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Steven J Cooke

@sjcfishy.bsky.social
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Dad X 3, Professor at Carleton University, Editor-in-Chief of AFS #Fisheries + Environmental Evidence, Fellow of the Royal Soc Canada, aquatic biodiversity champion, #keepfishwet & #OTN & #GLFC-BOTE board chair. www.fecpl.ca

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Monica Morrison @monicamorrisong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Should conservation scientists deal with uncertainty that affects their research by accepting it as part of the decision-making process and focus on documenting it? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... @cdrobich.bsky.social y.social @sjcfishy.bsky.social @timalamenciak.bsky.social
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Data, politics, and funding cause uncertainty for conservation practitioners
Our survey of Canadian conservation practitioners shows that while data uncertainty is a major challenge in decision-making, both funding and political uncertainty are also significant challenges and...
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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
SLU Aqua is looking for a permanent full-time Researcher. The position involves fish stock assessment, quantitative analysis & modelling, & contributing to scientific advice for fisheries management. Location: West coast of Sweden Deadline: 15 Sept web103.reachmee.com/ext/I017/111...
Aerial view of a coastal town, showcasing buildings, streets, and the shoreline meeting the ocean. In the foreground is water and then a cluster of white buildings on the waters edge. To the left is large rocky boulder foreshore. Behind both are scatter houses and in the distance a spire pokes high above the town
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tho' optimistic, @sjcfishy.bsky.social & Smol state they are “buttressed with a healthy dose of pessimism, skepticism, & realism” re Canada’s #environmental/biodiversity crises. They discuss several actions to deal with the crises, eg, empower individuals & communities to act doi.org/10.1139/face...
Title, authors’ names and affiliations, abstract, and keywords from a paper about solutions that Canadians could implement to address environmental and biodiversity crises
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Dr Helen Currie @helenalcurrie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Huge thanks to an amazing international team of collaborators 🌍 🌱 Key message: Urban planners can be powerful allies in restoring freshwater biodiversity. 🩵🏢💚 Let’s build cities for wildlife and people! #NatureBasedSolutions #BlueGreenInfrastructure @sjcfishy.bsky.social
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cars-afs.bsky.social @cars-afs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“Mama said knock you out. I’m going knock you out”…but with what? This pub helps select the best anaesthetic/immobilization technique for a given research effort. @sjcfishy.bsky.social #ConnorReid #FishWelfare #PrecautionaryPriniciple www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A Precautionary Approach to Welfare in Wild Fish Research and an Adaptable Framework to Inform Anaesthetic and Immobilisation Method Selection
For researchers and professionals working with wild fishes, the decision to choose a particular anaesthetic or immobilization technique can be fraught with uncertainty and conflicting guidance over...
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The Royal Society of Canada // La Société royale du Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A new paper by Steven J. Cooke (FRSC, @sjcfishy.bsky.social) and John P. Smol (FRSC) highlights the urgent need for immediate, effective action to address Canada’s environmental and biodiversity crises. Learn more below. 🌱
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 14/04/2026
Introducing Freshwater Policy and Practice, a new Canadian Science Publishing journal advancing solutions for freshwater ecosystems worldwide. Explore science, policy, and practice in one place. Stay tuned for updates 🌊▶️ ow.ly/PHbz50YHfiw #FreshwaterScience #WaterPolicy #NewJournal
A canoeist paddling on a calm freshwater lake surrounded by forested mountains under a clear sky.
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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A collaboration with Yushun Chen, Seb Brosse, @sjcfishy.bsky.social and other! @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social
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Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River
China’s rapid economic development has triggered an unparalleled freshwater biodiversity crisis since the 1950s. To restore fisheries resources, the Yangtze River Fishing Ban was implemented in 2021 t...
