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Jason Barnucz

@jasonbarnucz.bsky.social
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Father | Husband | Aquatic Biologist | Rare Fish Finder | Freshwater Fish Friend | Pure Fishing Ambassador | he/him | views are my own. 🐟 🎣 🇨🇦 🔬

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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Officials introduce voracious fish to fend off invasive species before it spreads to major lake: 'Ecologically important'
Officials speculate that someone emptied an aquarium with goldfish into the pond.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
www.cbsnews.com/news/burmese...
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Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Understanding how policymakers define & select evidence in environmental decisions is crucially important. Based on interviews with 84 Canadian professionals working at science-policy interfaces, Nyboer et al. set out a new definition of “good evidence” @sjcfishy.bsky.social‬ doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about defining “good evidence” for environmental decision making based on insights from Canadian professionals working at the science-policy interface
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Sarah Höfler @aquageo.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Have you ever wondered how the freshwater pearl mussel (M. margaritifera) lives in our rivers and feeds? I took some photos at our mussel breeding station today. The mussel is buried in the sediment by about a third or more and holds on with its muscular foot. It has two filter openings... 1/2
Two black mussels between little gravel, slightly open so that water can be filteredHalf of a black mussel (around 12 cm long in total) can be seen above the sedimentThree mussels in finer sediment, buried deeper but the two openings / siphons can be seen clearly
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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 24/08/2025
Freshwater mussels mostly use fish as a host to move upstream. The salamander mussel is unique in latching on to aquatic salamanders! Its larvae encyst in the gills of mudpuppies, possibly staying with their hosts over the winter! (204)
Fig from Porto-Hannes et al. 2025 showing a mudpuppy with its bright red exposed gills. There are little spots on the gills, each of which is a little sluglike mussel glochidium only a couple mm in size
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Chris Murphy @themurphologist.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Some of the snow totals recorded from the epic lake effect snow event to end off November & begin December. * denotes unofficial totals. It gets very difficult to measure amounts when you get this much! The squalls have left #Muskoka region & have been impacting #London & vicinity. #onstorm
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Chris Murphy @themurphologist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Come for the #WinterForecast, stay for the #Movember donation: ca.movember.com/mospace/766332
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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🌿 Our ecosystems are changing - and so must our strategies. At the Centre for Ecosystem Management, we bring together diverse voices, skills, and science-driven solutions to address pressing environmental challenges in the Great Lakes region and beyond. Intrigued? Learn more @ ecosystemscience.ca 🌍
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
“Don’t worry friend, #GarWeek will be here soon” ~Me to this Alligator Gar, probably.
A fish scientist guides a large Alligator Gar back into the water after collecting data on the fish.
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Sweet drive! 😎 🐟 👊🏻
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Scott Milne (Milne Technologies) @milnetechnologies.ca · 26/11/2024
Ever wonder what your tagged fish are up to between receiver fixes? See them in real-time! Who are they hangin' with? What are they snackin' on? 3D activity? See the big picture using integrated #sonar and acoustic biotelemetry methods. For more information www.milnetechnologies.ca/sonartags.htm.
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Scott Milne (Milne Technologies) @milnetechnologies.ca · 13/11/2024
Nice to see you all again! Happy to replace my tweets with skeets?..bleets? idk...🤷‍♂️ I’m Scott Milne and I bleet about #hydroacoustics, sonar imaging, acoustic biotelemetry, and fish habitat mapping. I hope you enjoy this #ARIS multibeam echogram of a baitfish school being attacked by Rainbow Trout.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
OTD 1859 #CharlesDarwin published Origin of Species. It's worth reflecting that he recognized the disruptive power of species invasions at a time when very few other scientists did. In Origin, he proposed hypotheses that today's ecologists are still exploring... 1/n🧵 #bioinvasions #invasivespecies
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Darwin remarked on the attachment of freshwater bivalves to the feet/feathers of waterfowl as a potential dispersal mechanism. In particular, reports of sphaeriid clams attached to the toes of salamanders are now quite common. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Michael Moore @iowantmofish.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Sad news for a Friday. Unfortunately, Unlike some terrestrial animals, I doubt we get grainy pictures of the Scioto Madtom or San Marcos Gambusia to keep the hope alive. www.fws.gov/press-releas...
