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Reflecting on 2025: A letter from the Board to our Women of Fisheries community

Posted on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025
Reflecting on 2025: A letter from the Board to our Women of Fisheries community

To our Fish Sisters and Allies, As we approach the end of another year, we enter a time of reflection. This has been a turbulent and uncertain time for fisheries professionals and the environmental field in general.  Regardless, we are continuing to do the work of conservation and are so […]

Posted in General, Voices
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Introducing the Women of Fisheries Strategic Plan (2025-2030)

Posted on December 15, 2025December 16, 2025
Introducing the Women of Fisheries Strategic Plan (2025-2030)

We are excited to announce that the Women of Fisheries Board has recently completed our first 5-year Strategic Plan. Over the past two years, we engaged in a collaborative process with numerous discussions to develop a framework that will guide our priorities and better support our members. Our primary goal […]

Posted in General, Resources
Kerry Walia

2024: A letter from the Board to our Women of Fisheries community

Posted on December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
2024: A letter from the Board to our Women of Fisheries community

As we approach the end of another year, we enter a time of reflection. If your year was anything like ours, it has been one full of peaks and valleys, and maybe even hurricanes. Regardless, we are so glad you are part of our Women of Fisheries community working to connect, support, and amplify the experiences of women in fisheries science.

Posted in General
Kimberly Bonvechio

A tale of two crabs: An unlikely pair?

Posted on November 26, 2024November 26, 2024
A tale of two crabs: An unlikely pair?

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!  Slater, L.M., W. Gaeuman, W. Cheng, G.H. Kruse, C. Habicht, and D. Pengilly. […]

Posted in General, Research highlights, Uncategorized
Kimberly Bonvechio

Seals, sharks, and people – oh my!

Posted on September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Seals, sharks, and people – oh my!

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 […]

Posted in Research highlights
Kimberly Bonvechio

To Be An Observer or Not To Be An Observer

Posted on August 31, 2024August 31, 2024
To Be An Observer or Not To Be An Observer

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 […]

Posted in Discussions, General, Uncategorized
Kimberly Bonvechio

A Lesson of the Wa hia hé:ta (Yellow Perch): Learning to listen and adapt

Posted on August 9, 2024August 9, 2024
A Lesson of the Wa hia hé:ta (Yellow Perch): Learning to listen and adapt

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. […]

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Kerry Walia

Five recommendations for aspiring scientific illustrators

Posted on June 17, 2024June 14, 2024
Five recommendations for aspiring scientific illustrators

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 […]

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Kimberly Bonvechio

Little fish, big consequences: Is the live-bait industry a vector of non-native fish?

Posted on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024
Little fish, big consequences: Is the live-bait industry a vector of non-native fish?

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. […]

Posted in Research highlights
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Women in Science Sightings around Oxford

Posted on April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Women in Science Sightings around Oxford

Displays around Oxford University about women in science are described and rated for impact.

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