happy #sturgeonsaturday on sunday! we’re so back baby! 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌐🌎🦑🐟 in addition to the population stressor sampling I’ve been doing we’re adding acoustic telemetry to track where sturgeon are and how they are doing at the same time this will let us analyze stress patterns and habitat use together 🫡

Rob Lennox and I are hiring a PhD student based out of Dalhousie to study the movement ecology of imperilled Atlantic mackerel starting in January 2026! In collaboration with DFO and @oceantracking.bsky.social Please share widely!!!

Achieving true DEIA in aquatic sciences remains challenging amid shifting political & institutional landscapes. Building on a joint webinar, IAGLR and SCAS share eight actions scientists can take to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. https://bit.ly/4pCMmTA

Good time to plug this other recent paper on tagging and small fish:

At work, we often anaesthetise, perform surgery on, and tag juvenile fish. We wanted to find out if these procedures impact their oxygen consumption in the following days. Good news, we didn't find cause for concern! 🙂 Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to share some new research! In the Great Lakes, #ClimateChange is shifting fish migrations, spawning and peak movements are happening earlier across 16 species, both native and invasive! Read our #OpenAccess article in @globalchangebio.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

PhD candidate Jessica Robichaud at Cooke lab at @carleton.ca is visiting us for a month to help with field work. Today, she presented her work for our lab. She is using acoustic telemetry to track permit in the Florida keys! So interesting to see some of her findings! 🐟 @sjcfishy.bsky.social

We recently tagged 444 Atlantic mackerel, with 182 (!!!!!) in one day! Couldn’t have done it without the MOST badass all-women surgery team 😎

The Ford gov’t is gutting Ontario’s Endangered Species Act. Some current Liber Ero Fellows and I wrote about the risks of these changes. Public comment closes TOMORROW: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... Read our op-ed: www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

So beyond thrilled to share that I landed my dream job, at my dream institution, in my dream city! I can’t wait to get started as an Assistant Professor in Freshwater Ecological Sciences within the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia later on this year! #IncomingFaculty #NewPI

Congratulations to Allyson Menzies for winning the 2024 Rachel Carson Prize in @peopleandnature.bsky.social! 🏆  Allyson’s research shows that fostering Indigenous values in environmental conservation requires better relationships with nature and each other.   https://shorturl.at/ht2SB

Introducing Dr. Andrew Howarth. Yesterday he defended his dissertation @carleton.ca on inland fisheries management. Also congrats to Dr Vivian Nguyen as this is her 1st PhD student to defend.

New paper alert! 📢 Led by OTN's Robert Lennox, this paper explores how marine infrastructure (bridges, causeways, turbines, etc.) can impact fish movement. As coastal development grows, assessing & mitigating potential impacts is key. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper! 📣 Alosids such as alewife & blueback herring are vital connectors of freshwater & marine ecosystems, but their populations are in decline. This review highlights what we know (& what we still need to learn) about their ecology in the NW Atlantic: tinyurl.com/5a4f9xyn

Are you a fish telemetry practitioner? The 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry will take place June 8-13, 2025 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. The conference website is now live for abstract submission and details on the venue. Help spread the word. event.fourwaves.com/7thicft/pages

Many thanks to our panelists Cosette Arseneault-Deraps, @freshwater.bsky.social, Ali Shakoor & @gadflystratton.bsky.social, moderators @morganpiczak.bsky.social, @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and support Christine Madliger and @pdmcintyre.bsky.social.

Systemic barriers are ever-present in the aquatic sciences, join us to learn from the panelists about how we can work to make this space more inclusive!