Entries by Robert

New Link – FishAge.org

November 18, 2024 in /by

A link to FishAge.org, a collection of verified known-Age fish structures to aid in the advancement of fisheries management, has been added to the Links page under the Fisheries / Natural Resources category.

All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes

November 16, 2024 in , /by

All Too Clear uses cutting-edge underwater drones to explore how quadrillions of tiny invasive mussels are re-engineering the ecosystem of North America’s Great Lakes at a scale not seen since the glaciers. The mussels are trapping nutrients, the building blocks of life, on the lake bottom. Without nutrients, organisms of all kinds – from the […]

Call for Bids to prepare status reports for COSEWIC

November 16, 2024 in /by

A new Call for Bids to prepare status reports for COSEWIC is now posted on the COSEWIC Website. Bids may be submitted between November 6 and December 18, 2024. For more complete information, see www.cosewic.ca/index.php/en/news-and-events/call-for-bids-2024.html.

2024-2025 AFS-OC Executive Committee Election Results

November 16, 2024 in /by

The results of the 2024-25 Ontario Chapter Executive Committee election are official.  Thank you to all candidates and congratulations to those elected. As per our bylaws, all Ontario Chapter members were eligible to vote and officers were elected by a majority of ballots cast. Each member was permitted to cast one vote. A total of […]

Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes, second edition

November 14, 2024 in , /by

Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes, second edition (DOI: https://doi.org/10.47886/978193487469) provides standard sampling methods recommended by the American Fisheries Society for assessing and monitoring freshwater fish populations in North America. Methods apply to ponds, reservoirs, natural lakes, and streams and rivers containing cold and warmwater fishes. Range-wide and eco-regional averages for indices of abundance, […]