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Thank You for Making This Year’s Fundraiser a Success! We are thrilled with the incredible participation in this year’s Women of Fisheries, Inc. annual fundraiser! Thanks to the support of our amazing community, we raised over $1,000, which will fund two Early Career Awards and help cover our annual operating […]
“You can use fish to answer any question.”
In our Research Highlights blog series, we debut newly published fisheries research by our women of fisheries colleagues. If you have research you would like to highlight and share with our readers, submit a nomination form here! Bratton, R., S. Dowling-Guyer, J. Vaske and J. Jackman. 2024. Seals, sharks, and […]
Celebrating 5 years of outdoor fun by flipping the adventure! The fisHER Adventure Classic is the annual fundraising event for Women of Fisheries, Inc. For the last four years, registrants participated in an outdoor adventure of their choosing and shared their stories to compete for bragging rights for the Most […]
By: Lynn Mattes “Adventurous Biologists Wanted” was the attention grabbing headline on a flyer I saw at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ career center part way through my last year of undergraduate. (A long-time colleague saw this same announcement at Wichita State University in Kansas about a year later.) This […]
In our Research Highlights blog series, we debut newly published fisheries research by our women of fisheries colleagues. If you have research you would like to highlight and share with our readers, submit a nomination form here! Perron, M.A.C., C. Charette, A. Francis, C. Holden, M. Moyle, J. Boyle, J. […]
“There will come a point where you will think you are fighting a losing battle (global warming, invasives, etc.), but what you’re doing has a purpose. YOU have a purpose and are worthy of fulfilling that role.”
By Kerry Flaherty Walia Scientific illustration is more than just art; it helps to communicate and simplify complex scientific concepts into accessible and attractive visual representations. I’ve always enjoyed doing art as well as science, and one of my favorite classes in graduate school was Scientific Illustration. I loved the […]
In our Research Highlights blog series, we debut newly published fisheries research by our women of fisheries colleagues. If you have research you would like to highlight and share with our readers, submit a nomination form here! Shepta, E., J. Perkin, K.B. Mayes, M.E. McGarrity, and C.M. Schalk, and C.G. […]
In January, we announced the winner of the Women of Fisheries Gives Back! Award for early career fisheries scientists. Although we were only able give out one award, the applicants were excellent and we wanted to highlight a few of their unique journeys and experiences. Meet some of the amazing […]