Projects and Research
Across the country, scenes of thousands of freshwater mussel shells scattered on the banks and bottoms of lakes and rivers haunts scientists. For the most part these mussel die-offs are unexplained and mysterious. Pollution and contaminants are a well known cause of mortalities but in the case of these die-offs there were no contaminants found....
Management of invasive carp populations is one of the biggest conservation challenges facing the United States today. Assessing the reproductive potential of grass carp and black carp in the wild can help fisheries managers determine control methods for invasive carp species. Grass Carp and Black Carp can be important biological tools for managing closed...
The National Wild Fish Health Survey provides information on the presence or absence of aquatic animal pathogens in wild fish populations to tribes, state and federal fisheries managers, the aquaculture industry, conservation groups, researchers, and the public. This information helps to better manage both hatchery and wild fish populations. ...