Several groups including Canadian Aquatic Resources Section (CARS) of the American Fisheries Society have written the Fisheries Minister expressing concerns over potential Fisheries Act changes.
Fishes of Toronto – A Guide to Their Remarkable World is part of the Biodiversity Series developed by the City of Toronto in honour of the Year of Biodiversity 2010. A number of the non-human residents of Toronto will be profiled in the Series. It is hoped that despite the severe biodiversity loss due to […]
This 700-page report from the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services spans 362 recommendations and urges some major changes to the way Ontario delivers public services. Chapter 13 deals with Environment and Natural Resources and outlines the Need for Transformation. Most responsibility for protecting the province’s environmental and natural heritage falls to two […]
President’s Message – Dean Fitzgerald, Featured Institution – Fleming College – Paula Walton, Student Subunit News – Lee Gutowsky, 2012 AFS-OC AGM Notice
President’s Message – Dean Fitzgerald, The View from Up Here – Bill Gardner, Featured Biologist – Ed Malindzak, Student Subunit News – Lee Gutowsky
Editor’s Message – Bill Gardner, 2011 AFS-OC AGM Summary, ThermoStat V2 – Nick Jones, Featured Institution – University of Windsor – Bill Glass
President’s Message – Silvia D’ Amelio, Contributed Article – Goulais Bay, CARS Student Colloquium at CCFFR – Caleb Hasler, The View from Up Here – Bill Gardner
While fishing in Lake Ontario off the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (PNGS) this past mid-January, Oakville angler Tim Rourke landed a large “Wiper”, a cross between a White Bass (Morone chrysops) and Striped Bass (M. saxatilis). Rourke boated a 6.8 kilogram specimen of one of the province’s least-known hybrid fish on that balmy -12°C day. […]
President’s Message – Silvia D’ Amelio, 2010 AFS-OC AGM recap – Jon Clayton, Featured Institution – Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology, CARS Update – Caleb Hasler
When most people brag about a big fish they’ve caught, they hold their arms out wide to show just how huge their catch was. Brent Shirley caught a big fish, too – a world record breaker. But his fish would fit easily in the palm of his hand. Shirley made his record-breaking catch when he […]
85th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference – January 19-22, 2025November 21, 2024 - 15:43
AFS-OC Annual Meeting and Conference – March 28-30, 2025November 14, 2024 - 18:35
155th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting – August 10-14, 2025November 14, 2024 - 17:36
Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences Conference – February 19-22, 2025November 1, 2024 - 15:00
NRTG Natural Resource TrainingJuly 11, 2020 - 20:32
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