Fisheries July 2015

by Bork · July 8, 2015

July 8, 2015

Highlights of Fisheries Magazine – July 2015

Policy Column

• Silt Happens…Literally

Guest Column
• Point-Counterpoint: Be Flexible in the Number of Talks per Speaker at Meetings!

AFS News
• The 63rd Annual Business Meeting of the Northeastern Division

Student Angles
• The 2013–2014 Fenske Fellowship: Learning the Ins and Outs of Lake Whitefish Management in the Upper Great Lakes
• West Virginia University AFS Student Subunit Leads a Citizen Science Program

Journal Reviews
• Bluegill Can Be Managed More Effectively with Bag Limits!
• Probiotics Show Promise for Aquaculture
• More Evidence That Plant-Based Feeds Can Support Sustainable Aquaculture
• Using a Video Lander to Assess Difficult Marine Habitats
• Support Solutions to California’s Drought Issues: Modeling Suggests Ways to Conserve Chinook Salmon in the Face of Water Diversion

PEER
• Climate Change Adaptation and Restoration of Western Trout Streams: Opportunities and Strategies
• Adaptación al cambio climático y restauración de los ríos occidentales para la trucha: oportunidades y estrategias

PEER
• Smartphones Reveal Angler Behavior: A Case Study of a Popular Mobile Fishing Application in Alberta, Canada
• Teléfonos inteligentes revelan comportamiento de pescadores: el caso de estudio en Alberta, Canadá, de una aplicación para teléfono móvil

… and more!

North American Journal of Aquaculture
Special Section: Hatcheries and Management of Aquatic Resources (HaMAR)—Considerations for Use of Hatcheries and Hatchery-Origin Fish

Concurrent with the development of the guidance document (contained in the introduction to the special section and titled “Considerations for Use of Hatcheries and Hatchery-Origin Fish”), some of the HaMAR-related symposium presentations were peer-reviewed and are published in this special section of the journal. …Read more.

Fisheries Article Makes Headlines: LSSU profs keepin’ it reel with muskie research

Lake Superior State University biology professor Kevin Kapuscinski and LSSU research associate Derek Crane have written an article on Muskellunge and Northern Pike ecology that has been featured in the June issue of FisheriesMagazine …Read more.

Annual Meeting

• Help fund Student Travel to the Annual Meeting Monsters of Stock Assessment Workshop.

• A new NEW Hotel is available.

• NEW CE Courses for Portland! Click here for the list.

• Need an escape during the Annual Meeting? Check out these field trips!

• Members are sharing rooms and rides on the MESSAGE BOARD. → Password: pterois

• Help for AFS Unit Leaders – Click here if you need need help developing or amending unit bylaws and procedures, or running a meeting according to Robert’s Rules of Order.

• A free meeting app will be available for download prior to the meeting.

• Serve as a moderator for a contributed session! Contact: [email protected].

Call For Papers / Workshops / Awards

• 7th WORLD FISHERIES CONGRESS.
• 3rd International Muskellunge Symposium.
• 2015 Atlantic International Chapter of the AFS Meeting.
• 76th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference.

• The Second Mississippi-Yangtze River Basins Symposium – Click here for confirmed abstracts.

POLICY / ADVOCACY / LAW

From the desk of the AFS Policy Director
(about Tom Bigford)

Find AFS Past Meetings on Capitol Hill:
• Challenges Related to Managing Fish Stocks
• Applying Fish Habitat Knowledge to Fisheries Management.

Advocacy work:

• AFS Policy Director Tom Bigford participated in The Expert Is In program, sponsored by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Bigford’s presentation, “Is That Really a Fish?”, explored nature’s variety of marine fishes.

Spotlight on Members

AFS Member (and NCD affiliate) Melissa Treml on the Decline of Minnesota’s Perch

An apparent long-term decline in Minnesota’s Yellow Perch populations has the Department of Natural Resources fisheries officials perplexed and seeking answers. Melissa Treml, DNR fisheries research manager, said the perch trend is concerning. “We have formed a group to look into it so we can try to identify a cause,’’ she said. …Read more.

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