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 […]
Chris Bunt of Biotactic Fish & Wildlife Research recently captured what appears to be a Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), an exotic African fish, in a fish ladder on the Grand River near Hidden Valley. It’s believed to be the first record of the species in Canada and raises the possibility the invasive fish could threaten […]
AFS President Don Jackson has been working closely with the other AFS officers and the AFS executive director to develop a plan for responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has been sent to federal agencies. The plan (American Fisheries Society Oil Spill Initiative), in conjunction with the “President’s Hook” in […]
Coregonine Science Webinar: Using telemetry to study Cisco movement and behavior in Lakes Superior and Ontario – January 3, 2025December 12, 2024 - 18:16
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 - 15:00The Salmonid Technical Committee is seeking applications for our 2025 student travel grant: The Salmonid Award. Applications are due by December 5th, 2024. See details below.
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