Grateful for the opportunity to give a plenary talk at the national @AmFisheriesSoc mtg! #AFS152
Using recent research & my story, I discussed how diverse voices 🔁 diverse fishes benefit each other👍
THANKS to SO MANY for their support! Video: https://youtu.be/jiGXwcn446w #SciComm
Many at #AFS152 thought that I was speaking figuratively when I said that PhD student @wes_franklin_ arrived in Spokane and promptly jumped off of a bridge. I was not.
And I fed the Spokane Garbage Goat #AFS152
I borrowed a bicycle from our hotel this morning and did a 2h ride along the river. Good times at #AFS152, but now it’s time to head home.
Great #scicomm talk today by S. Lochmann with #management relevance. How can analogies enhance your persuasive science in communicating with anglers? #AFS152
It’s been great reconnecting with friends, colleagues, and fellow fish nerds at #AFS152!
FINALLY got to hang out with @oldenfish in person after years of periodic fishy emails!
New PhD student Wes Franklin gave a great presentation at #AFS152 on how covid revealed the importance of education, outreach, and enforcement to compliance with rockfish conservation areas. With @RockfishMecca @MarineCons @JuanesLab @ConserveGaliano @anglersatlas
Why yes, I DID wear a gar shirt to give my plenary @AmFisheriesSoc #AFS152 today🐟👕👍
Garb, garment, garpparel ok I’ll stop 😂
Fun and interesting technique by @Susie_Colvin for displaying the numerous variables in a stream species richness model. #StarWars #AFS152
There wouldn’t be a VenturelliLab without this guy. So happy to spend time with Nigel Lester at #AFS152. Retired, but continues to use correlation and theory to solve the riddle of how we use minimal data to predict sustainable effort and harvest for a distributed resource.
Had a nice, fancy lunch today with @Nicktalurus and Scarnecchia at the old historic Davenport hotel. #AFS152
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Davenport_Hotel...
My plenary talk @AmFisheriesSoc #AFS152 is tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am PST!
Find out “What do [ancient] fish mean to us?” and why diverse fishes and diverse voices matter to fisheries, conservation, and stewardship.
There will probably be some #GarPuns
FINALLY got @eatguineapigs to sign my copy of his book (we haven’t seen each other in 3 years)! Great to reconnect with so many friends at #AFS152!
I highly recommend “Fishing Through the Apocalypse,” especially if you’re into fish, fishing, and conservation!
Hoo boy. Serious things are afoot after hours at #AFS152
Hypotheses being formulated. Collabs finding FaceTime. Papers being forecast.
Love those conference eureka moments where you see what a colleague is doing and realize they have the potential answer to questions you’ve pondered in your home system. #AFS152
Gotta say this #bowfin tee was the highlight of my afternoon. So I bought one. Thx, Robby.
#nongame fishes at #AFS152
I capped off my day of #AFS152 technical presentations with a gym sesh at the Davenport. 🏋️
#ScientistsWhoLift
Looking forward to the Spawning Run 5k in the morning 😜
Our #GarLab grad students also have stickers! Find @deejcador & @Wrightfish at #AFS152 this week!
And check out @deejcador’s talk on gars & floodplain restoration Tuesday 8/23 at 2pm PST Rm 103!
Well, if you ever wanted to hear me speak for 40 minutes consecutively, your best bet is to attend the Sportfish Management session this morning 8-9:40a. #AFS152
.@TheGarLab finally made it to #AFS152! And yes, we brought stuff👍
Find us for some stickers; come prepared with your best/worst #GarPuns, perhaps show off your gar ID skills🐟🧐
Made it to Spokane and got busy getting busy. Checked out the upper falls, lunch at an Irish Pub, and got registered before my first meeting. #AFS152
Seems our paper on Trophy #Paddlefish will be in the September issue then? Hoped it would be out in time for my presentation at #AFS152.
Welp. Despite my challenges, I succeeded in producing and uploading two presentation video files and edited the closed captioning for #AFS152.
It's a really sobering way to be reminded of all your verbal crutches.
Attn #AFS152 attendees- there are four states/territories (OK, NY, FL, Guam) with primary elections or runoffs scheduled during the conference. If you plan to vote absentee, be mindful of any deadlines.
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https://www.fvap.gov/guide/appendix/state-elections
Excited to join a great group of plenary speakers at the @AmFisheriesSoc annual meeting this August!
Theme of #AFS152 is "What do fish mean to us?"
I'll be sharing on this theme using insights from ancient fishes (more detailed abstract coming soon)....
While awareness of #gars, #bowfin, #buffalo, and many other nongame spp. has been substantially elevated by research and advocacy, management challenges for these fishes persist.
Join us at #AFS152 to discuss👇
Those of you working on #nongame fishes- please consider submitting an abstract for this symposium at #AFS152
afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-abstracts-2/
