Something Fishy from the Western Fisheries Research Center - Winter 2022
This fall edition of the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center newsletter, “Something Fishy!” includes our new Strategic Plan, USGS signing the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Agreement, Jim Winton recognized via a journal issue in Animals, a visual journey of our food web ecology work in the Upper Skagit, a recap of our American Fisheries Society presentations, and our most recent photo feature!
Director’s Message – Our New Strategic Plan
Our Center’s Strategic Plan for the Next Five Years
USGS Signs Pacific Lamprey Conservation Agreement
The USGS has been participating in the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI) since 2008. This fall, the USGS took the next step and formalized our engagement in this collaboration by signing the PLCI’s Conservation Agreement.
WFRC Scientist Emeritus Jim Winton Honored in Journal Dedication
This summer, a special issue of the journal, Animals was dedicated to Dr. Winton.
Western Fisheries Research Center at National American Fisheries Society Meeting
This August, the National American Fisheries Society met in Spokane, WA, for the 152nd annual meeting. Fisheries managers, biologists, professors, ecologists, aquaculturists, economists, engineers, geneticists, and social scientists from around the world joined to share scientific research and make professional connections.
Congratulations to Joe Warren for Winning this Issue’s Photo Contest!
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) Fish Biologist, Joe Warren, is the winner of this issues photo contest. The image shows opening day of collecting and PIT tagging juvenile steelhead on a tributary of the Wind River.