The Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health is the federal-provincial agreement that supports the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. The Agreement outlines how the governments of Canada and Ontario will cooperate and coordinate their efforts to restore, protect and conserve the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. It is […]
AUTHOR(S): Caleb T. Hasler, Jack G. Imhof, Nicolas W. Lapointe and Serge Metikosh CITATION: Hasler, C.T., J.G. Imhof, N.W. Lapointe, and S. Metikosh. 2021. Regaining Lost Protections: Status of the Revisions to the Canadian Fisheries Act. Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10614
Guidance on the Use of Targeted Environmental DNA (eDNA) Analysis for the Management of Aquatic Invasive Species and Species at Risk By Cathryn Abbott, Mark Coulson, Nellie Gagné, Anaïs Lacoursière‐Roussel, Geneviève J. Parent, Robert Bajno, Charise Dietrich and Shannan May-McNally. Analysis of DNA from environmental samples (i.e., environmental DNA or eDNA) is increasingly being used […]
AUTHOR(S): Nigel P. Lester, Steve Sandstrom, Derrick T. de Kerckhove, Kim Armstrong, Helen Ball, Jeff Amos, Tal Dunkley, Mike Rawson, Peter Addison, Alan Dextrase, Dan Taillon, Blair Wasylenko, Preston Lennox III, Henrique Corrêa Giacomini, Cindy Chu CITATION: Lester, N.P., S. Sandstrom, D.T. de Kerckhove, K. Armstrong, H. Ball, J. Amos, T. Dunkley, M. Rawson, P. […]
HIGHLIGHTS: President’s Message – Craig Paterson; AFS-OC AGMs – 2020 Synopsis, 2021 Synopsis and Posters; Student Subunit Update – Alice Abrams; Fish Focus – Golden Redhorse – Siobhan Ewert; Anishinabek News – The Secrets of the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs – Laurie LeClair; Fish Species Complexity – A Tale of Two Rivers – Brian Morrison; E.J. Crossman Award: Looking Back and Reconnecting with Awardees – Warren Dunlop; Book Review – Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone – Heather Cray; Fish Photography – Craig Paterson, Kyle Swanson; FishCAST – Craig Paterson
AUTHOR(S): Laura C. Third, David R. Browne and Nicolas W. R. Lapointe CITATION: Third L.C., D.R. Browne and N.W.R. Lapointe. 2021. Project Review Under Canada’s 2012 Fisheries Act: Risky Business for Fisheries Protection. Fisheries 46(6)288-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10594
AUTHOR(S): Alexandria T. Trahan, Auston D. Chhor, Michael J. Lawrence, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Daniel M. Glassman, Connor H. Reid, Alice E. I. Abrams, Andy J. Danylchuk and Steven J. Cooke CITATION: Trahan A.T., A.D. Chhor, M.J. Lawrence, J.W. Brownscombe, D.M. Glassman, C.H. Reid, A.E I. Abrams, A.J. Danylchuk and S.J. Cooke. 2021. Do carbonated beverages […]
Registration Now Open for Canada Water Agency National and Regional Freshwater Policy Forums The Government of Canada is creating a new Canada Water Agency to work together with the provinces, territories, Indigenous communities, local authorities, scientists and others to find the best ways to keep our water safe, clean and well-managed. In December 2020, the Canada Water […]
Over the coming months DFO’s Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program will be seeking input from Indigenous Peoples, governments and regulators, the regulated community and conservation groups to modernize or develop new policies, frameworks, instruments and guidance to further implement the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the modernized Fisheries Act. Please visit the FFHPP […]
AUTHOR(S): John R. Dymond, Hugh H. MacKay, Mary E. Burridge, Erling Holm, and Phillip W. Bird CITATION: Dymond J.R., H.H. MacKay, M.E. Burridge, E. Holm, and P.W. Bird. 2019. The history of the Atlantic Salmon in Lake Ontario. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage. 22(3):305–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1641044
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