In case you missed it, a number of Women of Fisheries blog posts have been highlighted in the American Fisheries Society publication Fisheries Magazine! See below for a complete list of featured articles and the magazine issue months they were published in, along with the links to the original blog […]
Last month, we announced the winners of the Women of Fisheries Gives Back! Award for early career fisheries scientists. Although we were only able give out two awards, the applicants were excellent and we wanted to highlight a few of their unique journeys and experiences. Meet some of the amazing […]
By: Heather Cox Maybe you grew up dreaming of becoming a marine biologist, or maybe you discovered a passion for the inhabitants of rivers and streams during undergrad, but no matter how you got started, you pushed through years of schooling to earn that precious piece of paper (or papers) […]
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: Gunn, Rachel L., Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Nicholas A. J. […]
Thank you to everyone who has made our second annual Early Career Award possible! It was an amazing pool of applicants, and thanks to proceeds from the fisHER Adventure Classic and generous monthly recurring donations by Robert Campbell we were again able to support two awards this year! Learn more […]
Communicating our science is important. The platform and channel we use to do that vary depending on the audience, scope, and information we wish to communicate. Here, we highlight some of the work recently published by our community of women fisheries professionals, listed in alphabetical order by source name. Did […]
By Alexandra Norelli and Maggie Coffey An interview with a principal investigator (PI) should be a two-way process. As potential students, we expect to be interviewed before being selected for a graduate position. But it is important to interview the PI to determine if the position is a good fit […]
To start out 2023, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who financially contributed to Women of Fisheries, Inc. in 2022. We are so grateful for your generosity and support of our mission. A special shoutout to these top sponsors: Organizations Bass Level Florida Chapter: American Fisheries […]
To our Fish Sisters and Allies, 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, but alas, here we are. We made it. Together. We are so glad you […]
By Alexandra Norelli Electives can be so hard to choose! There is a constant argument between easy A’s vs. graduate-level coursework, fun vs. beneficial, an optional lab vs. a 1-credit cram session. It can be difficult to pin down the perfect schedule that is doable and worth it in the […]