All posts by Chris Castiglione
NY Chapter – Northeast Division AFS Annual Meeting, Feb. 6-8, 2019 Shad(s) Symposium Co-Conveners: K. Limburg, D. Stich, G. Kenney The anadromous alosine herrings (shads) once dominated East Coast rivers and estuaries, but are now in decline. In particular, the American shad has become much less abundant, despite efforts to reduce fishing pressure and restore... Read More
AFS Northeastern Division John Moring Student Travel Award NY Chapter and Northeast Division Annual Meeting The American Fisheries Society’s Northeastern Division (NED) supports student travel to its annual meeting through the John Moring Student Travel Award. The award was established in 2003 to honor John’s legacy and promote student engagement in the NED. It is competitive and... Read More
Fall 2018 YARE (Youth Aquatic Resource Education Workshop) at Otsego Lake, Glimmerglass State Park I’m happy to report that, despite the crazy cold weather, this fall’s workshop was a tremendous success. For our November 10th workshop, we had all 20 of our participants show! In fact, they were all present so we could start 10 minutes... Read More
The NY Chapter American Fisheries Society, NYS Parks and the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Present… YARE Workshop! Youth Aquatic Resource Education (YARE) For who? Teachers, educators, college students and the public What? YARE workshop for aquatic sampling & youth environmental education! November 10, 2018 9:00 am—4:30 pm Glimmerglass State Park 1527... Read More
If you haven’t visited our website in a while, take a look – https://newyork.fisheries.org/. We have been busy over the last few weeks updating the website. You’ll notice some things have moved around and are organized differently. It’s still a work in progress, so take a look and let us know what you think (and what... Read More
Here is a unique aquacultural engineering job opportunity at SUNY Cobleskill. A position teaching ½ time here with us at SUNY and ½ time performing evaluations of New York State fish hatcheries. This is a shared, grant funded, 5 year position. https://cobleskill.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=102869 Read More
