Mid-Canada Chapter of AFS

#PostDoc Opportunity: Remote Sensing of Carbon Dynamics in Beaver-Engineered Peatlands

Join @usask.ca to study how beavers shape montane peatlands and impact carbon stocks. Candidates must have expertise in #RemoteSensing

Application reviews start August 15th. usask.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

New paper! ‼️ Angling-like stressors immediately before spawning impacts the offspring of lake trout 🐟 🐟 🐟 Fun study in collaboration with Manitoba Fisheries and @calebhasler.bsky.social lab.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

‼️ Calling All Students ‼️

🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted

DUE Friday, June 20

$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026

Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!

‼️ Calling All Students ‼️

🪼 2025 Peter A. Larkin Awards for Excellence in Fisheries 🪼
Applications are being accepted

$200 Cash & Travel to @scas-scsa.bsky.social #2026

Email YOUR application to
kyle.wellband@dfo-mpo.gc.ca today!

The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to host a Fisheries Career Panel at 3pm CT on Friday, April 25!

Curious about jobs in fisheries and aquatic sciences? The panel will feature fisheries professionals from a variety of backgrounds from across the region.

To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Interested in getting involved with your AFS Mid-Canada Chapter Executive Team? Nominate yourself for a position in 2025-2026. Nomination deadline: April 30, 2025.

For more information: midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-executiv...

The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to host a Fisheries Career Panel at 3pm CT on Friday, April 25!

Curious about jobs in fisheries and aquatic sciences? The panel will feature fisheries professionals from a variety of backgrounds from across the region.

To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Large bold text reads “Register Now!” with icons indicating the date, location, and website (afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org). On the right side are three images: a full auditorium, an exhibit booth with attendees talking, and a tall hotel building where the meeting will be held.

Ready, set, register! Join us for our 155th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Take advantage of the early bird rates by registering before June 4th! #AFS155 #fisheries

Interested in getting involved with your AFS Mid-Canada Chapter Executive Team? Nominate yourself for a position in 2025-2026. Nomination deadline: April 30, 2025.

For more information: midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-executiv...

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the social event in Edmonton this week! It was a blast connecting with fisheries and aquatic scientists from across central Alberta!

Stay tuned for future Mid-Canada Chapter events in your area.

Application of a population status model on several recreational lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fisheries in Manitoba, Canada - Environmental Biology of Fishes Current data on lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations in Manitoba are limited but essential for guiding effective management decisions. To address this gap, academics and provincial fisheries ...

Status of Lake Trout populations in Manitoba, a welcomed point of reference for management part of Giulio Navarroli MSc work, with @calebhasler.bsky.social et al. @uwinnipeg.bsky.social

Very glad to be part of this work! @springer1842.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Join us for a panel conversation with SCAS-SCSA Photo contest winners as they share their experiences using photography as a tool for #SciComm, providing advice on how to enhance the ways we share our research and professional work with wide audiences. Register here: forms.gle/Qz48Si9HG8Kj...

American Fisheries Society Mid-Canada Chapter: Edmonton Networking Event Come join us at the American Fisheries Society Mid-Canada Chapter: Edmonton Networking Event for a night of mingling with fish folks!

Networking Opportunity: Social event in Edmonton on April 9 (tomorrow).

The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to host a social event in Edmonton. Come hang out and get to know other fish friends in your area!

For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-f...

Summer job alert! Lake Winnipeg Foundation seeks a Summer Outreach Coordinator. Full-time, May-Aug 2024, $23/hr, 32-hr workweek. Passionate about community & environment?

Apply by April 7: bit.ly/LWFSOC

#WinnipegJobs #LakeWinnipeg #SummerJob

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the social event in Calgary this week! It was a blast connecting with fisheries and aquatic scientists from across the region!

Keep an eye out for future Mid-Canada Chapter events in your area.

Networking Opportunity: Social event in Calgary on February 26.

The Mid-Canada Chapter has teamed up with the Alberta Native Trout Collaborative to host a social event in Calgary. Come hang out and get to know other fish friends in your area!

