Washington Hotline

Habitat Hotline Atlantic

In January 2009, the Commission will publish the ninth document in its Habitat Management Series entitled, Atlantic Coast Diadromous Fish Habitat: A Review of Utilization, Threats, Recommendations for Conservation, and Research Needs, by Karen E. Greene, Jennifer L. Zimmerman, and R. Wilson Laney. While the document is going through the publication process, we thought we would give you a glance...

Habitat Hotline Atlantic

Working towards healthy, self-sustaining populations of all Atlantic coast fish species or successful restoration well in progress by the year 2015. Lionfish behavior is notably different in its introduced range. In their native range, lionfish are solitary, nocturnal predators. But in the Atlantic, they have been found with full stomachs during the day, suggesting active daytime foraging. Also...

Habitat Hotline Atlantic

On February 1, 2007, the ASMFC Interstate Fisheries Mangement Program Policy Board approved for publication, “The Importance of Habitat Created by Molluscan Shellfish to Managed Species Along the Atlantic Coast of the United States,” by Dr. Loren D. Coen and Dr. Raymond E. Grizzle. This document will be #8 in the ASMFC Habitat Management Series. While the document is going through the publicati...

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Experiences with a science hotline.

Scientific literacy of the population may be enhanced by outreach programs conducted by universities. One such program, the University of Kentucky Science Hotline, has been successful in attracting and answering many inquiries from students, teachers, and others. The authors describe the organization and management of this hotline. The operation is inexpensive and efficient, with 35 faculty and...