Winter is a challenging period for aquatic research—weather is uncomfortable, ice is
hazardous, equipment fails, and daylength is short. Consequently, until recently relatively …

COVID-19 restrictions have led to an unprecedented global hiatus in anthropogenic
activities, providing a unique opportunity to assess human impact on biological systems …

Delineation of population structure (ie stocks) is crucial to successfully manage exploited
species and to address conservation concerns for threatened species. Fish migration and …

Recent advances in tracking systems have revolutionized our ability to study animal
movement in the wild. In aquatic environments, high-resolution acoustic telemetry systems …

Many terrestrial and aquatic taxa are known to form periodic aggregations, whether across
life history or solely during specific life stages, that are generally governed by the availability …

Tourism-related feeding of wildlife can result in detrimental, human-induced changes to the
spatial distribution, social behaviour and health of target species. The feeding of sharks as …

Responses to unprovoked shark bite involve public policies and management approaches
that contend with the needs of public safety and the responsibility to protect threatened …

The smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata is an endangered species endemic to the Atlantic
Ocean. The only known viable populations occur in the USA along both coasts of Florida …

Understanding relationships between freshwater fishes and habitat is critical for effective
fisheries and habitat management. Habitat suitability indices (HSI) are commonly used to …

Understanding detection range is a key factor for the use of acoustic telemetry in fisheries
research. Lakes have strong seasonal changes in thermal stratification, as well as short-term …