Enjoying #GarWeek? Join us for a webinar on Weds, Nov 12, at 2 pm EST, highlighting positive social and conservation developments for important native fishes, including gars. Featuring @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Alec Lackmann, & @dirtydog.bsky.social. Register now: fisheries.org/2025/10/webi....

The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...

#nongame #management

Indeed, they are, to @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @garlab.bsky.social #gar 😎

The Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma is hiring a tenure-track freshwater ecologist. This is a great opportunity at a wonderful place to work. Please spread the word and encourage folks to apply: apply.interfolio.com/174472

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

Many thanks to @jeffkopaska.bsky.social of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social for donating this #sturgeon puzzle artwork to the NA Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society. The proud new owner, Thomas, from World Sturgeon Conservation Society will display this masterpiece in Vienna, Austria! nasps-sturgeon.org

Last week, we made another visit to Spirit Lake / Okoboji, Iowa, to pay our respects to the putatively “largest #paddlefish ever caught”. We also did some fishing. doi.org/10.1002/fsh....

Name those fish… 🎃 Just spotted this scene from the movie Hocus Pocus. Home decor of the Dennison family features two framed fish prints. Only context is that the family recently moved from Los Angeles to Salem. Left image appears to be a trout sp. 🤷‍♂️

Our job opening closes Sunday night (tomorrow). Last-minute apps welcome!! #fisheries #paddlefish #nongame

Our #paddlefish and #native #nongame technician job is NOW OPEN! Please share widely. Taking apps until 9/7 www.wildlifedepartment.com/about/career...

Great article on the angling and food value of Freshwater Drum, an often overlooked de facto game fish! magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/blogs/in-the...

"Part of what we're doing here today is working with citizen scientist anglers who know how to catch these fish, and get samples that will contribute to our data to better understand these populations, their ecology, life history.” www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/local... @garlab.bsky.social

That new tire feeling. 😎 #ADVRider

JOIN US!!! @garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026! Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email [email protected] with CV if interested!

“Wait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of socket extensions.' What I said was, 'Give me all the socket extensions you have.' Do you understand?” (a la Ron Swanson) 4Runner maintenance 😩

Join AFS for our July Fisheries Community Check-in! Stop in to hear updates, ask questions, and spend your lunchtime with AFS colleagues. This session will be held on July 9 at 1 pm ET. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d6e43e...

The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!

As an avid motorcyclist AND a scientist, I couldn’t help but collect some sound data when installing a new exhaust on my bike. “Loud pipes save lives” is complete bullshit. I reduced the loudness by almost 10% to 96.5db at 6k rpm with improved performance. Forest friendly too. 😎

If anyone on here is attending the NA Sturgeon & Paddlefish Society meeting this fall, today is the abstract deadline. nasps-sturgeon.org/nasps-2025-a...

This position will be open for a couple more days. Hope to get some good applicants to join our team!

Finn is still grinding away with #bmx racing. He’s no speed demon (quite tentative), but he enjoys it and is slowly improving. Probably needs a better coach.

We are seeking applicants for a #fisheries technician in our #paddlefish and #native #nongame program. Please share widely. Thx.

Gratuitous #nongame pics taken on our study lake this week. #buffalo #gar

Totally normal photo of a typical #fisheries collection. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Where it all began. The 25th annual Okie Noodling tournament is this weekend. #biteback

The clock is ticking! Only 2 more days until early bird registration closes this Wednesday, June 4. Save up to $200 on registration when logging in with your AFS membership credentials. Want to save on registration, but not a member? Join AFS today. bit.ly/4jlf86M #AFS155 #fisheries

Another great #BMX race weekend for Finn (2.5yo). Making improvements and getting comfortable. “I can’t wait to race” Finn2wheels.blogspot.com

New bike vibes. 😎

This is the kind of worm nerd content I’m here for.

An old-ish drawing of a Chinese Paddlefish for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡

Second race for this 2.5yo. Getting comfortable on the podium. 😎 finn2wheels.blogspot.com

Day 1 of photoshopping John Oliver onto/into fossils in the hopes that he saves my old museum, the Paleontological Research Institution I think he makes a great snail! Fossil is the Murex shilhoensis type, a junior synonym of Favartia shilohensis, comedian is H. sapiens #savepri #Museumofthearth

I really hope that content such as this reaches and resonates with hunters and anglers across the US. The downstream effects of the cuts to science and the people who do it will *definitely* impact mgmt of fish and game in all states. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

First of many podiums, we hope. Finn (2yo) took it upon himself to count down the start for the 2nd moto- “on, two, free, goooooooo!!!!!” The actual race announcer replied, “just let him go.”😂 So we had the lead for a bit.

Yeah, buddy 😎 #gar @garholerecords.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

Check out our #nongame #fisheries #management symposium at #AFS155.

#Nongame symposium accepted. Abstract submitted. Reggie completed. Travel request sent. #AFS155

Great stuff! Helpful guide for new #SciComm users and current users alike. Thanks for the nod to #PaddlefishNetting!

New #snake sighting. Very cool. Broad banded water snake in SE OK. Non- venomous.

Good news for protection of Shortnose #Gar in MT! We have a paper coming out soon on #bowfishing in MT that cautions against unlimited harvest of SNG. Who knew that a reg change could happen quicker than the peer review process?!

New #paddlefish paper just dropped. 🚨 So hot and fresh, the DOI link doesn’t even work yet academic.oup.com/tafs/advance...

This week we determined via angling that smallmouth #buffalo will consume #paddlefish eggs. #nongame

Nice mental health break this morning spent behind the welding helmet.

Nice little NPR segment on Lake #Sturgeon this morning. Black Lake, MI, spearing season lasted 17 minutes! www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

Upcoming AFS webinar: Employment Insecurity - Planning for Next Steps Thursday, February 27 at 2pm ET Registration information can be found in an email sent to all AFS members on 2/24.

New bag limits for several #native #nongame fishes in MN. 👍 www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2025/02...

QuotePost with a picture you took in a National Park #NationalParkService America’s Best Idea Death Valley National Park Lake Manly (Badwater Basin), Echo Canyon, and Devils Hole

Looking forward to a great session on #Native #Nongame fishes at #AFS155 @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

Join us for our upcoming webinar, Employment Insecurity – Planning for Next Steps, on Thursday, February 27 at 2:00 pm EST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/83ea29...