Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) Codes of Practice specify procedures, practices or standards for avoiding the death of fish or the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. This is in relation to works, undertakings and activities during various phases of their life cycle, such as construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning. Read more
Pacific salmon are of immense cultural, ecological and economic importance to the west coast of North America. They are the most commonly seen fish on the western side of North America but identifying among the seven species is difficult for most of their life stages. Two salmon researchers have worked extensively in the field with this iconic group of fish and have developed the first comprehensive field identification guide for Pacific salmon in a functional format. This guide presents information and identifying characteristics for the seven Pacific salmon species—Sockeye, Coho, Chinook, Pink, Chum, Steelhead and Coastal Cutthroat—across five life stages, with strong emphasis on detailed and intuitive illustrations.
This guide is an identification resource that includes natural history, life stage descriptions and conservation status of Pacific salmon and how to observe these fish in the wild. The identification portions are organized into five life stages: fry, smolt, post smolt, ocean adult and spawner. The many scientific illustrations for each species are drawn from real specimens representative of their species and life stage. Joseph Tomelleri, who drew all the brilliant illustrations in this book, painstakingly measured every part of each fish, counting every fin ray and row of scales while layering colour upon colour. In addition, dozens of photos show these fish in incredible detail.
Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is the Valid Generic Name for Walleye, Sauger, and European Pikeperches: A Response to Bruner (2021)
AUTHORS: Christopher Scharpf, The ETYFish Project, 4102 Westview Road, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. chris@etyfish.org; Ronald Fricke, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. ronald.fricke@smns-bw.de
CITATION: Scharpf C. and R. Fricke. 2021. Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is the Valid Generic Name for Walleye, Sauger, and European Pikeperches: A Response to Bruner (2021). Fisheries 47(4)151:153 https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10686 Read more
HIGHLIGHTS:
President’s Message – Sarah Steele
2022 AFS-OC AGM Synopsis
Student Subunit Update – Jacob Burbank
Fish Focus – Blackside Darter – Siobhan Ewert
Diversity and Inclusion – Sarah Steele
Lake Ontario’s Lost Seal Population – Brian Morrison
Fish Species Complexity – Deep water spawning Lake Trout – Shawn Sitar
E.J. Crossman Award: Looking Back and Reconnecting with Awardees – Warren Dunlop
Bi-national Research – Ed Roseman
Book Review – A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There – Gavin Charles
Native Species Art – Craig Paterson
Biologist Highlight – Bill Gardner
The Aquatic Ecosystem Classification (AEC) is a science-based tool used to classify Ontario’s rivers and streams based on their physical attributes (e.g., water temperature, turbidity, channel slope, upstream drainage area). The AEC reduces the complexity of these vast aquatic networks in Ontario by using consistent and quantitative methods to build a standardized data foundation that helps us understand and manage streams including landscape-scale planning and policy development. At the most basic level, we hope that people can derive expectations about the nature of a stream reach or segment without having to actually visit a stream.
After a very successful Wave One Engagement, DFO’s Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) is ready to undertake the next wave of engagement. FFHPP’s Wave Two Engagement is seeking input to continue modernizing and/or developing policies, frameworks, instruments, and guidance to further implement the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act.
The FFHPP Engagement Platform will house all engagement activities, provide participants with information and updates, and ensure all input and feedback will be directed to the FFHPP team.
Please visit the FFHPP Engagement Platform to register to participate in platform activities, and find new opportunities to participate, share, collaborate, and learn.
This first edition of Checklist of Fishes of Thunder Bay District adds to existing checklists prepared by members of the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists (TBFN) covering other vertebrate taxa (mammals, birds, reptiles & amphibians), as well vascular plants, butterflies, and odonates. As with these other checklists, it covers the official judicial District of Thunder Bay which extends from the eastern border of Quetico Provincial Park east to White River, and from the international border north to Lake St. Joseph and the Albany River. Much of the District (60%) is within the Great Lakes watershed, with the remaining draining into the Arctic Ocean either north via the Hudson Bay Lowlands, or west via Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods and the Nelson River watershed.
