By: Lynn Mattes In 2025, based on a suggestion from Rachel on the Outreach Committee, each month we will be highlighting an “Underwater Wonder.” Each member of the Board of Directors and the Outreach Committee will highlight one of their favorite marine/aquatic organisms. The critter featured may be the topic of […]
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As we close out 2024 and reflect on our accomplishments over the past year, we want to express a heartfelt thank you to everyone who financially contributed to Women of Fisheries, Inc. to make all that work possible. We are so grateful for your generosity and support of our mission. […]
Thanks to the generous funds raised through our 2024 fisHER Adventure Classic and the Board member challenges, we are thrilled to offer TWO $250 awards this year to early career professionals in the fisheries science field. The deadline to apply has been extended to Monday, January 20, 2025. These funds […]
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. […]
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! This Month’s Research Highlight:Harrison, S.E., and S.M. Gray. 2024. Effects of light pollution […]
Attention all early career professionals! If you haven’t had a chance to apply for this year’s award, we are extending the deadline to January 17, 2024. With the help of money raised from our 2023 fisHER Adventure Classic, we will be able to offer one $250 award this year to […]
By Kimberly Bonvechio 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! This Month’s Research Highlight: Andres, Kara J., Timothy D. Lambert, […]
*UPDATE: Deadline has been extended until January 17, 2024! With the help of money raised from our 2023 fisHER Adventure Classic, we will be able to offer ONE $250 award this year to an early career professional. Funds can be used to help with professional training, attending an upcoming professional […]
Reflecting on the 2023 American Fisheries Society meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan this past August and its theme Adaptive Approaches to Understand and Manage Change in Fisheries, we are humbled by the efforts AFS President April Croxton and her planning team put into creating a more inclusive space for all […]