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Shasta Kamara

@kamarashasta

PhD student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying Paddlefish and other sport fish conservation!

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Paddlefish are a great example of a popular sportfish we need to know more about! I’m excited to keep working on these fish. Thanks to Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center for supporting climate research! mwcasc.umn.edu/blog-future-of…

Paddlefish are a great example of a popular sportfish we need to know more about! I’m excited to keep working on these fish. Thanks to <a href="/mw_casc/">Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center</a> for supporting climate research!

mwcasc.umn.edu/blog-future-of…
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It’s always a good day to talk about Paddlefish! The NRES GSA put on a great graduate symposium with lots of diverse research. Glad Paddlefish got a chance to be part of the conversation!

It’s always a good day to talk about Paddlefish! The NRES GSA put on a great graduate symposium with lots of diverse research. Glad Paddlefish got a chance to be part of the conversation!
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Last week I got to attend the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting sharing an update on the exercise and recovery and post-release behavior work we have been doing with Paddlefish. I was fortunate to win best student presentation while I was there!

Last week I got to attend the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting sharing an update on the exercise and recovery and post-release behavior work we have been doing with Paddlefish. I was fortunate to win best student presentation while I was there!
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This past Saturday I got to tag along on a project evaluating short term post-release behavior for largemouth bass after a traditional angling tournament. The project will compare traditional tournaments and photo release tournaments to evaluate potential differences in behavior!

This past Saturday I got to tag along on a project evaluating short term post-release behavior for largemouth bass after a traditional angling tournament. The project will compare traditional tournaments and photo release tournaments to evaluate potential differences in behavior!
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Another project on the books! Glad to finish up my post-release behavior work on a good note. Looking forward to more Paddlefish project planning!

Another project on the books! Glad to finish up my post-release behavior work on a good note. Looking forward to more Paddlefish project planning!
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Excited to chat paddlefish at #AFS154 ! I’ll be presenting in the Beyond the lab: how can we use physiology to inform conservation? session on Monday the 16th at 4:30!

Excited to chat paddlefish at #AFS154 ! I’ll be presenting in the Beyond the lab: how can we use physiology to inform conservation? session on Monday the 16th at 4:30!
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#AFS154 was a blast! Great to see some research, super cool fish and colleagues! And of course got to chat paddlefish in Hawaii!

#AFS154 was a blast! Great to see some research, super cool fish and colleagues! And of course got to chat paddlefish in Hawaii!
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It was great spending time in Missouri! Got to see some of the awesome geologic features and meet some awesome people as part of the organization of fish and wildlife information managers (OFWIM) conference. And of course chat paddlefish!

It was great spending time in Missouri! Got to see some of the awesome geologic features and meet some awesome people as part of the organization of fish and wildlife information managers (OFWIM) conference. And of course chat paddlefish!
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I attended and presented at my first North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society NASPS meeting! It was great to talk paddlefish with a room full of experts!

I attended and presented at my first North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society <a href="/NASPSSturgeon/">NASPS</a>  meeting! It was great to talk paddlefish with a room full of experts!
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We are looking to hire a #paddlefish and #native #nongame #fisheries biologist! Come work with me in Jenks, OK. Please RT! okgov.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/okgovjob…

We are looking to hire a #paddlefish and #native #nongame #fisheries biologist!
Come work with me in Jenks, OK.
Please RT!
okgov.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/okgovjob…
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Midwest Fish and Wildife conference was great! Got to network and meet some awesome people. Discussed my paddlefish work and also was honored to be a finalist for the Janice Lee Fenske award!

Midwest Fish and Wildife conference was great! Got to network and meet some awesome people. Discussed my paddlefish work and also was honored to be a finalist for the Janice Lee Fenske award!
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A great start to a new paddlefish project evaluting egg characteristics across latitudes! We kicked off collections in Louisiana, it was great to see some old friends, eat some good food and see the wildlife!

A great start to a new paddlefish project evaluting egg characteristics across latitudes! We kicked off collections in Louisiana, it was great to see some old friends, eat some good food and see the wildlife!
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The Suski Lab is looking to hire a #paddlefish #fisheries research coordinator! Come work with us in Champaign, IL. Please RT! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

The Suski Lab is looking to hire a #paddlefish #fisheries research coordinator!
Come work with us in Champaign, IL.
Please RT!

illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…
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It has been a super busy couple of weeks in the field! Got on the Mississippi River twice and spent some time in Oklahoma and Missouri getting some paddlefish samples. And a surprise sturgeon we got to measure and send back in the UMR.

It has been a super busy couple of weeks in the field! Got on the Mississippi River twice and spent some time in Oklahoma and Missouri getting some paddlefish samples. And a surprise sturgeon we got to measure and send back in the UMR.
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And that’s a wrap on our 2025 paddlefish gamete collections! 6 different states including stops at 3 hatcheries it was a busy spring full of awesome collaborations. Excited to see what we can learn from these eggs.

And that’s a wrap on our 2025 paddlefish gamete collections! 6 different states including stops at 3 hatcheries it was a busy spring full of awesome collaborations. Excited to see what we can learn from these eggs.
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Another paddlefish project ramping up! Got these little paddles from Gavin’s Point National Fish Hatchery and took them to our partner Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery! They’ve got a few weeks to acclimate, but looking forward to these experiments.