During the 144th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Québec City, the Canadian Aquatic Resources Section (CARS) announced the inaugural inductees to the new “Legends of Canadian Fisheries Science and Management”. Read more
The Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS-OC) Executive Committee has provided comments on the draft Provincial Fish Strategy prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). “Ontario’s Provincial Fish Strategy: Fish for the Future” is a guiding document for managing fisheries resources in Ontario. It identifies provincial fisheries goals and objectives and tactics to achieve them. The main purposes of the strategy are to improve the conservation and management of Ontario’s fisheries resources; and to encourage fishing as an activity that contributes to the individual well-being and the social, cultural and economic well-being of communities in Ontario. View AFS-OC Comments.
As a summer project, Vanessa Minke-Martin created a six minute history of the ichthyology collections at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). It features interviews and field trip footage. Watching it will give you a fine idea of how the research carried out by curatorial departments animates the programs of the ROM. Read more
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission today commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for completing the “Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study,” (GLMRIS) a major report aimed at finding ways to prevent the movement of harmful invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. The study, mandated by Congress, outlines a range of options available to re-separate the two basins, which were connected artificially more than one hundred years ago. The options presented, while protecting the entire Great Lakes basin from species like Asian carps and snakehead, also benefit the people of the Chicago region through better flood management and improved water quality. The report did not provide an exact plan (called a “preferred option”) for implementation, prompting the commission to join with scores of interested organizations and policy-makers to call for an immediate effort to agree upon and fund a specific project to achieve separation. Read more
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, today confirmed a single live Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) was caught near Dunnville, Ontario in the Grand River, near Lake Erie on August 16. This specimen follows an earlier catch of a Grass Carp on April 27, 2013 in the same area. Testing has confirmed that this specimen was sterile; and, therefore, not able to reproduce. Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, today announced the test results of a single live Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) caught near Dunnville, Ontario in the Grand River, near Lake Erie. Testing has confirmed that this specimen was sterile, and therefore not able to reproduce. Read more
Several changes to Ontario fish names have occurred according to Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 7th Edition. For details see Changes to Fish Names 2013.
Jack Imhof received a Conservation Pioneer Award at the 19th Annual A.D. Latornell Symposium recognizing his 25 years with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), decade with Trout Unlimited Canada (TUC) as well as other academic and volunteer pursuits, including as President of the Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS-OC) which included being part of the organizing committee for the 2008 AFS Annual Meeting that drew over 1,200 fisheries professionals. Read more
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission today received a much-anticipated report assessing the risk of Bighead and Silver Carps to the Great Lakes. The risk assessment concluded that these two species of Asian carps pose a substantial risk to the Great Lakes if they become established. While the arrival of Asian carps into the Great Lakes is looming, the establishment and the resulting ecosystem damage is not a foregone conclusion if governments take additional action. Read more
The Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS-OC) has sent an Open Letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to convey concerns regarding the proposed approach to revise the Fisheries Act and other environmental legislation in Bill C-38. In addition, views regarding decisions to close the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) and the elimination of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy (NRTEE) were expressed. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Fisheries Critics for the New Democratic Party (Fin Donnelly), Liberal Party (Lawrence MacAulay), and Green Party (Janice Harvey). Read more
Coregonine Science Webinar: Challenges in producing fish in hatcheries for restoration efforts, from gamete quality to transport stress – February 7, 2025January 8, 2025 - 12:27
AFS-OC Annual Meeting and Conference – March 21-23, 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 - 20:32While you're shopping the AFS bookstore sale, check out the search for the next TAFS editor-in-chief! If you're a scientist with a broad perspective on fisheries with ideas about the future of AFS journals, consider applying. See full details at https://bit.ly/3BAnqrA
Graduate opportunities in the Wilkie Lab @ #LaurierBiology! Both #MSc and #PhD students being recruited, with Sept/May 2025 starting dates! Application info below! Please RT!
