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By Thomas E. Bigford, Policy Director. The Society’s interests in policy and advocacy date back to the organization’s early years in the 1870s. Over the
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By Thomas E. Bigford, Policy Director. The Society’s interests in policy and advocacy date back to the organization’s early years in the 1870s. Over the
By Joe Margraf, AFS President Fisheries management and the science that supports it are all about sustaining fish populations for wise and long-term use by
Nominations are open for the W.F. Thompson Award, which will be given by the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB) to recognize the best
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began 146 years ago on, Feb. 9, 1871, as the U.S. Fish Commission.
Please check out the new column, Photo Diary, in the January issue of Fisheries. Currently accepting submissions. Please contact Sarah Harrison ([email protected]) for more information.
The United States boasts an exceptionally diverse fauna of freshwater fishes, with many unique and regionally endemic species. Unfortunately, range reduction and extinction of endemic species, combined with the introduction and spread of nonnative species, is homogenizing these unique regional faunas (Rahel 2000). Given the relative obscurity of nongame fishes to the vast majority of the public, increasing exposure is essential to broad public support of freshwater biodiversity conservation (Harrison and Stiassny 1999; Monroe et al. 2009).
President’s Column The Value of International Connections Policy Column Future of the Nation’s Fisheries and Aquatic Resources: Challenges We Face in 2017 and Beyond Guest
Nonselective fishing gears extract a great many small marine species, such as seahorses, with limited documentation or assessment of their impacts. Our review analyzed data on seahorse bycatch for five gear-type categories and 22 countries, and emphasizes the importance of evaluating bycatch, even for taxa where reported daily catch rates are low.
Now Available – PDF downloads (complete book or individual chapters) of the acclaimed and widely-used Fisheries Techniques, third edition. Available since 2013 (previously in hard
10 Key Accomplishments of AFS in 2016 and Why You Need to be an AFS Member if You’re Not Already! Published key report on the