Fisheries Science News

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Understanding Fall Pond Turnover and Fish Kills

Farm ponds in the south almost always become stratified in the summer. Stratification occurs when the water column separates into oxygen-rich water at the surface and oxygen-poor water at the bottom separated by an abrupt transition layer called the thermocline. In general, the longer a pond is…
17-year old largemouth bass otolith

Charting new waters: How a new public access database seeks to enhance fisheries management

A research team at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources is transforming fisheries management with the launch of FishAge, the world’s first publicly available reference database of known-age fish structures. Led by Dr. Marty Hamel, the project addresses a…
Bottles of mead brewed by Wilson

Foraged finds: Student learns fermenting during projects' off-seasons

A handful of years ago, Russell Wilson was getting ready for deer season.  Walking through the woods near his home in Northwest Georgia, he stumbled upon a vine dripping in purple fruit. “I just started shaking the branches and I got a ton of muscadines,” said Wilson of the native grape…

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