HIGHLIGHTS: President’s Message – Jan Moryk, 2019 AFS-OC AGM, Student Subunit Update, One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish – Will Jarvis, Ontario’s silver Lake Trout – Chris Wilson, Fish Focus – Brook Silverside, ROM Tour, Electrofishing and Breathable Waders – Patrick Cooney, Book Review – Immersion: The Science and Mystery of Freshwater Mussels, 2019 AFS-OC AGM Sponsors
The EDDMapS Ontario app brings the power of EDDMapS to your smartphone. Now you can submit invasive species observations directly with your smartphone from the field. These reports are uploaded to EDDMapS and e-mailed directly to verifiers for review. Compatible with iOS devices, the EDDMApS Ontario App is free to download from the App Store. […]
Tench (tinca tinca) are native to Europe and western Asia, and were introduced to North America in the late 19th century for use as a food and sport fish. In eastern Canada, Tench were illegally imported from Germany to a Quebec fish farm in the late 1980s and had escaped into the Richelieu River by […]
The Baitfish Primer, one of DFO’s most popular publications, is now available as a mobile app! Compatible with iOS or Android devices, the Baitfish Primer App is free to download from Google Play or the App Store. The new app allows biologists, hobbyists and anglers to easily identify which baitfishes are legal to use in […]
The Baitfish Primer (2018 revision) was authored by by Becky Cudmore and Nicholas E. Mandrak and jointly produced by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Bait Association of Ontario and Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters.
This book represents the state-of-the-art in our understanding of Muskellunge biology, ecology, and management, and is a must-read for anyone studying or managing this iconic species. Readers will benefit from the latest information on a novel, non-lethal method for sampling contaminants in Muskellunge, how angler-scientist partnerships have enhanced management actions, how genetic tools have improved […]
HIGHLIGHTS: President’s Message – William Glass, 2018 AFS-OC AGM – February 22-24, Geneva Park, Orillia, Fish Focus – Sand Shiner, Student Subunit Update, Ontario’s Adfluvial Smallmouth Bass – Nick Jones and Brian Morrison, 2017 AFS-OC AGM Sponsors. NWO-AFS Chapter Flashback
The Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP) contains a series of standardized methodologies for identifying sites, evaluating benthic macroinvertebrates, fish communities, physical habitat and water temperatures in wadeable streams. The OSAP provides standardized methods that ensure data repeatability. Use of these standard methodologies allow data to be shared, used for multiple purposes and stored in a […]
AUTHOR(S): Jacob W. Brownscombe, Andy J. Danylchuk, Jacqueline M. Chapman, Lee F.G. Gutowsky, Steven J. Cooke CITATION: Brownscombe J.W., A.J. Danylchuk, J.M. Chapman, L.F.G. Gutowsky and S.J. Cooke. 2017. Best practices for catch-and-release recreational fisheries – angling tools and tactics. Fisheries Research 186(3):693–705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.04.018
AUTHOR(S): Steven J. Cooke, Sean Wesch, Lisa A. Donaldson, Alexander D. M. Wilson, Neal R. Haddaway CITATION: Cooke S.J., S. Wesch, L.A. Donaldson, A.D.M. Wilson and N.R. Haddaway. 2017. A Call for Evidence-Based Conservation and Management of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Fisheries 42(3):143–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2017.1276343
