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Joe Langan

@jalangan.bsky.social
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Quantitative fisheries ecologist. Research Fish Biologist at NOAA GLERL. Formerly a postdoc at UAF. Views and opinions are my own. He/him.

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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New paper! It was a privilege to work with and learn from South American colleagues on an investigation of the ongoing coho salmon invasion of Patagonia! We show that habitat preferences from the native range help to explain the invasion pattern. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Really enjoyed the opportunity to chat about my salmon work in the Great Lakes and beyond on the Doc Talks Fishing Podcast! If you want to learn more about the wild story of Great Lakes pink salmon and what they can teach us about ocean stocks, check it out here: www.buzzsprout.com/2315879/epis...
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#61 || Dr. Joe Langan: The Salmon That Broke Biology - Doc Talks Fishing Podcast
It is a fisheries science story that has biologists shaking their heads in disbelief.In this episode of Doc Talks Fishing, Dr. Joe Langan takes us on an extraordinary journey—from the surprising histo...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Excited to see broad coverage of our Great Lakes pink salmon research! people.com/new-research... Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/faf.... @evathorstad.bsky.social 🦑🐟🧪
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Scientists Warn of Invasive Pink Salmon's Rapid Spread in U.S. Waters and the Fish's Ability to Adapt
Invasive pink Salmon have spread throughout the Great Lakes, and climate change and warming waters are contributing to the fish's spread
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NOAA put together a nice web story on our new Great Lakes pink salmon paper! Check it out here: www.noaa.gov/stories/pink... @evathorstad.bsky.social 🦑🐟🧪🌎
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Pink salmon invasion in Great Lakes has lessons for North Atlantic, Arctic communities
New NOAA-led research on the history of the rise of pink salmon in the Great Lakes may help fishery managers and communities on the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans tackle the recent rapid growth of t...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New paper! 70 years since their introduction via a sewer, we detailed the unexpected Great Lakes pink salmon invasion history, their plasticity to adapt to new environments, and research needs relevant for managing the species everywhere! 🦑🐟🌎 @evathorstad.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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The Forgotten Pink Salmon in the Laurentian Great Lakes: An Unexpected Invasion With Insights for Three Oceans
Introductions of species outside their native range, such as pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the Laurentian Great Lakes, can serve as unplanned experiments that provide new insights into ecol....
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Excited to find out today that my 2024 paper on the ocean distributions of Pacific salmon is a Top Cited Article in Fish and Fisheries! #TopCitedArticle @wiley.com doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
New paper! This was a fun collaboration exploring the trophic interactions between Atlantic cod at their southern range edge and a warm water species, black sea bass, on the rise in southern New England. Glad to see it out in the world! www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
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Strong diet and trophic niche overlap of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua and black sea bass Centropristis striata in warming southern New England waters
In the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, climate warming is driving new ecological interactions as temperate black sea bass Centropristis striata abundance increases in the southernmost extent...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New paper! I am excited to see the results published from this fun collaboration characterizing patterns of salmon bycatch in the Eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery! doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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Drivers and Dynamics of Salmon Bycatch in the Eastern Bering Sea Pollock Fishery
Minimising bycatch is a pervasive challenge for sustainable fisheries management, the importance of which is amplified for non-target species or populations that are in decline. In the eastern Bering....
