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Newsletter Archive (May 2023 – current) Newsletter Archive (May 2023 – current) July 11, 2025: San Antonio Hotels, Passing of an AFS Past President, Return of Mekong Giant Catfish June
December 18, 2023 Mr. Jack FaulkOceans, Wetlands, and Communities Division, Office of Water (4504T)Environmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20460 In re: EPA–HQ–OW–2019–0482 (EPA standards of performance under
Marine protected areas (MPAs) need monitoring to evaluate their benefits to society. The authors characterized American lobster and Jonah crab populations inside and outside a newly created MPA while commercial harvest was still operating, thereby providing essential information needed for assessing future responses to planned fishing closures.
Hatchery-origin Chinook Salmon and steelhead stray compositions on the spawning grounds met management targets at the basin scale but in some cases exceeded management targets at finer spatial scales, often as a result of multiple hatchery programs contributing strays.
This #GivingTuesday, Think of Fisheries (Donate here!) Every year, people around the world designate a donation day. It’s called “Giving Tuesday.” It’s your chance to think about the organizations you
EEL EXPERTS GATHER IN QUÉBEC CITY August 15, 2014 Contact: Beth Beard bbeard@fisheries.org 301-897-8616 office 240-687-3761 cell QUÉBEC CITY, CANADA—Eels are truly unusual fish
Paul A. Kline and Thomas A. Flagg ABSTRACT: In November 1991, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service listed Snake River Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) as endangered under the U.S. Endangered
ABSTRACT: The United States has a small net-pen salmon industry dating back over 40 years and a nascent net-pen industry for other marine fish. The United States net-pen aquaculture sector has improved its
ABSTRACT: Exposing the next generation to nature can foster a stronger appreciation for aquatic resources, yet it may not always be possible to allow students to experience natural aquatic environments.
The global proliferation of dams within the last half century has prompted ecologists to understand the effects of regulated rivers on large-river fishes. Currently, much of the effort to mitigate the
