Entries by Robert

Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes, second edition

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Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes, second edition provides standard sampling methods recommended by the American Fisheries Society for assessing and monitoring freshwater fish populations in North America. Methods apply to ponds, reservoirs, natural lakes, and streams and rivers containing cold and warmwater fishes. Range-wide and eco-regional averages for indices of abundance, population […]

AFS-OC Comments on Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Redside Dace

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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 […]

Volume XXII, Issue I – The Lateral Line

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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

AFS-OC Expresses Concern Regarding Proposed Changes to ESA Redside Dace Habitat

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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 […]

Regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act

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Ontario protects species at risk and their habitats through the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). As part of efforts to improve the effectiveness and implementation of the species at risk program, amendments are proposed to several regulations made under the ESA. Specifically, amendments are proposed in four key areas: Regulatory amendments regarding habitat protections for […]

Volume XXI, Issue II – The Lateral Line

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HIGHLIGHTS:
President’s Message – Erik Tuononen; 2024 AFS-OC AGM & Conference; Student Subunit Update; Changes to Ontario Fish Names – Rob Eakins; Barrier Mitigation Workshop – Brian Morrison; Snorkelling for Fish – Sarah Steele; New Record of Spotted Gar – Nathan Lujan, Mary Burridge, Brenna Wells; Wil Wegman Tribute – Kate Gee, Eva Bobak; Book Review – Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat by Edward Struzik; Fish Focus – Brassy Minnow – Siobhan Ewert

Changes to Ontario Fish Names 2023

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Several changes to Ontario fish names have occurred according to Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 8th Edition. For details see Changes to Fish Names 2023.

Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition

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Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition (DOI: https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874691) provides an up-to-date checklist of common and scientific names for all described and taxonomi­cally valid fish species living in freshwaters and marine waters of North America. This eighth edition reflects taxonomic changes that have occurred since 2013 and is […]

Three Grass Carp Captured in Ontario Waters

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The monitoring season for Asian carps was a busy one for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the OFAH Invading Species Awareness Program (ISAP), with three Grass Carp captured in 2023.