I now know that there is a #freshwater bivalve in #Alberta that is called a fatmucket, and that made my day! Credit: @inaturalist.bsky.social

A common claim is that zebra mussels "clean" lakes. They can certainly clear the water column but also create conditions that reduce oxygen & promote toxic algal blooms: phys.org/news/2021-06... www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou... cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...

CONGRATULATIONS! Larkin Award - MSc Runner Up #CaliyenaBrown 🐟 [Robert Lennox, #DalhousieUniversity] 🐟 Caliyena’s research aims to better understand migration and mortality drivers of #AtlanticSalmon kelts within the inner #BayOfFundy to improve recovery strategies.

CONGRATULATIONS! Larkin Award - MSc Winner #KevinAdeli 🐠 [Bryan Neff, #UniversityWaterloo] 🐠 Kevin’s thesis found thiamine deficiency stands as a threat to the cardiac health of #ChinookSalmon, potentially affecting their ability to undergo spawning migrations.

CONGRATULATIONS! Larkin Award - PhD Runner Up #AnneHaley 🦈 [Steven Cooke, #CarletonUniversity & Jake Brownscombe, #DFO] 🦈 Anne’s research on #CaribbeanReefSharks looks at how the species uses their resource landscape using telemetry, isotopes and abiotic data around #Turks&Caicos Islands.

CONGRATULATIONS! Larkin Award, PhD Winner #BradleyHowell 🪼 [Graham Raby, #TrentUniversity & Steven Cooke, #CarletonUniversity] 🪼 Bradley’s research focuses on using telemetry and respirometry data to assess #predatorprey interactions and movement patterns that raise predation risk.

“When you let that fish go… you're releasing something else. All this emotion and all this joy.” Watch how Casting for Recovery empowers breast cancer survivors through healing fly fishing retreats. Explore the #TomorrowsCatch series: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...

DEADLINE ON SATURDAY! Each year, IAGLR gives out several scholarships to students showing great promise early in their research careers. Don't miss the November 1 deadline, apply today: http://bit.ly/46Mr652

🐠Attention Fish Heads & Lake Dwellers 🪸 Take a minute to vote on your 2025 Legends if you have not already! Deadline is Friday, Oct. 24. fisheries.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?... Stay Fishy My Friends…

🐙 🐙Post Doc Opp🐙🐙 🔬 Lovejoy & Mandrak Labs 🌎 University of Toronto, Scarborough 💼 eDNA of Lake Huron fishes ⏰ Two Years, Extension possible Email [email protected] and [email protected]

A little nest building River Chub for Rene ;) #SundayFishSketch 🐡

#WorldRiversDay - protect the life beneath www.cardiff.ac.uk/llyn-brianne...

On #WorldRiversDay the Ricciardi Lab salutes the majestic St Lawrence River. Gateway to the world's largest freshwater ecosystem; 1200km in length with archipelagos, extensive wetlands, fluvial lakes & an enormous estuary. It has >70 native species of freshwater fish & myriad invertebrate species.

🪼🪼Job Alert 🪼🪼 💼 Coordinator, Conservation Bio (Mat Leave) 🌎 Multiple Location Possibilities 🏬 Nature Conservancy of Canada ⏰ September 28, 2025 natureconservancy.ca/who-we-are/w...

Want to count salmon in a stream? Time to review an oldie from #Legend #MikeJones & J. Stockwell 🐟A rapid assessment procedure for the enumeration of salmonine populations in streams (1995)🐟

🐠Performance of alternative methods for generating SDM’s for invasive species in #GreatLakes 🐠 🪼Sea Lamprey control reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic corresponds to rapid increase in Sea Lamprey abundance🪼 academic.oup.com/fisheries/is... Sea Lamprey in #DuffinsCreek, ON

2 DAYS LEFT! Propose a session for the 2026 joint conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research and the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences. The conference will be May 25–29, 2026, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a hybrid event. https://bit.ly/4lpMJNK #IAGLR26 #ConnectedWaters26

My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue. It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟 academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...

New paper! ‼️ Angling-like stressors immediately before spawning impacts the offspring of lake trout 🐟 🐟 🐟 Fun study in collaboration with Manitoba Fisheries and @calebhasler.bsky.social lab. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thank you @sebiology.bsky.social for having me at this year’s #SEBconference in Antwerp, Belgium. Today’s Open Animal session was a full house despite being a Friday morning!

Looking for a remote part-time job?! Work for SFS! The Society for Freshwater Science is looking for a Communications & Media Specialist freshwater-science.org/job-posting/...

#LoveOurLegends #CanadaDay Let’s talk about the late Legend #DrHelenBattle - Began her university education at the age of 16 - #FirstWomanInCanada to earn a doctorate in #MarineBiology in 1928 - Her studies enabled innovative lab work Check out more at cars.fisheries.org

🍁HAPPY CANADA DAY🍁 Let’s step back in time…five years ago…and reflect on 150 years of fisheries in Canada! Rowshyra Castaneda et al. #BriefHistoryFishCanada www.afs-oc.org/wp-content/u...

