The 2023 recipient of the Outstanding Mentor Award presented by the Ontario Chapter Student Subunit was Dr. Sigal Balshine, Professor Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, Faculty of Science at McMaster University. The award was announced at the 2023 AFS-OC Annual Meeting.
There were dual recipients of the E.J. Crossman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2023 AFS-OC Annual Meeting. Erik Dean and Timothy Fernandes, from the University of Toronto, were judged equally deserving of the 2023 award. Erik’s presentation was titled “Bighead Carp overwintering under climate change — spawning, survival, and implications for invasion” and Timothy’s presentation […]
The recipient of the President’s Award for Best Student Poster Presentation at the 2023 AFS-OC Annual Meeting was Amy Pitura from the University of Guelph. Amy’s poster was titled “Demographic history of cyprinid minnow species in anthropogenically disturbed environments” and her abstract is available in the 2023 Annual Meeting Program.
The April 2023 issue of the North Central Division’s President’s Blog has been posted on the NCD website. For 2022 – 2023, Brian Nerbonne of MN Dept. of Natural Resources will be the NCD President. At his convenience, he’ll offer musings about what he sees as important for the Division. See his blog.
After a very successful Wave 2 Engagement, DFO’s Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) is ready to undertake the next wave of engagement. FFHPP’s Wave 3 Engagement is seeking input to continue modernizing and/or developing policies, frameworks, instruments, and guidance to further implement the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act. A […]
The Ontario Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has sent an open letter to Hon. Steve Clark, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, voicing our concern regarding Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Hon. Graydon Smith, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Hon. […]
Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) Codes of Practice specify procedures, practices or standards for avoiding the death of fish or the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. This is in relation to works, undertakings and activities during various phases of their life cycle, such as construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning.
Pacific salmon are of immense cultural, ecological and economic importance to the west coast of North America. They are the most commonly seen fish on the western side of North America but identifying among the seven species is difficult for most of their life stages. Two salmon researchers have worked extensively in the field with […]
Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is the Valid Generic Name for Walleye, Sauger, and European Pikeperches: A Response to Bruner (2021) AUTHORS: Christopher Scharpf, The ETYFish Project, 4102 Westview Road, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. chris@etyfish.org; Ronald Fricke, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. ronald.fricke@smns-bw.de CITATION: Scharpf C. and R. Fricke. 2021. Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is […]
HIGHLIGHTS: President’s Message – Sarah Steele; 2022 AFS-OC AGM Synopsis; Student Subunit Update – Jacob Burbank; Fish Focus – Blackside Darter – Siobhan Ewert; Diversity and Inclusion – Sarah Steele; Lake Ontario’s Lost Seal Population – Brian Morrison; Fish Species Complexity – Deep water spawning Lake Trout – Shawn Sitar; E.J. Crossman Award: Looking Back and Reconnecting with Awardees – Warren Dunlop; Bi-national Research – Ed Roseman; Book Review – A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There – Gavin Charles; Native Species Art – Craig Paterson; Biologist Highlight – Bill Gardner
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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