Allison Roy and Stephen DeStefano Receive USGS Leadership Awards

Allison Roy and Stephen DeStefano Receive USGS Leadership Awards

Dr. Allison Roy and Dr. Stephen DeStefano both received individual Leadership Awards from the USGS Cooperative Research Unit Program for the great work they do for the scientific community and Unit cooperators   Dr. Allison Roy, AUL- Fish, MA Unit  - Leadership   Dr. Roy has been with the Massachusetts Unit since 2012 and has made remarkable inroads into building, strengthening and expanding the Unit's relations with its cooperators. Relations among the Massachusetts Unit and its cooperators are both deeper and stronger, in part due to Dr. Roy's efforts. Dr. Roy is incredibly well respected among cooperators who consistently turn to her to lead them in many different aspects of fisheries and aquatic ecology.  Dr. Roy has built an impressive program of research, teaching mentorship, and service. In the past year and half along, she and her students have produced 6 scientific publications, presented 27 conference talks and invited seminars, and raised a million dollars in grant money. She currently has 6 active graduate projects...
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Andy Danylchuk Receives “Excellence in Public Outreach” Award from American Fisheries Society

Andy Danylchuk Receives “Excellence in Public Outreach” Award from American Fisheries Society

  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. ANDY J. DANYLCHUK RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC OUTREACH FROM THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY   (Tampa, FL) August 23, 2017 – Dr. Andy J. Danylchuk, an Associate Professor of Fish Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, received the award for Excellence in Public Outreach today at the 2017 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. AFS President Joe Margraf presented the award at the meeting’s plenary session. The award for Excellence in Public Outreach is presented to an AFS member who goes the "extra mile" in sharing the value of fisheries science/research with the general public through the popular media and other communication channels. “We applaud the distinguished contributions of Dr. Danylchuk and thank him for his continuous efforts to share the value of fisheries science and research,” said AFS President Joe Margraf. Dr. Danylchuk is the Scientific Advisor for the KeepEmWet Fishing initiative (https://www.keepemwet.org), where he has been working with vast networks of recreational anglers, as well...
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Graduate Student, Lucas Griffin to give Seminar at College of Charleston entitled, “Connecting the Dots with Acoustic Telemetry: A Promising Approach to Track Highly Migratory Atlantic Tarpon Across the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic”

Graduate Student, Lucas Griffin to give Seminar at College of Charleston entitled, “Connecting the Dots with Acoustic Telemetry: A Promising Approach to Track Highly Migratory Atlantic Tarpon Across the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic”

  Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts, Bonefish and Tarpon Trust 22 September 2017 Understanding migratory behaviors across a population is required to fill large gaps of knowledge in a species life history and to improve conservation management plans. However, monitoring marine migratory species over life stages and for extended periods of times have been difficult to achieve. We explore acoustic telemetry’s capability to overcome these challenges to monitor a highly migratory species, Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), and its relevance to conservation applications. Given the economic importance of the Atlantic tarpon fishery across regions, e.g., Texas, Florida, South Carolina, a better understanding of tarpon movements and habitat use across life history stages is needed to develop and implement a strong tarpon management plan. Highlighted is the acoustic telemetry collaborative efforts across institutions to successfully monitor broad- and fine-scale movements for extended periods of times that are not often possible with satellite telemetry techniques. We demonstrate analyses on Atlantic tarpon data, such as network analysis...
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