This book is an update of the widely accepted monetary values of fish that have been published by AFS since 1975 (last updated in 2003 as Special Publication 30). This publication has been adopted as the legal basis for restitution or fines in more than half the states and has been upheld in numerous legal challenges. This current version presents freshwater mussel values that have been substantially refined since their initial appearance in 2003, and updates the comprehensive methods for assessing fish kills and freshwater mussel kill events….Read more

Estimating age structure of fish populations and growth of individuals is fundamental to evaluating fish population demographics and dynamics.  This text provides a comprehensive overview of concepts and techniques associated with estimating age and growth of fishes.  Although the material presented in the book is applicable to systems around the world, the primary focus is on post-larval fish in North American freshwater systems….Read more

Alewives Alosa pseudoharengus are the preferred food of Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Alewife populations collapsed in Lake Huron in 2003 but remained comparatively abundant in Lake Michigan. We analyzed capture locations of coded-wire-tagged Chinook Salmon before, during, and after Alewife collapse (1993–2014). We contrasted the pattern of tag recoveries for Chinook Salmon released at the Swan River in northern Lake Huron….Read more