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Finding Strength in the Field: My First Season With PIBO

By Emily Hamilton, 2026 Early Career Award Winner When I learned I had been selected as the recipient of the Women of Fisheries Early Career Award, I felt incredibly honored. As someone just beginning my career in fisheries and aquatic science, it means so much to be recognized by an...

Women in the Seafood Industry: Searching for a Seat at the Table

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! Garlock, T., J. Chu, C. Crandall, J. Dutka-Gianelli, R.B.M. Pincinato, and L. Liu....

Fish Bumps to All Our Spring 2026 Graduates

Congratulations to all of our new fish sister graduates! Your graduation represents years of hard work, grit, and sacrifice and is an achievement worth celebrating. No matter where your journeys take you next, whether you are starting a new job, continuing your education, or exploring other opportunities, we know the...

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, […]