VOL 38 NO 6 FisheriesAmerican Fisheries Society • www.fisheries.org JUNE 2013 All Things Aquaculture Habitat Connections Hobnobbing Boondoggles? Freshwater Gastropod Status Assessment Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals 03632415(2013)38(6) Biology and Management of Inland Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass James S. Bulak, Charles C. Coutant, and James A. Rice, editors The book provides a first-ever, comprehensive overview of the biology and management of striped bass and hybrid striped bass in the inland waters of the United States. The book’s 34 chapters are divided into nine major sections: History, Habitat, Growth and Condition, Population and Harvest Evaluation, Stocking Evaluations, Natural Reproduction, Harvest Regulations, Conflicts, and Economics. A concluding chapter discusses challenges and opportunities currently facing these fisheries. This compendium will serve as a single source reference for those who manage or are interested in inland striped bass or hybrid striped bass fisheries. Fishery managers and students will benefit from this up-to-date overview of priority topics and techniques. Serious anglers will benefit from the extensive information on the biology and behavior of these popular sport fishes. 588 pages, index, hardcover List price: $79.00 AFS Member price: $55.00 Item Number: 540.80C Published May 2013 TO ORDER: Online: fisheries.org/ bookstore American Fisheries Society c/o Books International P.O. Box 605 Herndon, VA 20172 Phone: 703-661-1570 Fax: 703-996-1010 Fisheries VOL 38 NO 6 JUNE 2013 Contents COLUMNS President’s Hook 245 Scientific Meetings are Essential If our society considers student participation in our major meetings as a high priority, why are federal and state agen- cies inhibiting attendance by their fisheries professionals at these very same meetings, deeming them non-essential? A colony of the federally threatened Tulotoma attached to the John Boreman—AFS President underside of a small boulder from lower Choccolocco Creek, 262 Talladega County, Alabama. Inset shows a large colony on the Fish Habitat Connections underside of a boulder from the lower Coosa River, Elmore County, Alabama. Photo Credit: Paul Johnson. 246 What Exactly Is Fish Habitat and Why Must We Care? Let’s begin with semantics. Each fish occupies its preferred niche in the ecosystem…. Thomas E. Bigford Guest Director’s Line 285 New and Ongoing Society Initiatives to Craft a Lasting Partnership Between AFS and All Things Aquaculture Fish culturists returning to our society’s ranks is a welcome sight, personally and professionally. Jesse T. Trushenski FEATURE 247 Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States 74% of 703 Canadian and United States freshwater Pleated Juga Juga plicifera from the Willamette River near Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. The Pleated Juga is gastropods are imperiled. 263 distributed in the Pacific Northwest from California to British Paul D. Johnson, Arthur E. Bogan, Kenneth M. Brown, Noel Columbia, Canada. Photo Credit: Thomas Tarpley, ADCNR. M. Burkhead, James R. Cordeiro, Jeffrey T. Garner, Paul D. Hartfield, Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki, Gerry L. Mackie, Eva Pip, Thomas A. Tarpley, Jeremy S. Tiemann, Nathan V. Whelan, and Ellen E. Strong JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS AFS SYMPOSIUM SYNOPSIS 286 Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 142, Number 3, May 2013 283 Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals on Chemo sensation and Behavior in Fish: Organismal, CALENDAR Ecological, and Regulatory Implications Take-home messages from an AFS Symposium. 287 Fisheries Events Joseph S. Meyer and Greg G. Pyle NEW AFS MEMBERS 288 Cover: The federally endangered Plicate Rocksnail, Leptoxis plicata, historically occupied more than 700 km of riverine habitat throughout the Black Warrior River Basin in Alabama. 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