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Marta Muñoz-Colmenero, Oscar Blanco, Vanessa Arias, Jose Luis Martinez, and Eva Garcia-Vazquez El etiquetado incorrecto de los alimentos de origen marino es un problema mundial ya que puede dar como
John Waldman, Karen A. Wilson, Martha Mather, and Noah P. Snyder La mayor parte de las poblaciones de peces anádromos se encuentran en niveles bajos o están declinando pese a
John Waldman, Karen A. Wilson, Martha Mather, and Noah P. Snyder La plupart des populations de poissons anadromes restent à des niveaux faibles ou sont en déclin malgré des investissements
John Waldman, Karen A. Wilson, Martha Mather, and Noah P. Snyder Most anadromous fish populations remain at low levels or are in decline despite substantial investments in restoration. We explore whether a
Marta Muñoz-Colmenero, Oscar Blanco, Vanessa Arias, Jose Luis Martinez, and Eva Garcia-Vazquez Seafood mislabeling is a problem worldwide because it may cause underreporting of species exploitation and have detrimental effects
In this Issue: • President’s Column One Fish, Two Fish • Policy Column Climate Change and Fish • Letter From the Executive Director AFS Annual Meetings: What Works and
Perhaps you are thinking from the title of this commentary that it deals with methods of estimating relative abundance or the size of a particular fish population. However, it is
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference recently concluded in Paris, and developed countries are now charged with implementing an environmental agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. That’s a perfect
At any given time, AFS is working on five, sometimes six, annual meetings. For example, just before the end of 2015, as I was writing this message, we were about
Studies on the fish populations, fisheries, and limnology of Oneida Lake, New York, started in the late 1950s at the Cornell University Biological Field Station. Early research concentrated on Walleye,
