Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is seeking to fill a seasonal Crew Leader, Research & Monitoring position. The Crew Leader is responsible for overseeing and carrying out daily environmental inventory and monitoring fieldwork activities in support of TRCA’s research and monitoring programs and projects.
See the job posting for details.
ICBF 2024, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2024 Larkin Award is now OPEN!
Applications are now being accepted for the Peter A. Larkin Student Award for Excellence in Fisheries. The purpose of the award is to identify the top current master’s and doctoral level students that are conducting fisheries research at a Canadian institution. The award is not restricted to students with Canadian citizenship.
Both winners and runner-ups receive recognition on the CARS website and an AFS CARS certificate. The winner at each level will also receive $200 and funds to support travel (up to $1000) to present their research at the conference for the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences (SCAS).
For full application details, please click here.
Deadline to apply is June 14, 2024 (4pm EDT)
As of April 2, 2024, the Ontario Chapter has 139 paid members! The membership includes 61 regular, 38 student, 27 young professional, 12 retired and 1 life members. Have you renewed your membership for 2024? 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!
A link to American Fisheries Society Career Center has been added to the Links page under the Job Posyings 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.
The recipient of the Al Dextrase Award for Best Student Poster Presentation at the 2024 AFS-OC Annual Meeting was Cole MacLeod from Carleton University. Cole (left) received his award from Ontario Chapter President Erik Tuononen (right). His poster was titled “River-Scale Evaluation of Light as a Behavioural Guidance Mechanism for Out-Migrating American Eel Anguilla rostrata“.
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.
The 2024 recipient of the Ontario Chapter Student Subunit Outstanding Mentor Award was Craig Paterson, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority. The award was announced by Markelle Morphet AFS-OC SSU President at the 2024 AFS-OC Annual Meeting.
If you are a fisheries biologist or a student registered in a fisheries biology program, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Department of Natural History, provides an opportunity to improve your fish identification skills. The workshops are designed primarily for professionals, technicians, field biologists, and environmental consultants, but other interested individuals – including university and college students – are welcome. Workshops will be offered in April and May 2024, at the University of Guelph Science Complex.
15th International Congress on the Biology of Fish – June 23-27, 2024April 16, 2024 - 15:09
2024 ROM Fish Identification Workshops – April 16-May 3February 1, 2024 - 21:04
67th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research – May 20-24, 2024January 2, 2024 - 09:13
154th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting – September 15-19, 2024November 17, 2023 - 10:28
NRTG Natural Resource TrainingJuly 11, 2020 - 20:32Welcome back for another #identifriday ! Can you guess this common fish with all its beautiful colour variations? #ontario #fish #fishspecies #americanfisheriessociety
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This #FishFactFriday is about a fierce fish and their movement in agricultural drainage ditches.
#freshwater #fish #ecology #freshwaterecology #biodiversity #anthropogenicactivities #SpeciesofSpecialConcern #GrassPickerel
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