How to have a lasting impact on migratory fish? Teach the next generation of earth stewards! FCF is thrilled to sponsor ranger DK Gurung for World Fish Migration Day in bringing river conservation and Golden Mahseer stories into the classroom. #WFMD2024 #FreeFlow

We're celebrating the launch of The SHOAL Blueprint for Conservation Action for 1,000 Freshwater Fishes by 2035 🐟 How? Key experts in freshwater conservation are joining us for two webinars in June, one each for Western and Eastern timezones! Keep scrolling to register 👇

Heading to Hawaii for #AFS154? Interested in communication skills for outreach & engagement? We are a sponsor of this #SciComm workshop and invite you to explore how to make the best possible impact 🐟 afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org

Sleep occurs across animals, yet we know almost nothing about interactions among sleep, ecology, and environmental change. Our new systematic review led by Helena Norman reviews sleep in fish and avenues for future research in this fascinating field: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…

The California Fish & Game Commission just voted that the petition to list White Sturgeon as "threatened" under the California ESA is indeed warranted. The species now enters a 1-year review period to determine formal listing status.

Without #biodiversity, there would be no food. Biodiversity depends on how we manage our agrifood systems and take care of nature. Our future depends on biodiversity, be #PartOfThePlan to save it! Via Food and Agriculture Organization

Recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say cbc.ca/documentaries/…

Canada has the most lakes of any country in the world. Of lakes larger than three square kilometres, we have 31,752. When smaller lakes are included, that number goes up to nearly two million. But what are the deepest lakes in Canada? Let's find out! 👇 🧵1/9

"Even as world fisheries and aquaculture production hit a new high in 2022, FAO report #SOFIA2024 also documents pressing challenges that need immediate attention" Erika Feller Mongabay bit.ly/3VR2ena

Another 🐟 casualty of water diversions, pollution, and over-fishing ☹️ bit.ly/3LhoTUT

Fish biomass faces steep falls by end of century under high-emissions scenario. bit.ly/4cYaKro

I support this call for more population-focused studies of invasions to test theory & inform risk assessment. My lab has taken a comparative population-level approach for several years. It is populations that are native or nonnative, invasive or benign, expanding or imperiled.

The Madeira Basin has the most diverse fish life in the Amazon River Basin with 1,406 species catalogued, but human interference and the climate crisis are provoking a significant decline in fish stocks #Hydropower #Amazon Mongabay bit.ly/3Mamps9

Summer is winding down for the Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program, but 23 Hutton Scholars gathered at the GA Dept of Natural Resources Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center for the Hutton Summit. Donate now so we can support even more students next year: secure.fisheries.org/.../Don.../hut…

Barriers to movement disrupt spawning season migrations of federally endangered Razorback Suckers. Researchers used radio telemetry to assess Razorback Sucker movement behavior following capture and translocation above two barriers in the San Juan River bit.ly/3YAs1Dm

New Photo Contest! Tag us in your photo submission for the theme "mistakes happen".

Happy to share this new paper on life-history traits & bioenergetics of invasive blue catfish. This is the last paper from my PhD and has been a long time in the making. "Bioenergetic strategies contributing to the invasion success of blue catfish" authors.elsevier.com/a/1jal315DJ-DH…

#GoodRead "The four threats for St. John River salmon, in no particular order: hydro dams, invasive species, salmon aquaculture and climate change. And it's a toxic cocktail for sure”. CBC cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Dave Philipp, Julie Claussen and I doing nesting bass conservation webinar for lake associations in eastern Ontario. FCF QUBS Carleton Science Illinois Natural History Survey NRES at Illinois Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences

📣 New opportunity for those interested in collaborative climate adaptation research in the Midwest! Funding to support the creation of new teams and enhance their capacity to conduct targeted research and needs assessments. Learn more: mwcasc.umn.edu/small-research…