The Fisheries Podcast

This week, Elise (IG @elisemobranchii) sits down - in person! - with Jake Jerome who holds many roles including Lecturer at the University of Miami, Intern Coordinator for UM's Shark Research and Con…

This week Kadie chats with T. David (Dave) Ritter, a fisheries biologist, artist, and one of the members of the California White Shark Project. Throughout this episode we chat about Dave's career pat…

This week, Preston chats with Coastal Carolina University's Dr. Derek Crane. They discuss Derek's background and career journey from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. They also spend a good bit of time…

Ceci Weibert from Michigan's Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) joins Brendan to talk about her work with the Great Lakes Commission on coordinating work between multiple agencies, her new j…

This week Kadie chats with Dr. Mairin Deith primarily about the ins and outs of simulation models and their applications to ecological questions, but we also cover her career path, current work, and …

Can you believe it has been over five years since we have heard from the amazing Rene Martin? In this episode we catch up with this former guest (Episode 28) to hear about her time wrapping up her Ph…

This week, Preston chats with Gene Gilliland. Gene is a retired biologist from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and has been the National Conservation Director for the Bass Anglers Sp…

This week Brendan is joined by Shona Derlukewich of "School of Fish" - https://www.schooloffishid.com/ to learn some tips and tricks in identifying small bodied and large bodied fish.  Shona shares h…

On this week's episode, Elise (IG: @elisemobranchii) chats with Jasmine "Jaz" Nyce (IG: @thenycephotos), a current PhD student in the Movement Ecology lab at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. Th…

This week Kadie catches up with Bridgette Nicolosi, a master's student at Georgia Southern University. Bridgette's research focuses primarily on larval fish ecology—an often overlooked yet critical a…

This week, Preston chats with Dr. Mike Bednarski, who is the Chief of Fisheries for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR). Mike compares and contrasts the infamous "big three" invasive…

This week Kadie chats with Lauren Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State University studying steelhead life history diversity and population dynamics. Listen in to hear about how snorkel surveys and…

Brook Schryer from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters joins Brendan on this weeks episode to talk about aquatic invasive species in Ontario and his last 9 years with the Invading Species A…

This week, Preston chats with Dr. Eric Hallerman. Eric retired earlier this year following a 34 year career as a faculty member of Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. They d…

Dr. Caleb Hasler joins Brendan to talk about his work on catch and release angling, some new techniques using genetic expression to look at stress in fish, and his work on two American Fisheries Soci…

This week, Elise (IG: @elise_the_mermaid) chats with Puerto Rican marine scientist and educator Wanda Ortiz Baez (IG: @sharkchicapr). Wanda holds bachelors degrees in Biology and Industrial Microbiol…

This week Kadie chats with Dr. Joey Bernhardt (@JoeyBernhardt) an integrative ecologist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph. Joey's research, much of which has been centered around…

This week, Preston chats with Ross Self, who is the Chief of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources' Freshwater Fisheries Section. They discuss Ross' career arc, as well as the highs and …