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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
Summaries and photos from some of the 104 symposia at the Portland Annual Meeting were compiled by symposia organizers. Most summaries includes links to the abstracts of the session presentations. Actions
Daniel Pauly, Ph.D. is a French researcher who became a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia in 1994, of which he was the director for 5
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
By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: jschaeffer@usgs.gov Fish culturists struggle constantly with preventing and treating disease, but one helpful trend is the development of assays that can
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
