Latest AFS Publications
Joe Margraf | U.S. Geological Survey, Supervisor of Western Cooperative Research Units, 1135 Park Ave., Unit 904, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. E-mail: [email protected] In 1999, I moved to Alaska to serve as unit leader of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and professor of fisheries in the School of Fisheries... Read More
Natalie Sopinka | AFS Contributing Writer; E-mail: [email protected] This article was originally published on the Canadian Science Publishing blog as part of the series “Making Waves: The Future of #Scicomm in Fisheries Sciences.” The series was spawned from the science communication session held at last year’s Annual Meeting in Portland. An introduction to the blog... Read More
Christine M. Moffitt | U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Idaho, Moscow ID, 83844-1141. E-mail: [email protected] The economic and political success of natural resource agencies, professional societies, and other institutions is linked to having informed constituent groups and employees that represent the diversity of our population. The 2015 Annual... Read More
By Jeff Schaeffer It is with mixed emotions that this month we bid farewell to Sarah Gilbert Fox, our long-standing managing editor at Fisheries. Fox is leaving us to return to the world of creative writing (rumor has it that her fifth Great American Novel is forthcoming -see her work at: sgfoxportfolio.wordpress.com), and a broad range of personal endeavors... Read More
By Frank J. Rahel Department of Zoology & Physiology, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071. E-mail: [email protected] La gestion de la pêche dans les eaux intérieures a commencé aux États-Unis dans les années 1800, avec un accent sur le poisson en tant que nourriture et l’utilisation des réserves... Read More
By Frank J. Rahel Department of Zoology & Physiology, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071. E-mail: [email protected] Las pesquerías continentales en los EE.UU. iniciaron en el siglo XIX y consideraban a los peces como fuente de alimento y, por medio de la estabulación, servían para crear nuevas pesquerías... Read More
By Frank J. Rahel Department of Zoology & Physiology, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071. E-mail: [email protected] Inland fisheries management began in the United States in the 1800s with a focus on fish as food and the use of stocking to create new fisheries and replenish depleted stocks.... Read More
Joel C. Hoffman, Joshua Schloesser, Anett S. Trebitz, Greg S. Peterson, Michelle Gutsch, Henry Quinlan, and John R. Kelly Nous avons évalué un programme pilote de surveillance de la détection précoce d’une espèce aquatique invasive (EAI) [Aquatic invasive species (AIS)] dans le Lac Supérieur, conçu pour détecter les poissons nouvellement introduits. Nous avons établis des... Read More
Joel C. Hoffman, Joshua Schloesser, Anett S. Trebitz, Greg S. Peterson, Michelle Gutsch, Henry Quinlan, and John R. Kelly Se evaluó un programa piloto de monitoreo para la detección temprana de especies acuáticas invasivas (EAI) en el lago Superior, mismo que fue diseñado para detectar peces recién introducidos. Se establecieron protocolos de muestreo en tres... Read More
Joel C. Hoffman, Joshua Schloesser, Anett S. Trebitz, Greg S. Peterson, Michelle Gutsch, Henry Quinlan, and John R. Kelly We evaluated a pilot aquatic invasive species (AIS) early detection monitoring program in Lake Superior that was de- signed to detect newly introduced fishes. We established survey protocols for three major ports (Duluth-Superior, Sault Ste. Marie,... Read More