More details: midcanada.fisheries.org/networking-o...

Networking Opportunity: Social event in Calgary on February 26.

The Mid-Canada Chapter has teamed up with the Alberta Native Trout Collaborative to host a social event in Calgary. Come hang out and get to know other fish friends in your area!

More details: midcanada.fisheries.org/networking-o...

There's still time to register for the next AFS webinar on Wednesday, hosted by the Fisheries Management Section. Join us for
Aquatic Vegetation Management on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 2 pm EST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ba2e62f4...

To read more about our Exec team, visit our website: midcanada.fisheries.org/exec-committ...

Introducing the AFS Mid-Canada Chapter Executive Team:

Treasurer Jamie Card. Jamie is a regulatory biologist with DFO in Edmonton and is passionate about habitat restoration in the East Slopes. Jamie has been involved with AFS since 2018, starting as the student rep for @cars-afs.bsky.social.

Seminar alert! The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to present Elliot Lindsay from Freshwater Conservation Canada on Feb 12 at 12pm MT. Elliot will be discussing his work using low-tech, process-based methods to restore streams in Alberta.

Register here: midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-seminar-...

Register now for the next AFS webinar, hosted by the Fisheries Management Section.

Aquatic Vegetation Management
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
2 pm ET

Register now: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ba2e62f4-42c3-444e-bfb5-e892abe0bdad@ea04981a-ce57-48f5-96aa-0b09f880fa48

Seminar alert! The Mid-Canada Chapter is excited to present Elliot Lindsay from Freshwater Conservation Canada on Feb 12 at 12pm MT. Elliot will be discussing his work using low-tech, process-based methods to restore streams in Alberta.

Register here: midcanada.fisheries.org/mcc-seminar-...

Workshop info card: Demystifying the publication process On Feb 21 from 12:55-1:40 pm In Wentworth A at the SCAS conference in Hamilton Info displayed over an image of two whales swimming underwater

Are you headed to this month’s annual Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences conference in Hamilton? Have students or are yourself new to the world of scientific publishing?

Grab your lunch and join me to chat all about the process, tips and tricks ✍️

#SCAS2025 @cdnsciencepub.bsky.social

3 tenure track positions in cell and systems biology in a FABULOUS department. Review of applications will begin March 3.

To learn more about our Executive team and to find Ben's President's Message for 2025, visit our website: midcanada.fisheries.org.

Introducing the AFS Mid-Canada Chapter Executive Team:

President Dr. Benjamin Kissinger. Ben is the Water and Fish Program Lead at fRI Research in Calgary where he conducts applied research aimed to aid in protecting and recovering native aquatic species. He has been a member of AFS since 2007!

My agency is hiring over 200 interns for summer 2025! Positions include fisheries, wildlife, forestry, state parks, and more, with locations throughout Minnesota available. These positions pay $19/hr, applications close at the end of the month! 🐟🐠🌎

www.dnr.state.mn.us/careers/inte...?

Yellow background with pictures of the covers of two books and a sticker reading "$20–30". Black text reads "End-of-year book sale. New titles added this year." The books are "Marine Artificial Research and Development: Integrating Fisheries Management Objectives" and "The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout, 2nd edition"

Yellow background with pictures of the covers of two books and a sticker reading "$20–30". Black text reads "End-of-year book sale. New titles added this year." The books are "Paddlefish: Ecological, Aquacultural, and Regulatory Challenges of Managing a Global Resource" and "Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams"

Yellow background with pictures of the covers of two books and a sticker reading "$20–30". Black text reads "End-of-year book sale. New titles added this year." The books are "Lessons in Leadership: Integrating Courage, Vision, and Innovation for the Future of Sustainable Fisheries" and "Selected Writings of Sidney J. Holt: Documenting a Lifelong Pursuit of Sustainable and Profitable Fishing"

Angling for a great deal on fisheries books this winter? Look no further than fisheries.org/bookstore/. Catch these six awesome titles—or any of the 100-some other books on sale. Only thru Jan 17. $1 from each purchase is donated to AFS's Publications Endowment Fund.

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