Journal Reviews

By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov WINNER: 2014 Best Paper, North American Journal of Fisheries Management Phenology is the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena,

By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov WINNER: 2014 Best Paper, North American Journal of Aquaculture As a practical matter, fish culturists often need to spawn fish

By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor The stone crab Menippe spp. fishery is one of the most unusual fisheries in the world, because only claws are harvested, and

By Jeff Schaeffer, AFS Co-Chief Science Editor The upper Laurentian Great Lakes were separated physically from the Atlantic coast by Niagara Falls, but constructed ship canals allowed marine invaders to

By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov Management of many fish species requires good recruitment estimates; this is especially true for Gulf Coast reef fishes that are

By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov Ethanol production has increased 13-fold from 2000 to 2013, and this has resulted in a concurrent increase in distillers dried

When you think of a national park, you probably have a vision of a place that is mostly pristine and untouched. So when Parks Canada took on the task of

As an anadramous species, Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar have a complex life history that includes spending part of their lives in freshwater, estuarine, and marine habitats. In recent years, the

By Sarah Harrison | AFS Contributing Editor. E-mail: sharrison@fisheries.org Clifford Hutt (Mississippi State University, Human Dimensions and Conservation Laboratory) and his colleagues estimated both the economic impact (the monetary benefits