Fishy Fridays

Today’s paper resulted from asking the question, why do Paddlefish restorations work in some reservoirs, but not others? The authors isolated turbidity as a potential difference between systems, and there are documented influences of excessive turbidity impacting foraging in planktivores. Personally, I find this all very interesting because of the increase in Paddlefish work in recent years. The proclivity of breaking world records for Paddlefish certainly has created buzz, especially in Oklahoma and Missouri. That

Today’s paper investigates whether fishing pressure and selective harvest can result in fishery-induced evolution.  This inside look at bluegill genetics helps us to understand if “sneakers” are gaining an upper hand genetically if larger, parental, nest-guarding males are selectively harvested. The good folks from Kansas, and at Northern Iowa, provide helpful insights into this chicken (bluegill) and egg question.  Read and enjoy! https://academic.oup.com/tafs/article/154/1/50/8081668

Today’s paper was recently published online in the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, and will be coming out in our first Oxford edition of that journal soon.  I had not chosen an aquaculture or aquatic animal health paper in too long, and I knew it was time.  The article assessed the current condition of freshwater mussel propagation techniques, identified challenges in assessing the health of freshwater mussels, and suggested a variety of future research needs

AFS has recently transitioned to Oxford University Publishing (OUP), and all of the AFS current and historic publications are now housed within the OUP system. AFS is currently finalizing the first OUP issues of the majority of our journals, but our open-access Marine and Coastal Fisheries (MCF) journal has already completed an issue from OUP.  Today’s article is from MCF, and it I love how it links back to some of my previous work in

This week my AFS travels took me to lovely Rock Island, Illinois, and the Illinois Chapter meeting. These folks have a great raffle, and put on a good meeting; I greatly enjoyed their hospitality! Following recent trends, today I will highlight work from Illinois in my Fishy Friday selection. Today’s paper highlights their efforts to grow a commercial market for their burgeoning population of “famous fishes”, as the article states. Copi is the brand name

A new week, a new AFS Chapter Meeting attended. I had the pleasure of representing AFS at Minnesota Chapter Meeting this week. As I stated last week, chapter meetings are one of my favorite aspects of AFS, so having the opportunity to visit even more of them now in my position as AFS Executive Director is wonderful. Today’s paper is a shout out to Minnesota DNR fisheries staff, and Minnesota AFS Chapter award winner Dale

I had the pleasure of attending the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society’s 50th Annual Meeting this week. Chapter meetings are one of my favorite aspects of AFS, so having the opportunity to visit even more of them now in my position as AFS Executive Director is wonderful. Today’s paper is a recent publication from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) fisheries staff, assessing Blue Catfish populations in four Kansas reservoirs. KDWP staff