Fisheries News & Science

A new week, a new AFS Chapter Meeting attended. I had the pleasure of representing AFS at Minnesota Chapter Meeting this week. As I stated last week, chapter meetings are

I had the pleasure of attending the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society’s 50th Annual Meeting this week. Chapter meetings are one of my favorite aspects of AFS, so

As I’ve observed another warm, 50+ degree F January day, I am lamenting the passing of the central Iowa ice fishing season. It’s not for sure done, but it is

I spent this week at the Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, which also serves as the Annual Meeting of the North Central Division of AFS. I had the opportunity to

Some of you know that I spent many years digging into angler demographics and fishing license sales data.  So, it probably comes as no surprise that when I saw a

Today’s paper is from the most recent issue of TAFS. It investigates niche overlap and habitat use in a glacial lake-wetland ecosystem complex in South Dakota. The species studied were

Let me start with, I love this paper.  I love this kind of work.  As a former agency employee, I know that more employees to do the work does not

I had to scramble this morning.  I had seen a number of interesting titles on the AFS Journals website for TAFS recently, and went looking for them again today.  But,

Today’s paper is from the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, looking at shell deformities in unionid mussels.  I am using this paper as an opportunity to give a nod to

Today’s paper is another great example of integrating fish culture, research and management to address a fishery issue.  Nonnative fish create a variety of concerns, including habitat alterations, hybridization with