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Announcing the 2026 Women of Fisheries Gives Back! Award Winners

Thank you to everyone who has made our fifth annual Early Career Award possible! It was an amazing pool of applicants, and thanks to generous donations during the Fish Sisters Unite Campaign last year, we were able to support three awards this year! Learn more about our winners (Emily Hamilton,...

Now accepting applications for 2026 Women of Fisheries Gives Back! Award

With the help of extra funds available from the Fish Sisters Unite Campaign last year, we will be able to offer THREE $250 awards this year to early career professionals. Funds can be used to help with professional training, attending an upcoming professional conference, or even getting a professional outfit for your...

A Detour to Discovery: Fish Morphology in an Arkansas Stream

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!  McCollough, R., and K. Hecke. 2025. Morphological variation in four common stream fish...

Thank you for being a part of our Women of Fisheries community and participating in the FOURTH annual fisHER Adventure Classic this month! Without you, we would not be able to grow and expand our services for all women in fisheries. The fisHER Adventure Classic is our annual fundraising event to help […]