The FishPeoplePlace lab is seeking to recruit a highly qualified and collegial PhD student interested in working on a multi and transdisciplinary project that will examine the human dimensions of aquatic ‘invasive’ finfish species – particularly Smallmouth Bass and Chain Pickerel – in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia. This project will look at several aspects related to the management of these species, including conflict between Smallmouth Bass anglers and native species anglers (i.e., Atlantic Salmon), prevention of their spread into eastern Nova Scotia, the future of these species in the context of climate-driven environmental impacts, and applying a critical lens to terms of ‘wild’, ‘naturalized’, ‘invasive’, and notions of anthropogenic impacts and relationships with fish and their management in social-ecological systems. The successful student will join the Marine Affairs Program community in the Faculty of Science at Dalhousie University and undertake a PhD through Dalhousie’s IDPhD Program. They will work in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Inland Fisheries Advisory Committee, and other community or government organizations

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The 2024 winner of the E.J. Crossman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2024 AFS-OC Annual Meeting was Mitchell Shorgan from Trent University. Mitchell (left) received his award from Ontario Chapter President Erik Tuononen (right). His presentation was titled “Validation of a new acoustic telemetry transmitter for the study of predation events in small fishes” and the abstract is available in the Annual Meeting Program.