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21 Species Delisted from the Endangered Species Act due to Extinction | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
FALLS CHURCH, Va. —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delisting 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. Based on rigorous reviews of the best available science for each o...
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#GarWeek arrives December 16!!! @garlab.bsky.social
A gar (fish) is seen on a black background with the word “gar” above the fish and “week” below the fish. It’s a promotion for “GarWeek” a celebration of these unique, ancient fishes, freshwater biodiversity, conservation, and unnecessary fish puns.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The Ricciardi Lab account on Bluesky is up and running. The migration from X/Twitter is completed.
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
it’s #sturgeonsaturday!! 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬🐠 did you know that sturgeon don’t have scales? Instead they are covered in rows of bony plates called scutes! Scutes are as beautiful as they are protective & can be quite sharp in some life stages & species Check out the rows of scutes that look like white diamonds 👇🏼
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Dave Zanatta @mimusselman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Check out these freshwater musselheads 🦪, snaily folk 🐚🐌, and groups! Let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/NjUGvWf
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Watched Gladiator II, so I’m giving y’all this one:
It’s Maximus from the movie Gladiator, but with a gar’s head, with the famous movie quote gar-punned into:
“Gar you not entertained?”
This is what happens when Solomon David is on Bluesky.
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Chris Murphy @themurphologist.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
After last night's downpour across the #GTA, here's where the bulk of the rain is expected today & tomorrow. With the evening commute now dark, throw in some rain & it always gets trickier. Like in #Ottawa this evening. Hope you "love a rainy night" in #Montreal!
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Me in my echo chamber.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
In 2012, fertile grass carp were identified near the mouth of the Sandusky River on Lake Erie; in 2015, grass carp eggs were found in the river, indicating that some breeding populations had established themselves in parts of the Great Lakes. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-gras...
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Fighting to keep grass carp out of the Great Lakes | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. are working to stop a massive invasive fish — grass carp — from invading the Great Lakes
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Julie Claussen @julielovesfish.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New Paper: This program, run by Dr. Karen Murchie, who is Director of Freshwater Research at Shedd Aquarium, continues to be a model for volunteer citizen scientists. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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For the love of suckers: scientific benefits of engaging volunteers to monitor migrations and advocate for native non-game fishes - Environmental Biology of Fishes
Suckers (Catostomidae) are the most abundant migratory fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, but they are understudied and underappreciated given their important roles in ecosystems. To overcom...
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Nathan Coleman @natetwn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Moments ago, Nova Scotia just cut down this tree to send to #Boston as a thank you for their help following the #Halifax explosion #ShareYourWeather @themurphologist.bsky.social @weathernetwork.bsky.social
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Frank Bures @frankbures.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Here’s a story I’ve been working on for a couple years, about the most important conservation issue you’ve never heard of. www.biographic.com/the-rough-fi...
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The Rough Fish Revolution - bioGraphic
Fisheries scientists are only now coming to understand the important roles native “rough fish” play in freshwater ecosystems across North America—even as these long-maligned species are increasingly a...
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Centre for Ecosystem Management @centreecomgmt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🌊 #Invasive species are a pressing concern in the #GreatLakes region; the Grass carp being one. Prolific eaters, they're capable of devastating wetland environments and upending the commercial #fishing industry. Stay up to speed on what's being done to keep them out: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-gras... 🎣
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Fighting to keep grass carp out of the Great Lakes | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. are working to stop a massive invasive fish — grass carp — from invading the Great Lakes
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Private time is not so private for your fishy friends. 😂
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a close up of a spongebob pineapple with a hole in it .
ALT: a close up of a spongebob pineapple with a hole in it .
