Registration for the 153rd Annual Meeting In Grand Rapids is now open. Register by July 7 to save with early registration rates. While registering, be sure to check the range of Continuing Education Courses offering valuable career skills:

• Introductory GIS for Fisheries Biologists
• Advanced GIS for Fisheries Biologists
• Data Wrangling Using the Tidyverse in R
• Database Concepts, Design, and Application in Wildlife and Fisheries Science
• How To Run Citizen Science Projects with Anglers
• Aquatic Plant Identification
• Informing Fisheries Management with Individual-Based Models in R: Design, Implementation, and Analysis

Abstract submission for the 9th World Fisheries Congress is now open! Submit your abstract to participate in one of more than 60 themed sessions available at the 2024 World Fisheries Congress in Seattle, Washington, USA. Abstracts are due by June 30, 2023.

Catch up on all of the activities at last week's Latin America & Caribbean Fisheries Congress in Cancun, Mexico. The Congress included 330 in-person and 46 virtual attendees from 28 countries, with 338 presentations (including 51 posters).

Only $40 for a limited time. Don't miss your chance to own this essential reference for marine biologists, ichthyologists, natural resource managers, students, naturalists, and others seeking authoritative information on the fishes of Alaska and the adjacent waters of Canada and Russia. Six-hundred-and-one species in 108 families and 36 orders are beautifully illustrated within.

Lack of taxonomic recognition is a major shortfall in conservation. The Wall Canyon Sucker is of high conservation concern, but is undescribed taxonomically and unlisted due to a lack of biological data. This paper provides molecular phylogenetic and the first population genetic analyses that can be used for conservation of this putative species.

This work developed and utilized a novel approach for estimating the distribution and abundance of an imperiled migratory fish species, American Eel, which can be used to identify barriers to upstream movement and inform conservation efforts.

For years, a mysterious sound puzzled many coastal residents of Sausalito, California. On summer nights, the houseboat community was bombarded by a persistent droning noise, loud enough to drown out conversations and disrupt sleep—some even claimed that at times it was as loud as an airplane engine at full throttle. To the shock of many, it was discovered that the sound was being produced by a toadfish (Batrachoididae) small enough to fit in your hands, the Plainfin Midshipman Porichthys notatus.

In coastal communities in Kilifi County, Kenya, where I conducted my graduate research, reef fishing is a way of life. Fisheries are so ingrained in the Swahili culture that the idea of food security has been superseded by one more specific to their cuisine: secure fisheries. Without sustainable fisheries as a source of protein and income, local food security becomes untenable.