HIGHLIGHTS:
President’s Message –Â Lee Gutowsky
AFS-OC Social – Women in Biology –Â Ann Rocchi
AFS-OC Student Subunit – Student Success Workshop –Â Jake Brownscombe
Lake Trout Diversity in Lake Superior: Dog River Lake Trout – Nick Jones
2016 AFS-OC AGM Keynote Speaker – Henry Regier
The 2014 DFO Outstanding Scientific Paper of the Year is Bycatch, bait, anglers, and roads: quantifying vector activity and propagule introduction risk across lake ecosystems (https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0541.1), co-authored by Dr. D. Andrew R. Drake and Dr. Nicholas E. Mandrak. The article was published in Ecological Applications.
AUTHOR(S): D. Andrew R. Drake, Nicholas E. Mandrak
CITATION:
Drake D.A.R. and N.E, Mandrak.  2014. Bycatch, bait, anglers, and roads: quantifying vector activity and propagule introduction risk across lake ecosystems. Ecological Applications 24(4):877–894. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0541.1
HIGHLIGHTS:
President’s Message –Â Sean Stuart
2015 AFS-OC AGM Summary
AFS-OC Social – Ripley’s Aquarium – Montgomery Fielding
2015 AFS-OC AGM Award Winners
C.A.R.S. Update –Â Jack Imhof
Introduction to New Newsletter Editors – Kim LeBrun and Siobhan Ewert
“Tools of the Trade” Exposition – Bill Gardner
Two Asian Grass Carp have been found within a contained pond in Tommy Thompson Park along Toronto’s Waterfront. Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) staff discovered the first live Grass Carp Monday, July 27 while relocating fish from the pond as part of the construction of a nine hectare wetland.
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In April 2015, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry launched the Provincial Fish Strategy, Fish for the Future, to provide up-to-date direction for the management of Ontario’s fish, fisheries and supporting ecosystems. The Strategy was developed through extensive input and the engagement of Aboriginal communities, agency partners and key stakeholders. Read more
AUTHOR(S): Jonathan D. Midwood, Steven J. Kerr, Peter Levick, Steven J. Cooke
CITATION:
Midwood J.D., S.J. Kerr, P. Levick and S.J. Cooke. 2015. Conference report: muskellunge science and management: progress through partnerships. Environ. Biol. Fish. 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0417-1
AUTHOR(S): Christopher A. Mebane, Robert J. Eakins, Brian G. Fraser, William J. Adams
CITATION:
Mebane C.A., Eakins R.J., Fraser B.G., Adams W.J. 2015. Recovery of a mining-damaged stream ecosystem. Elem. Sci. Anth. 3: 000042. https://dx.doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000042
State of the Salmon joined forces with public, tribal and private organizations along with individuals around the North Pacific to identify and articulate the best available salmon monitoring practices. We gathered these principles and tools into the Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook: Techniques for assessing status and trends in salmon and trout populations (https://doi.org/10.47886/9781888569926).
AUTHOR(S): Cindy Chu, Charles K. Minns, Nigel P. Lester, Nicholas E. Mandrak
CITATION:
Chu C., C.K. Minns, N.P. Lester, and N.E. Mandrak. 2015. An updated assessment of human activities, the environment, and freshwater fish biodiversity in Canada. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. (2015) 72: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0609
The Mid-Canada Chapter of the AFS presents a seminar featuring Doug Watkinson from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Doug will be discussing his work on species at risk in the Milk River, Alberta. The seminar is on Nov 27 at 2:00 pm Central.
Register at
https://midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-seminar-doug-watkinson/
