The 2026 Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary is now available! Digital copies can be viewed online or as a PDF download. An annual guide to the rules and regulations for recreational fishing in Ontario. It contains information about recreational fishing licences, open seasons and catch limits, as well as up-to-date fishing regulations for each fishing zone. […]
The October 2025 Mainstream Newsletter (Volume 41, Issue 1) is now available from the North Central Division website.
The winner of the Al Dextrase Award for Best Student Poster Presentation at the 2025 AFS-OC Annual Meeting was Jacob Lasci from University of Western Ontario. Jacob (right) received his award from Ontario Chapter President Silviya Ivanova (left) and Vice President Connor Reid (middle). His poster was titled “Effects of introduced salmonids on native Lake […]
The recipient of the E.J. Crossman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2025 AFS-OC Annual Meeting was Raegan Davis from Carleton University. Raegan (middle) received her award from Ontario Chapter President Silviya Ivanova (right) and Vice President Connor Reid (left). Her presentation was titled “Dam it, I’m stranded: Evaluating fish stranding downstream of a hydropeaking facility […]
A synopsis of the 2024 AFS-OC Annual Meeting and Conference held January 26–28 at Bayview Wildwood Resort, in Severn Bridge has been posted. See photos, poster presentations and review highlights of the event.
HIGHLIGHTS:
2025 AFS-OC AGM & Conference Summary – Silviya Ivanova; Student Subunit Update; AFS-OC Comment on Proposed Changes to ESA; Invasive Crayfish, Old and New – Sam Turner; The Fish Life List: Obvious or Obscure? – Sarah Steele; From the Lab – Jacob Lasci; Fish Focus – Rainbow Smelt – Siobhan Ewert; Book Review – Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World. By M.R. O’Connor, and The Summer Canada Burned: the Wildfire Season that Shocked the World. By Monica Zurowski and Postmedia – Ross Claytor; 2025 AFS-OC AGM Sponsors
AUTHOR(S): Donald A. Jackson and Nicholas E. Mandrak CITATION: Jackson, D.A. and N.E. Mandrak. 2025. Plight of the endangered Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus) in Canada: end of the road?. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0391
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) has released a new Offsetting Policy and Cumulative Effects Position Statement. The Policy for Applying Measures to Offset Harmful Impacts to Fish and Fish Habitat and the Position Statement on the Consideration of Cumulative Effects in Support of Decision Making on Fisheries Act […]
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) has released its Risk Management Framework Overview on the Talk Fish Habitat website. This overview: provides information about FFHPP’s risk management approach serves as a foundation for future engagement on policies, guidance and tools related to how DFO manages risks to fish and […]