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New paper! This was a fun collaboration investigating food web dynamics among co-occurring snappers in the Red Sea. The results suggest they partition niches despite occupying a similar trophic level! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Highly siloed nutrient pathways fuel meso-predator fishes on coral reefs
Ecologists have long sought mechanisms to explain the productivity and diversity of coral reef communities while simultaneously seeking to predict the…
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thrilled to see this collaborative effort with excellent colleagues now published! We used results from my past work to investigate patterns of thermal habitat along the migration corridors of western Alaska chum salmon. Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mapping suitable thermal migration corridors for western Alaska chum salmon in the North Pacific
It is evident that warming North Pacific Ocean (NPO) temperatures are impacting salmon fitness and survival. Record-low western Alaska chum salmon run…
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🌍🐟The Arctic’s warming waters are fuelling pink salmon’s rapid expansion. ✍️The latest #IJMS #EditorsChoice presents a global strategy for managing species on the move. 👉 www.ices.dk/news-and-eve... @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social @evathorstad.bsky.social @jalangan.bsky.social @profcolinbean.bsky.social
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Check out our new paper in @icesmarine.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva.. on management of pink salmon in expanding Arctic and invaded Atlantic ranges! Great to work with this international team! @profcolinbean.bsky.social @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social @evathorstad.bsky.social
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New Paper! I had the pleasure of helping Skip McKinnell assemble a database of >50k salmon catch records from ocean surveys beginning in the 50s... and the data are public! Read about the International Pacific Salmon Data Legacy here: npafc.org/bulletin-7-6/
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Post-doc opportunity! Interested in SDMs and bycatch genetic data? Stock-specific Modeling of Bering Sea Chum Salmon: Integrating fishery-dependent observations with genetic data Led by Curry Cunningham and an excellent team of UAF and NOAA collaborators!
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
New paper! Pacific salmon catches are rising in the Arctic, and now we know why! Published today in Global Change Biology with co-authors from Fisheries and Oceans Canada & UAF and in partnership with Indigenous communities. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....   press release: www.uaf.edu/news/open-ga... 🦑🧪
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
New paper! Pacific salmon catches are rising in the Arctic, and now we know why! Published today in Global Change Biology with co-authors from Fisheries and Oceans Canada & UAF and in partnership with Indigenous communities. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....   press release: www.uaf.edu/news/open-ga... 🦑🧪
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Here is the news release for our paper! www.uaf.edu/news/huge-da...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 30/03/2024
New paper on the distributions and thermal preferences of Pacific salmon at sea! Check it out here: t.co/gjvoql1rmx Curry Cunningham, Jordan Watson, Skip McKinnell, and I enjoyed synthesizing high seas data stretching back to the 50s to develop this comprehensive look at the salmon marine phase! 🦑🧪
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
What a great week at #WFC2024! Traveling home today is bittersweet- it’s the last day of my rewarding postdoc at UAF. On Monday, I start as a Research Fish Biologist at NOAA GLERL in support of the Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative!
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Excited to head to Seattle next week for the World Fisheries Congress! I am presenting our research modeling Pacific salmon distributions at sea on Thursday. Looking forward to chatting with old and new friends! #wfc2024 🦑 @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Excited to head to Seattle next week for the World Fisheries Congress! I am presenting our research modeling Pacific salmon distributions at sea on Thursday. Looking forward to chatting with old and new friends! #wfc2024 🦑 @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Postdoc Opportunity Alert! Interested in exploring the performance of harvest control rules for long-lived species with spasmodic recruitment? Keen on population dynamics and Alaska sablefish? tinyurl.com/2d72c7tw Come work at UAF with Curry Cunningham and the NOAA AFSC!
Flyer describing the job adPicture of Curry Cunningham on a vessel holding a sablefish
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Postdoc Opportunity Alert! Interested in exploring the performance of harvest control rules for long-lived species with spasmodic recruitment? Keen on population dynamics and Alaska sablefish? tinyurl.com/2d72c7tw Come work at UAF with Curry Cunningham and the NOAA AFSC!
Flyer describing the job adPicture of Curry Cunningham on a vessel holding a sablefish
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
A lot of folks I have spoken to in the US are still unaware, but invasive pink salmon numbers are rising rapidly in the Atlantic! t.co/B9gt1JG66G
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‘It smells so bad’: glut of wild salmon creates stink in Norway and Finland
The irony of having too many salmon as global populations fall is not lost on locals, who have seen the pristine Tana River littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific species that is pus...
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
I'm Joe, and I study the ocean ecology of Pacific salmon. I am based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Joe Langan @jalangan.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Curious about pink salmon? Check out our new report written by a collaboration of folks working in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic! t.co/mgjUHBG1GY
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