With an area of 722 km2 and inflow from 35 major rivers and streams, Lake Simcoe is an important source of biodiversity for the southern Ontario region. The lake and surrounding watershed, which span across 20 municipalities, are home to a wide variety of aquatic and non-aquatic life, including 75 species of warm and coldwater fish, and many provincially rare species-at-risk.
Invasive Aquatic Plant Species: A Quick Reference Guide was compiled and written by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Invading Species Awareness Program. Support for the development of this guide was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
This publication is available for download in PDF format.
AUTHOR(S): Cody J. Dey, Adam I. Rego, Michael J. Bradford, Keith D. Clarke, Katherine McKercher, Neil J. Mochnacz, Alex de Paiva, Karin Ponader, Lisa Robichaud, Amanda K. Winegardner, Court Berryman, Paul J. Blanchfield, Christine M. Boston, Doug Braun, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Christopher Burbidge, Stuart Campbell, Alicia Cassidy, Cindy Chu, Steven J. Cooke, Daniel Coombs, Jenie Cooper, Allen Curry, Maja Cvetkovic, Andréanne Demers, Margaret Docker, Andrea Doherty, Susan E. Doka, Karen Dunmall, Brie Edwards, Eva C. Enders, Neil Fisher, Marika Gauthier-Ouellet, William Glass, Les N. Harris, Caleb Hasler, Jaclyn Hill, Scott G. Hinch, Emma E. Hodgson, Jason Hwang, Ken M. Jeffries, Lonnie King, Rick Kiriluk, Rob Knight, Alex Levy, Jennifer MacDonald, Rob Mackereth, Rob McLaughlin, Charles K. Minns, Jonathan W. Moore, Karine Nantel, Chantal Nessman, Claude Normand, Constance M. O’Connor, Joclyn Paulic, Laura Phalen, John Post, Thomas C. Pratt, Scott M. Reid, C. Alwyn Rose, Jordan Rosenfeld, Karen E. Smokorowski, Darrin Sooley, Mark K. Taylor, Jason Treberg, Jacques Trottier, Tyler D. Tunney, Marie-Pierre Veilleux, Doug A. Watkinson, Dean Watts, Karen Winfield, Jacob P. Ziegler, Jonathan D. Midwood, and Marten A. Koops
CITATION:
Dey, C.J., A.I. Rego, M.J. Bradford, K.D. Clarke, K. McKercher, N.J. Mochnacz, A. de Paiva, K. Ponader, L. Robichaud, A.K. Winegardner, C. Berryman, P.J. Blanchfield, C.M. Boston, D. Braun, J.W. Brownscombe, C. Burbidge, S. Campbell, A. Cassidy, C. Chu, S.J. Cooke, D. Coombs, J. Cooper, A. Curry, M. Cvetkovic, A. Demers, M. Docker, A. Doherty, S.E. Doka, K. Dunmall, B. Edwards, E.C. Enders, N. Fisher, M. Gauthier-Ouellet, W. Glass, L.N. Harris, C. Hasler, J. Hill, S.G. Hinch, E.E. Hodgson, J. Hwang, K.M. Jeffries, L. King, R. Kiriluk, R. Knight, A. Levy, J. MacDonald, R. Mackereth, R. McLaughlin, C.K. Minns, J.W. Moore, K. Nantel, C. Nessman, C. Normand, C.M. O’Connor, J. Paulic, L. Phalen, J. Post, T.C. Pratt, S.M. Reid, C.A. Rose, J. Rosenfeld, K.E. Smokorowski, D. Sooley, M.K. Taylor, J. Treberg, J. Trottier, T.D. Tunney, M-P. Veilleux, D.A. Watkinson, D. Watts, K. Winfield, J.P. Ziegler, J.D. Midwood, and M.A. Koops. 2021. Research priorities for the management of freshwater fish habitat in Canada. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0002
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
🐟PhD Opportunity!
Drs. Brett van Poorten and Fiona Johnston
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Field work and analysis of whole-lake experiments examining how and why catch rates do not decline in step with fish abundance.
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