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Dylan Brown, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, January 21, 2016 A federal judge signed off this week on a settlement agreement between the Obama administration and environmental groups over coal mining’s
Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, January 21, 2016 Gov. Jerry Brown (D) used his annual State of the State speech today to address California’s ongoing water woes, as well
Emily Yehle, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it is dramatically increasing the critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales,
Emily Yehle, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 A federal judge has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to consider protections for river herring and shad, setting an October
Emily Yehle, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Experts have significantly underestimated the amount of fish caught over the last six decades, according to a new study that suggests
Due to media interest, this article is now available free online. If they successfully invade Lake Erie, Asian carp could eventually account for about a third of the total weight
WINNER: 2014 Best Paper, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Cluster sampling is one of the most common survey designs used in fisheries research to sample fish populations. However, many
WINNER: 2014 Best Paper, Marine and Coastal Fisheries Over the last 20-30 years, the abundance of steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Keogh River, British Columbia, has declined substantially. Increased marine
By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov WINNER: 2014 Best Paper, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health Viruses are a source of mortality in lower vertebrates, and often
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,
