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FishGen.net: An Online Genetic Repository for Salmon and Steelhead Genetic Baselines

July 31, 2018

FishGen is a final repository for Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. and steelhead O. mykissgenetic data generated as part of the genetic stock identification and parentage‐based tagging projects in the Columbia River basin and throughout the Pacific Coast of North America. Resource Data, Inc., developed this web‐based, GIS‐interfaced software, which is freely available to the public, with funding from... Read More

Disaster Mitigation Provides Opportunities to Benefit Fish and Communities

July 9, 2018

Having worked on the long‐term recovery of the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, I am keenly interested in how our country plans for future disasters. One of the primary lessons learned from the 2005 hurricane season was that mitigation saves lives and property and reduces the costs to taxpayers in the long run. Over the... Read More

A Practitioner’s Perspective on the Continuing Technical Merits of PHABSIM

July 9, 2018

Since its initial development and application in the mid‐1970s, the Physical Habitat Simulation System (PHABSIM) and models, which are part of the instream flow incremental methodology (IFIM) developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Bovee and Milhous 1978; Bovee 1982), has been extensively used (Reiser et al. 1989; Hatfield and Bruce 2000; Locke et al. 2008), reviewed (e.g., Wesche and Rechard 1980;... Read More

Why Keep Hatcheries? Weighing the Economic Cost and Value of Fish Production for Public Use and Public Trust Purposes

July 9, 2018

Resource allocation for fisheries management and conservation in the United States has not grown substantially in recent years, and there is ongoing debate over how limited resources should be used to create, maintain, or restore fisheries. Hatcheries have been in existence in North America since 1848, but their organization and role in fisheries management are... Read More

Young Professional Survey Results: Member and Nonmember Perspectives on Decisions to Join the American Fisheries Society

July 9, 2018

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) recently extended the eligibility period for the young professional membership category from 3 years to 5 years post‐graduation based on a recommendation from a committee formed by the Fisheries Management and Education sections. The basis of this recommendation grew out of a survey conducted with fisheries professionals from across North... Read More

Three Visualization Approaches for Communicating and Exploring Passive Integrated Transponder Tag Data

June 11, 2018

As the number, size, and complexity of ecological data sets have increased, narrative and interactive raw data visualizations have emerged as important tools for exploring and understanding these large data sets. As a demonstration, we developed three visualizations to communicate and explore passive integrated transponder tag data from two long‐term field studies. We created three... Read More

Reclaiming a Space for Diadromous Fish in the Public Psyche and Sense of Place

June 11, 2018

Diadromous species historically dominated the freshwater fish community in coastal northeastern United States rivers. As these fishes declined in concert with sweeping alterations to the region’s waterscapes, so too did their utility, visibility, and relevance to each passing human generation. Due to their historically iconic status, we used endangered Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar as a springboard in... Read More

Court Ruling Creates Opportunity to Improve Management of Nonnative Fish and Wildlife in the United States

June 11, 2018

The injurious wildlife provisions under the Lacey Act (U.S. Code, volume 18, section 42(a)(1)) are used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to regulate importation and movement of nonnative species in the United States. Under this act, “importation into the United States, any territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, the... Read More

Evaluating the Conservation Potential of Tributaries for Native Fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin

May 14, 2018

Photo credit: U.S. Geological Survey We explored the conservation potential of tributaries in the upper Colorado River basin by modeling native fish species richness as a function of river discharge, temperature, barrier‐free length, and distance to nearest free‐flowing main‐stem section. We investigated a historic period prior to large‐scale water development and a contemporary period. In... Read More

A Long‐Term Watershed‐Scale Partnership to Restore Bull Trout Across Federal, State, Private, and Historic Tribal Land Near Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

May 14, 2018

Photo credit: National Park Service We review a 28‐year project to restore a Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus population in a small Oregon watershed. Restoration evolved from eradication and exclusion of nonnative fishes within the boundaries of a national park to stream reconstruction and reconnection of a historical stream network across state and private property. Management of... Read More