of print)

SP03    A Symposium on Estuarine Fisheries     (out of print)

SP04    A Symposium on Water Quality Criteria to Protect Aquatic Life (out of print)

SP05      A Symposium on Diseases of Fishes and Shellfishes        (out of print)

SP06    A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes, 3rd edition (out of print)

SP07    A Century of Fisheries in North America           (out of print)

SP08      Reservoir Fisheries and Limnology                   (out of print)

SP09    Optimum Sustainable Yield as a Concept in Fisheries Management   (out of print)

SP10    Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead              (out of print)

SP11      Selected Coolwater Fishes of North America   (out of print)

SP12    A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 4th Edition    (out of print)

SP13    Monetary Values of Freshwater Fish and Fish-Kill Counting Guidelines  (out of print, see SP30)

SP14    Computation of Dissolved Gas Concentrations in Water as Functions of Temperature, Salinity, and Pressure

SP15    Managing Muskies  (out of print)

SP16    Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks      (out of print, see SP26)

SP17    Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans

SP18    Disease Processes in Marine Bivalve Molluscs   (out of print)

SP19    Influences of Forest and Rangeland Management on Salmonid Fishes and Their Habitats

SP20    A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 5th Edition    (out of print, see SP34)

SP21    World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada

SP22    Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora      (out of print, see SP28)

SP23   Methods of Marking Fish and Shellfish

SP24    Investigation and Valuation of Fish Kills (out of print, see SP30)

SP25    Angler Survey Methods and their Applications in Fisheries Management (out of print)

SP26     Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd Edition

SP27    Nonindigenous Fishes Introduced into Inland Waters of the United States

SP28    Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, 2nd Edition

SP29    Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, 6th Edition      (superseded by SP34)

SP30    Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mussel Kills (superseded by SP35)

SP31    Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the U.S. and Canada: Crustaceans

SP32    Black Carp: Biological Synopsis and Risk Assessment of an Introduced Fish

SP33    Bigheaded Carps: A Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment

SP34    Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico,

7th Edition

SP35     Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mollusk Kills

SP36     Cutthroat Trout: Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy

 

Professional and Trade

Acid Rain/Fisheries

Stream Obstruction Removal Guidelines

Fisheries Laboratories of North America

Reservoir Fisheries Management

Carp in North America

Culture and Propagation of Striped Bass and its Hybrids (out of print)

First International Smallmouth Bass Symposium

Methods for Fish Biology

Writing for Fisheries Journals (out of print, see  Scientific Communication for Natural Resource Professionals)

A Manual of Fish Culture

Guide to Fisheries Education Resources for Grades K-12

Inland Fisheries Management in North America 2nd edition

Sea Fare Cookbook

Freshwater Fishes of Virginia

Impacts on Warmwater Streams: Guidelines for Evaluation

Fisheries Techniques, 2nd Edition  (superseded by Fisheries Techniques, 3rd Edition)

Northwest Atlantic Groundfish: Perspectives on a Fishery Collapse

Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices

Aquatic Habitat Assessment: Common Methods

Glossary of Aquatic Habitat Inventory Terminology

Innovations in Fish Passage Technology   (out of print)

Advances in Fish Passage Technology

Rotenone Use in Fisheries Management: Administrative and Technical Guidelines Manual (superseded by Planning and Standard Operating Procedures for the Use of Rotenone in Fish Management, 2nd edition)

Reflections: A Photographic History of Fisheries and the American Fisheries Society in North America

Fish Hatchery Management, 2nd Edition

Fishes of Alaska

Biological Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress (paper)

Biological Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress (hardcover)

Sustaining North American Salmon: Perspectives Across Regions and Disciplines

Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries (out of print)

Careers in Fisheries

Population Genetics: Principles and Applications for Fisheries Scientists
(out of print)

Strategies for Restoring River Ecosystems

Introduction to Infectious Diseases of Salmonid Fishes

Mysteries from the Yukon: The Adventures of a Junior Biologist

Suggested Procedures for the Detection & Identification of Certain Finfish and Shellfish Pathogens (2012 Blue Book) 1-Year subscription
(no longer available – now online and open access)

Suggested Procedures for the Detection & Identification of Certain Finfish and Shellfish Pathogens (2012 Blue Book) 3-Edition subscription  (no longer available – now online and open access)

Anatomy and Histology of the Channel Catfish  (out of print)

Inland Fishes of Washington, 2nd edition

Geographic Information Systems in Fisheries

Monitoring Stream and Watershed Restoration

Salmon 2100: The Future of Wild Pacific Salmon

AFS Guide to Fisheries Employment, Second Edition

Fisheries Ecosystem Planning for Chesapeake Bay

Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation Strategy for the 21st Century

Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data

Bluegills: Biology and Behavior

Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook: Techniques for Assessing Status and Trends in Salmon and Trout Populations

Sources and Implications of Lead Ammunition and Fishing Tackle on Natural Resources

International Governance of Fisheries Ecosystems

Biology and Management of Dogfish Sharks

Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes

Case Studies in Fisheries Conservation and Management: Applied Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Instructor’s Guide to Case Studies in Fisheries Conservation and Management: Applied Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Inland Fisheries Management in North America, Third Edition

Sustainable Fisheries: Multi-Level Approaches to a Global Problem

Biology, Management, and Culture of Walleye and Sauger

Scientific Communication for Natural Resource Professionals

Guide to the Marine Fishes of the Gulf of California

Telemetry Techniques: A User Guide for Fisheries Research

Small Impoundment Management in North America

Fisheries Techniques, 3rd edition

Native Fishes of Idaho

Foundations of Fisheries Science

Future of Fisheries: Perspectives for Emerging Professionals

Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research

Oneida Lake: Long-Term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and Its Fishery   

Freshwater, Fish and the Future: Proceedings of the Global Cross-Sectoral Conference

Age and Growth of Fishes:  Principles and Techniques

Ocean Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout

Planning and Standard Operating Procedures for the Use of Rotenone in Fish Management, 2nd  Edition

 Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout, 2nd Edition

From Catastrophe to Recovery: Stories of Fishery Management Success

Trout and Char of the World

Practical Hatchery Management of Warmwater Fishes

Lessons in Leadership: Integrating Courage, Vision, and Innovation for the Future of
Sustainable Fisheries

Selected Writings of Sidney J. Holt: Documenting A Lifelong Pursuit of Sustainable and Profitable Fishing

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Slipke’s Fish Aging Tools (S-FAT)

FishBC

Fisheries Analysis and Modeling Simulator (FAMS), version 1.64

 

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