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Fisheries ISSN: 0363-2415 (Print) 1548-8446 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufsh20 Full Issue PDF Volume 40, Issue 11 To cite this article: (2015) Full Issue PDF Volume 40, Issue 11, Fisheries, 40:11, 525-572, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2015.1115707 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2015.1115707 Published online: 05 Nov 2015. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 147 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ufsh20 Download by: [Department Of Fisheries] Date: 13 March 2016, At: 23:47 FisheriesVol. 40 • No. 11 • November 2015 Downloaded by [Department Of Fisheries] at 23:47 13 March 2016 How to Thrive in Grad School Are Hermaphroditic Fish More Vulnerable to Fishing? Introduced Populations Help Preclude ESA Listing “I was amazed at how eective these gloves were and how easy they made handling of large-sized fishes.” – Alan Temple* “We were some of the first people to field-test [the gloves]. We used them last spring in our hatcheries to spawn muskies and walleye, and in the field to implant transmitters in muskies, walleyes and trout for telemetry studies. They worked great. We were really impressed.” – Je Hansbarger** · Portable, waterproof, and lightweight · Measuring and tagging made simple · Chemical free handling · Fish can be lawfully released immediately Downloaded by [Department Of Fisheries] at 23:47 13 March 2016 · Rubber gloves Safely immobilize live fish with Smith-Root’s new insulate user FISH HANDLING GLOVE SYSTEM. Upon release, fish immediately recover mobility. This specially engineered system safely delivers *Sept. 12, 2015 electrofishing.net blog. adjustable electric current through the body of the fish. **Sept. 12, 2015 Charleston Gazette-Mail Call or email our Sales team for more information: (360) 573-0202 • [email protected] Solutions for Fisheries Conservation [email protected] | (360) 573-0202 | Vancouver, WA USA | www.smith-root.com Fisheries Vol. 40 • No. 11 • November 2015 COLUMNS PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY 527 The Power of a Motion Ron Essig POLICY 528 Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity Thomas E. Bigford 532 A fish biologist holds an adult male Atlantic Salmon. Photo credit: USFWS. THE COMMUNICATION STREAM 530 Doing Cool Science? Why You Should Be Blogging about It Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey JOURNAL REVIEWS 529 Fisheries Classics: The Model That Turned Out to Be, Sadly, but Absolutely Right Jeff Schaeffer 529 Everything You Thought about Stone Crab Fisheries Is Wrong Jeff Schaeffer BETTER KNOW A HATCHERY 532 Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery FEATURES AND ESSAYS 534 Data Needs to Assess Effects of Soft Plastic Lure Ingestion on Fish Populations Jordan Skaggs and Micheal S. Allen 536 The Impacts of Fishing on Hermaphroditic Species and Treatment of Sex Change in Stock Assessments Mikaela M. Provost and Olaf P. Jensen 546 The Role of Introduced Populations in the Management and Conservation of Least Chub Rosebud Pond, an example of a habitat where Least Chub were Paul D. Thompson, P. Aaron Webber, and Cassie D. Mellon 546 introduced. Photo credit: Paul Thompson. 557 Relevant Topics to Keep in Mind as a Graduate Student Artur Rombenso, Karma Kissinger, Michael Ciaramella, and Jesse Trushenski 562 Enhancing the Utility of the NHDPlus River Coverage: Downloaded by [Department Of Fisheries] at 23:47 13 March 2016 Characterizing Ecological River Reaches for Improved Management and Summary of Information Daniel J. Wieferich, Wesley M. Daniel, and Dana M. Infante Barracuda - say cheese! Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife 571 Conservation Commission. Fisheries | www.fisheries.org 525 565 146TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY: THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS Fisheries JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS American Fisheries Society • www.fisheries.org 566 North American Journal of Aquaculture Volume 77, Number 4, October 2015 EDITORIAL / SUBSCRIPTION / CIRCULATION OFFICES 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110•Bethesda, MD 20814-2199 568 CALENDAR (301) 897-8616 • fax (301) 897-8096 • [email protected] The American Fisheries Society (AFS), founded in 1870, is the 568 CORRECTION oldest and largest professional society representing fisheries scientists. The AFS promotes scientific research and enlight- ened management of aquatic resources for optimum use and BACK PAGE enjoyment by the public. It also encourages comprehensive 571 The Teeth of Fishes: Say Ahhh! education of fisheries scientists and continuing on-the-job Natalie Sopinka training. AFS OFFICERS EDITORS PRESIDENT CHIEF SCIENCE EDITORS Ron Essig Jeff Schaeffer Olaf P. 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Fisheries is printed on 10% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based printing inks. 526 Fisheries | Vol. 40 • No. 11 • November 2015 COLUMN PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY The Power of a Motion Ron Essig, AFS President AFS President Ron Essig [email protected] We’ve probably all experienced the following scenario. Sometimes the group struggles to come to a consensus on An idea surfaces during lengthy discussion in a meeting that wording of a motion. This is when a chair can take advantage could move a group forward. Several meeting participants agree of a meeting break to allow time for a couple members to work that the idea is a good one. With luck, this idea is recorded in on wording that captures the flavor of the points raised. After meeting minutes; however, it is never acted on later. With typical the break, one of those individuals offers the motion. Hopefully, member turnover in any group, it may be months or years before there is a second to the motion, and the ensuing discussion might the issue resurfaces. Then members struggle to recall that good be more straightforward. There can be many permutations to the idea and why it was not implemented. simplified process described here, but it is not my intent, nor my What can prevent this scenario from occurring is taking expertise, to discuss them here. action at the time an idea surfaces. For an informal group, this might simply be the leader sensing buy-in from most members An effective strategy with motions is to and proceeding in that direction. This is a typical process in many AFS committees, which have relatively small numbers of get support behind it before you introduce members. However, in larger AFS Units—Sections, Divisions, and Chapters—there needs to be a bit more formality to maintain it. This means doing some homework an orderly process. I am a poor constitutional consultant, but I vetting it prior to the meeting. have learned that the motion process within Robert’s Rules of Order is a very powerful tool indeed. It is what moves forward You don’t want your idea to fall on deaf the Society, its Units, and other organizations that you may be part of in your work and personal life. ears and go nowhere. According to Robert’s Rules, a motion is simply a formal proposal by a member that the group take a certain action. The AFS is fortunate to have the appointed position of process involves someone making a motion for action that is constitutional consultant. Each new person taking this on has germane to the particular agenda topic. That person should state a one-year apprenticeship with their predecessor, so he/she is the exact wording of the motion. It can be modified through well-trained and hits the job running. This individual is well subsequent dialogue with the chair of the meeting. Then if versed in Robert’s Rules and the AFS Constitution, Rules, and modified, the chair should restate the motion and obtain a second Procedures. They also have to qualify for membership in the to the motion before it can be debated. The purpose of a second National Association of Parliamentarians. They draw on that is to indicate that more than one member of the group agrees knowledge base to offer constructive criticism of draft motions that the motion should be discussed.
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