AFS Fisheries Management Section Blog
By Ben Wallace, FMS North Central Division Representative and Fisheries Management Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa’s glacially formed lakes are among the most nutrient rich aquatic ecosystems in the world. ...
Congratulations to all of the 2023 award recipients! Recognition was given at the FMS business meeting on August 20th in Grand Rapids. Hall of Excellence – Bob Curry, USFWS Award of Merit – Therese Thompson,...
By Nick Feltz, FMS Southern Division Representative and Fisheries Management Biologist with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Arkansas highland streams make up the southern border of the native distribution of Smallmouth...
Decades of collaborative management see positive trends toward restoration of self-sustaining Lake Trout population in Lake Champlain By Courtney Buckley, FMS Northeastern Division Representative; Fisheries Biologist with Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Following the...
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) is the southernmost subspecies of Cutthroat Trout and is native to portions of New Mexico and Colorado. Only a fraction of RGCT historic range is currently occupied primarily due...
Congratulations to all of the 2022 award recipients!! The award recipients were recognized at the annual FMS business meeting held at the American Fisheries Society meeting in Spokane in August 2022. Hall of Excellence...
Elections were held in 2022 and we would like to introduce you to the new Fisheries Management Section officers! Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources – President-elect Jill Wick, New Mexico Department of...
In February 2014, the Fisheries Management Section (FMS) charged a committee to address the specific needs and issues facing young professionals in the fisheries field. The newly formed Young Professional Committee (YPC) was tasked...
“There could be potential problems to paddlefish because they are consuming the same things” Paddlefish are some of the oldest fish around. Fossil records date the species back 300 million to 400 million years....
Brian Graeb on Floods, Droughts, Predators and Prey; Aging Reservoirs; Asian Carps – Bighead and Silver; and The Perfect Storm in the Missouri River Basin. Brian Graeb in Scotland (PDF)
“Fish like things that provide protection from the current. The shoals are a good place for them to sit and wait for food to come by.” Officials say a new project will make fishing...