Fish Habitat Section of the American Fisheries Society Blog
10/2/2019 10:10 am – 11:50 am Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovation in Crustacean Fisheries (hosted by AFS) Reno-Sparks CC Reno-Sparks Convention Center, D1 10/2/2019 8:00 am – 11:50 am Innovations in Fisheries Bioengineering – Blending...
Click Symposia titles for more details 10/1/2019 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Advances in Watershed Restoration Principles and Practices Reno-Sparks CC Reno-Sparks Convention Center, A18 8223 10/1/2019 8:20 am – 5:00 pm Clean Energy,...
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Click on symposium title for more detailed information! Date Time Symposium Location Session 9/30/2019 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Beaver Mediated Restoration and Management in Riverscapes Reno-Sparks CC Reno-Sparks Convention Center, A19 8128 9/30/2019...
Fish use habitat depending on their needs. Typically, management of fishes relies on what habitats the fish are thought to inhabit. For example, sampling at a single depth can be biased if the fish...
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides; Figure 1) and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu; Figure 2) are two of the most popular species of freshwater fish in North America. Both species are voracious predators and are highly...
Fish use different habitats based on habitat characteristics, such as vegetation type or bottom composition. Ecologists have long believed that these habitat characteristics determine the makeup of a fish community. Therefore, our idea of...
Ever wonder how scientists figure out what fish eat – or why they are even curious about fish diets? One answer to these questions comes from a popular sport fishery in Lake Ontario for...
Giant catfish (Genus Brachyplatystoma) in the Amazon River basin have a reputation for long distance migrations (up to 5800 km or 3600 miles), so hydropower dam projects present potential barriers to their life history....
Alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) are small, silvery forage fish in the family Clupeidae (Figure 1). Their native range spans the eastern seaboard of North America from South Carolina to Newfoundland. Historically, alewives have supported important...