Unit Leader & Adjunct Associate Faculty Fisheries Education Education: Ph.D., Cornell University: Natural Resources, minor in Biometry M.S., Auburn University: Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures B.S., University of Illinois: Liberal Arts and Sciences, major in General Biology Research Selected Publications: Nagy, A. J., M. C. Freeman, B. J. Irwin, and S. J. Wenger. 2024. Life-history connections to long-term fish population trends in a species-rich temperate river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 33(2):e12767. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12767 Irwin, B. J., M. M. Tomamichel, M. E. Frischer, R. J. Hall, A. D. E. Davis, T. H. Bliss, P. Rohani, and J. E. Byers. 2024 (available online 2023). Managing the Threat of Infectious Disease for Sustainable Seafood Production. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22(2):e2695. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2695 Baker, M.A., E.C. Ingram, D. L. Higginbotham, B.J. Irwin, and A.G. Fox. 2023. Refining capture-recapture recruitment estimation methods for Atlantic sturgeon. Endangered Species Research 51: 203-214. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01250 TenHarmsel, H. J., B. B. Boley, B. J. Irwin, and C. A. Jennings. 2021. Perceived constraints and negotiations to trout fishing in Georgia based on angler specialization level. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:115-129. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10540 TenHarmsel, H. J., B. B. Boley, B. J. Irwin, and C. A. Jennings. 2019. An importance–satisfaction analysis of trout license holders in Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(6):1227-1241. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10353 Vidal, T., B. J Irwin, C. P. Madenjian, and S. J. Wenger. 2019. Age truncation of alewife in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45(5):958-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.06.006 Deroba, J. J., S. K. Gaichas, M. Lee, R. G. Feeney, D. Boelke, and B. J. Irwin. 2019. The dream and the reality: meeting decision-making time frames while incorporating ecosystem and economic models into management strategy evaluation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(7):1112-1133. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0128 Feeney, R. G., D. V. Boelke, J. J. Deroba, S. Gaichas, B. J. Irwin, and M. Lee. 2019. Integrating management strategy evaluation into fisheries management: advancing best practices for stakeholder inclusion based on an MSE for Northeast U.S. Atlantic herring. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(7):1103-1111. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0125 Vidal T. E., B. J. Irwin, T. Wagner, L. G. Rudstam, J. R. Jackson, J. R. Bence. 2017. Using variance structure to quantify responses to perturbation in fish catches. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146:583-594 [Featured Article]. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2017.1301992 Robert L. Kendall Award for the Best Paper in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society for 2017 (Awarded 2018) Wagner, T., S. R. Midway, T. Vidal, B. J. Irwin, and J. R. Jackson. 2016. Detecting unusual temporal patterns in fisheries time series data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145:786-794. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1150879 Midway, S. R., T. Wagner, J. D. Zydlewski, B. J. Irwin, and C. P. Paukert. 2016. Transboundary fisheries science: meeting the challenges of inland fisheries management in the 21st century. Fisheries 41(9):536-546. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2016.1208090 Paukert, C. P., B. A. Glazer, G. J. A. Hansen, B. J. Irwin, P. C. Jacobson, J. L. Kershner, B. L. Shuter, J. E. Whitney, and A. E. Lynch. 2016. Adapting fisheries management to a changing climate. Fisheries 41(7):374-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2016.1185009 Kramer, D. W., T. J. Prebyl, J. H. Stickles, D. A. Osborn, B. J. Irwin, N. P. Nibbelink, R. J. Warren, and K. V. Miller. 2016. Using GPS telemetry to determine roadways most susceptible to deer-vehicle collisions. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:253-260. Keiter, D. A., F. L. Cunningham, O. E. Rhodes, Jr., B. J. Irwin, and J. C. Beasley. 2016. Optimization of scat detection methods for a social ungulate, the wild pig, and experimental evaluation of factors affecting detection of scat. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155615 Dawson, H. A., M. L. Jones, B. J. Irwin, N. S. Johnson, C. M. Wagner, and M. Szymanski. 2016. Management strategy evaluation of a new control tactic to manage invasive fish. Natural Resource Modeling 29(3):448-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12096 Rudstam, L. G., J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, T. E. Brooking, W. W. Fetzer, B. J. Irwin, and J. L. Forney. 2016. Walleye and yellow perch in Oneida Lake. Pages 319-354 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries. Irwin, B. J., L. G. Rudstam, J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, and J. L. Forney. 2016. Long-term trends in the fish community of Oneida Lake: analysis of the zebra mussel invasion. Pages 375-396 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries. Fitzgerald, D. G., L. G. Rudstam, J. M. Casselman, B. J. Irwin, D. G. Fielder, T. J. Paoli, and C. E. Kraft. 2016. Fish community response to environmental perturbations: comparison of Oneida Lake with three Bays of the Great Lakes. Pages 497-524 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries. Labs/Centers/Committee: Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Area of Specialty: Fisheries and Aquaculture Biology/Ecology Water, Soils and Environmental Systems Invasive Species Wildlife Ecology and Management Non-Game and Endangered Species Wildlife Damage Wildlife Population Dynamics