We recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting Abby Lynch, a fisheries research scientist with Michigan State University. Please read her great story below and look for more from her on The Fisheries Blog in the coming months. Some time ago, on my way back home after an international trip, I was asked by the…
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The Role of Social Media in Fisheries Science
Brandon Peoples (@FisheriesBlog) Let me tell you a little secret: I don’t have a smart phone or keep up with Game of Thrones. As a matter of fact, for a younger guy, I’m pretty old-school. Accordingly, I was a huge skeptic of online social media…but I’ve always seen the value of non-technical communication in science….
Topless Mermaid Protestor Misunderstands Scientists
By Patrick Cooney Mermaids misunderstand scientists that are presenting in hotel behind (source). In the 1980s box office hit titled Splash, a scientist nearly goes mad while attempting to advance his cause by exploiting a mermaid. As if making a reference to the movie, but in a complete reversal of roles, a topless mermaid took…
Come see our presentation
If you are going to be at the American Fisheries Society meeting this coming week in Little Rock Arkansas, be sure to see our presentation: Communicating Fisheries Science to an Internet Audience Tuesday morning (10:40am, 09/10/2013) Fulton Room
Conference Review: Deep-Sea Fish Biology 2013
By Patrick Cooney In a rare occurrence, the early July sun shone brightly for a week on the Scottish landscape that is so typically shrouded in dark clouds and rain. In a similarly bright and rare occurrence, nearly 100 of the world’s leading deep-sea fish researchers convened at the University of Glasgow, Scotland for a…
Young Anglers Team with Scientists
By Patrick Cooney Flame azalea blooms blanketed the opposite river bank in vibrant orange while long morning shadows still harbored temperatures that required a warm beverage to chase away the chills of the Appalachian Mountains. A gaggle of kids, warm with excitement, flanked the close shoreline like a battalion ready to face its adversary. The…
Citizen Science: Fishing for Data
Many of us have heard from an older generation just how hard it was to collect data. And forget about the analysis—I’ve been led to believe that entire reports and scientific papers have been written solely dependent upon the slide rule! But no matter what hyperbole one employes to describe what they once went through,…
Q-n-A: Journal Editor
Welcome to The Fisheries Blog‘s second Q-n-A! This segment is designed to showcase the knowledge and specialty of someone in the fisheries world who flat out knows their stuff. For this Q-n-A, we are featuring Derek Aday, the new Editor of Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. I recently asked Derek what it’s like to…
Electrofishing: How to be effective
By Patrick Cooney While hook and line fishing is the most popular method of catching fish by freshwater anglers, electrofishing is one of the most popular methods used by fisheries biologists. But what exactly is electrofishing, and how is it done properly? Boat electrofishing (Photo: Josh Raabe) Similar to stun guns used by police to…
Fish Farming in Haiti: Part III
This is the final part of a 3 part series. Click here for Parts I and II. It takes about 15 minutes to travel the two miles from the main road down to the fishing village situated on Lake Azuei. We bounce around in the truck like popcorn; I know people in the US who…
Fish Farming in Haiti: Part II
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Please click here for Part 1. The city of Croix des Bouquets (pronounced ‘quad ah boo-kay’) is hot, and dry wind whips through, distributing a small film of dust on everything. There, outside a bustling police station, Val pulls up next to us in a Toyota…
Fish Farming in Haiti
In early June 2012 I spent some time in Haiti. One thing I was able to do was to get a firsthand look at a fish farming operation that is not only a model of success in an otherwise challenging landscape, but helps dozens of extremely poor families in seven villages by providing work and…
Modeling Gig Over Spring Break!
Folks…we have our first Guest Author! Below you will find an account of an Undergraduate Student’s all expense paid trip to the Florida Keys to model for Spring Break. PARTY TIME!!! While I have not lied, I have misled. The student attended a high level fish population modeling course called the Marine Resources Population Dynamics Workshop at…
The Forgotten Name in Sport Fish Restoration
The Sport Fish Restoration Act is such a successful program in the United States that few anglers know that it took 11 years, an expensive world war, and overcoming a Presidential veto to eventually become law. Not only do we take for granted the immense struggle that was surmounted to enact this legislation, but we don’t even associate…
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