Essays

Trevor A. Branch School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195. E-mail: tbranch@uw.edu Fisheries impact every part of marine food webs from the upper-trophic-level

Villy Christensen Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries University of British Columbia 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. E-mail: v.christensen@fisheries.ubc.ca Villy Christensen is a professor at UBC, and

Carol Glor West Genesee Middle School, Camillus, NY 13031 A teacher for 17 years, Carol Glor currently teaches home and career skills to sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders at West Genesee

Joseph Kunkel Department of Marine Science, University of New England, Biddeford, ME 04005 Joseph Kunkel is a research professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, and a

Shelley Dawicki, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. E-mail: shelley.dawicki@noaa.gov For decades, volunteers have played an important role in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries at-sea research operations, working side by

Christopher Moore, E-mail: mootopher@gmail.com There’s not much finesse involved. Leave your dry flies at home, and try not to think in terms like pocket water or drift. When you’re hunting snakeheads