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Following the current Bsky trend: Advertise your account with just one image. ⬇️ When not conducting research on endangered freshwater fish, I spend lots of time with family chasing our other fishy friends. Kayak fishing is our new, and preferred, angling method. It’s who I am. 🎣 🐟 🛶 ❤️
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Marty Hamel @martyhamel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you age fish with calcified fish structures, check out our new website that displays images of known-age fish. Learn how to age fish and touch up on your skills! www.fishage.org 🐟 #fisheries #fishsky #otoliths
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Home - FishAge: Known-Age Fish Image Database
Building on the vision of Dr. Mark Pegg and Dave Buckmeier, our team came together in the summer of 2021 to brainstorm a means to determine the availability
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Pssst… Bluesky gets to know FIRST… We’re bringing you #GarWeek the week of December 16!!! More info coming soon!
Several fish scientists hold up a large fish, an Alligator Gar, with a lake in the background. The gar was measured, tagged, and safely released.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
For the "fish that migrate" #SundayFishSketch theme, an old sketch of a sockeye salmon swimming upstream to spawn. Luckily, my migration to Bluesky has involved significantly fewer bears.
A drawing of a pink fish jumping up over a waterfall
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Vector management (regulation of ship ballast water release) has caused an unprecedented 85% decline in the rate of invasion of the Great Lakes. Canada & USA (2006-08) mandated open-ocean flushing of saltwater thru ships' ballast tanks - with success. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
OOOOLD GARS! Fun Fact: many of the Alligator Gars on exhibit at California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium arrived in the 1950s and 60s, likely making them the oldest gars on exhibit in the US! *luckily, gars are harmless to humans, even the big gator gars!
Alligator Gars seen on exhibit at Steinhart Aquarium in California, USAGar scientist takes a selfie in front of Alligator Gars on exhibit at Steinhart Aquarium.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Boys have swag Gentleman have style I have a shark-cuterie board
A charcuterie board shaped like a shark
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Photos of the freshwater sponge Eunapius fragilis, a dominant space competitor than can overgrow zebra mussels & unionid mussels. Mussel shells offer hard substrate for colonization. Small suspension feeders settling near the siphons benefit initially by exploiting the mussel's filtration current.
Freshwater sponge (Eunapius fragilis)
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Those are adjustments to a schedule.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale in Alberta @nanagale.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I could really use a vacation on a beach somewhere… Just a little break. 2-4 years. That’s all.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I think if you’re going to use the phrase “fuck around and find out”, you need to have the courage to say “fuck”. These people on TV saying “eff around and find out”? Dilutes the turn of phrase. Say it with your whole chest. Fuck! Around! And! Find! Out!
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Matthew L. Miller @matthewlmiller.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Northern hogsucker. I love fishing for overlooked and unappreciated species. And all native fishes, including so-called “roughfish” deserve science-based management.
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Brad Utrup @bradu20.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Biggggg Largemouth Bass were the highlight of this morning’s electrofishing survey on Lake St Clair! @jmhessenauer.bsky.social #GreatLakes #fish
Livewell on boat full of fish and vegetationLargemouth Bass on wood measuring boardAnother Largemouth Bass on wood measuring board
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Recreational #fisheries can be viewed through the lens of "one health" recognizing the inherent interconnections among people, fish & the environment. How do we get fisheries managers to embrace such thinking? OA: www.facetsjournal.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #onehealth #recreationalfishing #facetsjournal
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It’s true, gars breathe air! Using a modified gas bladder that acts as a lung, gars need to frequently surface to gulp air! *GIF didn’t load, reposting with video🐟👍
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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
There's a new season of Introduced - where Great Lakes stories meet invasive species science! Introduced is an award-winning podcast featuring stories about the Great Lakes, introduced species and the people working to protect our waters. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introd...
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Introduced
On Introduced, we dive into stories of the aquatic invaders that are costing us millions and changing the lakes, streams, and wetlands we cherish and rely on.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
One of our weird discoveries: 1st field-documented case of a zebra mussel attached to a fish (lake chub). This phoretic association could facilitate 1) within-basin spread of zebra mussels via fish migration & 2) overland transport by anglers moving baitfish. redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Ri...
Juvenile zebra mussel attached to a fish.
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Nathan Coleman @natetwn.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Why people are putting a little bowl of salt next to their window
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I never knew this! We just finished replacing our old, moldy windows in our house. Wish I tried this experiment last winter! Very cool 🤓 🔬
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Jason Barnucz @jasonbarnucz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thanks Chris. 👊🏻🎣
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