Entries by Robert

AFS-OC Voices Concern Regarding Asian Carp

February 18, 2010 in /by

The Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has sent letters to the Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Commander of US Army Corp of Engineers, voicing our concern regarding the potential for Asian Carp to invade the Great Lakes Basin via the Chicago Shipping Canal.

Chain Pickerel Expanding into Ontario

February 2, 2010 in /by

The native range of this southern cousin of the Northern Pike is expanding into Ontario. On September 16, 2009, a MNR field crew identified a Chain Pickerel (Esox niger) captured during routine gill-netting operations in the Thousand Islands area of the upper St. Lawrence River. The fish was 58 cm long and weighed approximately 1.4 […]

Volume IX, Issue II

October 1, 2009 in /by

President’s Message – Jon Clayton, Introductory Bioengineering Course – Andrea Hibbert, The View from Up Here – Bill Gardner, Student Subunit News

Volume IX, Issue I

March 1, 2009 in /by

President’s Message – Jon Clayton, AFS 2008 Financial Overview – Jack Imhof, 2009 Tri-Chapter Meeting – Jon Clayton, AFS 2008 Award Winners – Jon Clayton

Spotted Gar Found in East Lake

January 23, 2009 in /by

It has recently been confirmed that “an unusual fish” caught by commercial fisherman David Baverstock in the Fairfields Cove (Cove Beach) area of East Lake, Prince Edward County  (Lake Ontario, Bay of Quinte area) in 2008, was a Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus). This species is designated as “Threatened” by both the Federal and Provincial Species […]

Eels on Wheels

November 14, 2008 in /by

An article entitled “Eels on Wheels” in the December 2008 issue of the Walrus, a Canadian general-interest magazine with an international outlook, features MNR biologists and their work, concerns and research surrounding declining American Eel populations.

Volume VIII, Issue III

November 1, 2008 in /by

President’s Message – Jon Clayton, 138th AFS Annual Meeting: Ottawa – Jon Clayton, AFS 2008 Bucket Raffle – Jack Imhof and Lynn Bouvier, 2008 AFS-OC AGM – Jon Clayton

Volume VIII, Issue II

May 1, 2008 in /by

President’s Message – Jack Imhof, AFS 2008 Update – Dave Maraldo, Fish Web Collaborative – What is it?, News – OC Member Wins Inaugural Graduate Student Leadership Award

Muskie Hatchery Stirs Interest in Aquaculture at Fleming College

March 1, 2008 in /by

No one thought that in its first year of production, a tiny 6-tank Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) research facility would produce more than 200 fall fingerlings for reintroduction into Lake Simcoe, located in southern Ontario. The research facility, which was converted from a college classroom into a hatchery, is located at Sir Sandford Fleming College (SSFC) […]