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Fish Sister Profile: Dr. Syed Talia Mushtaq, a fisheries biologist committed to preserving the unique species of Kashmir

"Be prepared to challenge traditional gender roles. Your scientific expertise and contributions can gradually change perceptions within the community.."

Beyond otoliths: The future of aging trophy Florida Bass

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!  Lindelien, S., D.C. Parkyn, C.C. Anderson, J.H. O’Connor, A.C. Dutterer, and P. Schueller....

Profiles of Early Career Scientists – 2025 edition

In January, 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...

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, […]