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Two Eyes are Better than One: Atlantic Sturgeon Research in the Restigouche River

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!  Daigle, N.J., S. White, B.A. Lubinski, R. Johnson, D.C. Kazyak, C.E. Verhille, C.-A....

Fieldwork can be hard – finding the right waders shouldn’t be!

Unfortunately, finding field gear as a woman can be a challenge - especially waders, which are typically designed to fit male bodies. So, we turned to the 2,000+ members of Women of Fisheries to get their advice on what has worked for them!  Like many kinds of field gear, women...

Apply NOW! Fish Sisters Unite funding for financial assistance

From October 1-15, 2025, Women of Fisheries collected donations to help support members with current financial difficulties.  A HUGE thank you to our members for the generous donations during the "Fish Sisters Unite Campaign." We received a total of $788 from our donors and Women of Fisheries matched the first...

Welcome to our blog series, Research Highlights! Each month, 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! This Month’s Research Highlight:Special Issue: Catfish 2020, Communicating Catfish Science: Proceedings […]

Recent research has documented that the early-career job market for marine environmentalists offers few and mostly uncompensated opportunities. The struggle to obtain full time paid work in fisheries science is real and can lead many early career scientists to accept positions that are highly underpaid. For many reasons, some detailed […]

Welcome to our blog series, Research Highlights! Each month, 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! This Month’s Research Highlight:Adams, M.S., B. Connors, T. Levi, D. Shaw, […]