A new call for expression of interest in membership of COSEWIC Freshwater Fishes Specialist Subcommittee has been posted, on the COSEWIC website. Expressions of interest may be submitted between October 30 and December 11, 2024. See Freshwater fishes specialist subcommittee: calls for expressions of interest in membership for complete information.
As of November 1, 2024, the Ontario Chapter has 117 paid members! The membership includes 54 regular, 34 student, 16 young professional, 12 retired and 1 life members. Have you renewed your membership for 2025? Are you a member yet? If not, see the Become a Member page to find out why you should join. AFS individual members receive free online access to all five American Fisheries Society journals. Join or renew TODAY and don’t forget to contact the AFS Membership Team at membership@fisheries.org to add the Ontario Chapter to your membership!
The Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS-OC) has provided comments on the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus) in Canada prepared by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Although the comment period for the Recovery Strategy has passed, it is hoped that this information will be used to update recovery measures and their priority ranking, an aim stated in the Recovery Strategy. View AFS-OC Comments.
The Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC) is seeking a visionary General Manager to lead our dedicated team, manage daily operations, and guide the strategic direction of our organization. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the General Manager will play a key role in enabling the A/OFRC to achieve its mission and enhance its role as an independent Centre of Excellence in fisheries assessment and management.
The A/OFRC is a not-for-profit corporation established by agreement between the Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation and the Ontario Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry to further the knowledge and conservation of fisheries resources of interest to member First Nations.
See the job notice for further details and to apply.
Check out the latest edition of the CARS Newsletter.
Have YOUR say in how CARS moves forward (Message from the President and VP Strategies), learn all about a prospective outreach opportunity helping students connect robotics and ecology AND read about migration and barrier research!
Read the Dolly Varden Summer 2024 here!
The Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC) is a not-for-profit corporation established by agreement between the Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation and the Ontario Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry to further the knowledge and conservation of fisheries resources of interest to member First Nations.
See Community Liaison Specialist, Senior Fisheries Technician, Senior Fisheries Biologist, or Office Manager for further details and to apply.
The May 2024 Mainstream Newsletter (Volume 40, Issue 2) is now available from the North Central Division website.
HIGHLIGHTS:
2024 AFS-OC AGM & Conference Summary
Student Subunit Update
Diversity and Inclusion – Sarah Steele
Redside Dace ESA Letter
Fish Focus – Iowa Darter – Siobhan Ewert
Book Review – A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road: New Thinking about Roads, People, and Wildlife. by Darryl Jones
Books by Ontario Biologists
2024 AFS-OC AGM Sponsors
A link to American Fisheries Society Career Center has been added to the Links page under the Job Postings category.
The Career Centre “Connecting Fisheries Professionals with Great Opportunities” features Job Postings, Advice and Resources for those interested in a career in fisheries.
The AFS-OC would like to express its concern with the December 20, 2023 proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) which will impact Redside Dace in Ontario. As a result we have drafted a letter expressing our concerns, questions and potential solutions to alert our membership. In short, we ask concerned members to visit https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8016 and review the proposed regulatory changes, and submit comments. If you are unsure about what to say, we list possible issues you can copy in the attached letter. The more voices that oppose this change, the better.
NOTE that questions or comments must be submitted before February 20, 2024.
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
TRCA Technical TrainingJuly 11, 2019 - 15:57
🐟PhD Opportunity!
Drs. Brett van Poorten and Fiona Johnston
#SimonFraserUniversity
Field work and analysis of whole-lake experiments examining how and why catch rates do not decline in step with fish abundance.
Fully funded! Interested? Learn more at
https://www.fisheriesmanagementlab.ca/opportunities
Interested in serving on a subcommittee related to freshwater or marine fishes, molluscs or marine mammals? Check out @cosewic !
https://www.cosewic.ca/index.php/en/news-and-events.html