❗️JOB ALERT❗️ #FisheriesCertificationManager 🐠Application due by July 13 🦑 #ManitobaGovernment Plays a lead role in the management of commercial fisheries and the coordination of sustainable fishing certification (eco-certification) efforts jobsearch.gov.mb.ca/search.action

I'm assuming it's ok to announce this...letter from my uni president said confidential...effective July 1, I will be a Full Professor! Many thanks to all my mentors, students, colleagues, collaborators, and funders.

LOOK at this stunner of an Orangespotted Sunfish! Caught and released from a floodplain lake off the Minnesota River. Yes, freshwater fishes can be quite colorful too!

‼️ Calling All Students ‼️ 🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼 Applications are being accepted DUE Friday, June 20 $200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026 Email YOUR application to [email protected] today!

Sometimes you just need a weird lungfish to break up your timeline:

Another aquarium-trade species found in the wild. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nominate an outstanding early-career researcher! The Stevenson Lectureship Award honours creativity and impact in fisheries and aquatic sciences. The recipient will present a plenary lecture and receive travel support. Deadline: Sept 19, 2025. Details ➡️ buff.ly/qj0vOve

Out now! Our new curriculum for grades 6-12 helps educators across the #GreatLakes region engage their students to think critically about freshwater ecosystems through the lens of crayfish - read more about it here: iiseagrant.org/new-crayfish...

Are you part of the #GreatLakes research community—or deeply invested in its future? IAGLR invites you to share how federal changes have impacted you. Survey at https://bit.ly/3FbFavg

Now is the time to effectively communicate your Great Lakes research. How? Check out the latest issue of IAGLR's Lakes Letter magazine for insights and examples. A must-read for Great Lakes scientists and advocates. #SciComm #GreatLakes Visit https://bit.ly/43323Ku

Join our next webinar on 5/13 @2 pm EDT: Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail: Advancing Great Lakes fisheries science and stewardship through maritime history and heritage partnerships, with Brandon Schroeder, Michigan Sea Grant, MSU Extension. Register: secure.fisheries.org/MemberRespon...

‼️ Calling All Students ‼️ 🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼 Applications are being accepted $200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026 Email YOUR application to [email protected] today!

Join us for a new episode of the AFS Beneath the Surface podcast! In this episode, we're exploring AFS election candidate recruitment with the Nominating Committee Chair. www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Interested in getting involved with your AFS Mid-Canada Chapter Executive Team? Nominate yourself for a position in 2025-2026. Nomination deadline: April 30, 2025. For more information: midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-executiv...

Did you know there are around 78 sucker species, and all but 2 are found exclusively in North America? They are not "trash fish" but rather vitally important to freshwater ecosystems. Many have fascinating life histories. And, for anglers, they're great fun to pursue.

How well do you know Great Lakes aquatic critters? Take this lighthearted quiz from @greatlakesnow.bsky.social to find out!

Recycle some paper and print off this wonderful #LetsGoForASwim colouring book for a calm activity this #HappyEarthDay waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibl...

🐠🐟 #EarthDay2025 🪼🦀 Take a moment to think about our amazing ecosystems and critters across Canada from #Coast2Coast2Coast through the #Prairies and #GreatLakes Which is/are YOUR favourite? Mine? Gotta be #LakeSturgeon and #ThreehornWartyback

Networking Opportunity: Social event in Edmonton on April 9 (tomorrow). The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to host a social event in Edmonton. Come hang out and get to know other fish friends in your area! For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-f...

Status of Lake Trout populations in Manitoba, a welcomed point of reference for management part of Giulio Navarroli MSc work, with @calebhasler.bsky.social et al. @uwinnipeg.bsky.social Very glad to be part of this work! @springer1842.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I just created a Sci-Commers Starter Pack! Science Communication is CRITICAL right now, and there is more than one way to do it! Get some inspiration (+ fun!) from a variety of different sci-commers from various backgrounds (although there may be a bit of a marine bias here 💙). go.bsky.app/NMCFMcj

#Streams and #Brooks… Beautiful in any language… 🐟🐸🪳 #Ruisseau {en français} #Arroyo {en espagnol} #Bach {auf deutsch} #Ruscello {in italiano} #Beek {in het nederlands} #Ribeira {em português}

It's spring and the ice is out. That means northern Pike are moving towards their spawning sites. #sundayfishsketch

Kicking off #AFSQS2025 !!! Huge thanks to our many sponsors @biomcgill.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @cars-afs.bsky.social @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social AFS Education Section & QCBS @afsquebec.bsky.social

#WorldWaterDay. Let us reflect on our connection to water, in whatever form it takes around us… a-z-animals.com/blog/bodies-...

The consequences of nonnative species. New study by @oldenfish.bsky.social and Brazilian colleagues. www.dailyuw.com/science/inva...