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
✳️ For those who missed Steve's #CommunityConversations 🌎💬 webinar, the recording is now available to watch on demand ✳️ ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhAg... @sebiology.bsky.social @sjcfishy.bsky.social
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Community Conservations webinar: Reflections on co-production and impact in conservation physiology
YouTube video by Society for Experimental Biology
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Rush Dhillon, PhD | Cartoonist & Illustrator @rushstudio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is figure is a non-exhaustive chart of quality of habitat tiers that can be implemented to evaluate habitat potential. Check out in the latest from @sjcfishy.bsky.social lab by Lemieux et al in Environmental Reviews: doi.org/10.1139/er-2025-0220
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Robert Arlinghaus @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We had a great 11th World Recreational Fishing Conference in South Africa. Meeting new and old friends and listening to new science. #11wrfc @sjcfishy.bsky.social @valeriosbra.bsky.social
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 22/12/2025
Career Advice Reminder | There Is No Such Thing as ‘Alternative’ Careers for Ph.D.s It’s time we free ourselves of the false binary of academic and nonacademic careers post-Ph.D., writes Briana Konnick. bit.ly/4j5wdmA
An instructor and two students lean over a student in protective goggles working.
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Jessica Reid 🌈 @j-reid.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We hope you consider submitting your Abstract to Session 51 at next year’s @scas-scsa.bsky.social @iaglr.bsky.social joint meeting! Come share experiences and lessons learned with other freshwater researchers and practitioners 💧 Hosted by @sjcfishy.bsky.social and Irena Creed
Conference logo infographic for the IAGLR & SCAS-SCSA Joint conference hosted May 25-29,2026 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The theme of the conference is “Connected Waters: Bridging Communities & Ideas”
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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 18/12/2025
If you were considering submitting an abstract for SCAS/IAGLR for our EDI session but didn't because you were only allowed to give one talk, you are now allowed to submit a second talk for sessions 7-11! (We're #10 🤓) And you still have 2 days left to submit an abstract! iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
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Abstracts - IAGLR-SCAS 2026
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Ivan Jaric @ivanjaric.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
How social–ecological #networks can improve our understanding and management of #biologicalinvasions – new paper by Fiona Rickowski et al. now published in #BioScience doi.org/10.1093/bios... #InvasiveSpecies #nonnative #pests #conservation #alienspecies
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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Fine-scale behaviour of walleye (Sander vitreus) on a spawning shoal in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Great to see some labmates from McMaster U doing great things. Good job Jon and Mel! @sjcfishy.bsky.social @calebhasler.bsky.social
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Fine-scale behaviour of walleye (Sander vitreus) on a spawning shoal in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario
Re-establishment of a naturally reproducing walleye (Sander vitreus) population is a management objective for Hamilton Harbour, western Lake Ontario. …
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our newest post doc Dr. Felix Eissenhauer shares his PhD work on American eel with our lab. Felix did his PhD at Univ of New Brunswick and the Canadian Rivers Institute.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“She never lingered in despair. She focused on what could be done.” time.com/7333425/jane...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Honors Jane Goodall at Her Funeral
Jane Goodall was remembered for her lifelong message of science, compassion, and hope at a service in Washington
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
How exactly does academic authorship work? And how can we establish fairer crediting systems that recognise non-academic authors and diverse contributions? Learn more through @oakleigh-wilson.bsky.social conversation with @sjcfishy.bsky.social for our #ECRAsks series: buff.ly/bRxxqKg
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Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) @envevidence.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📢 CEE joins @cochrane.org @campbellreviews.bsky.social & @jbiebhc.bsky.social to set a shared approach for AI use in Evidence Synthesis! 🔗https://environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13750-025-00374-5 #EnvironmentalEvidence @biljana-macura.bsky.social @drmattg.bsky.social
Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash. Image of a computer chip with the letters "AI" printed on it. The Collaboration for Environmental Evidence logo is in the upper right corner. A blue text banner along the bottom says "New editorial" and is printed above the article title in white text on a grey background.
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
✳️The deadline for our #BioLogging Special Issue has been extended to 28th February 2026✳️ The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓 Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Took a break from winterizing lab research boats at @qubiostation.bsky.social to get in a fall run on the Cataraqui Trail.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Hiding in a corner and working/ watching Jay's game at Cardero restaurant on Coal Harbour Vancouver. Last time I ate here I answered my phone and it was some of my students reporting that our research boat they were on was on FIRE. Fire was extinguished and everyone OK but still a memorable call!
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two men in a boat with the words you looked a little cold so i lit a wee fire on the bottom
ALT: two men in a boat with the words you looked a little cold so i lit a wee fire on the bottom
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Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab at MSU @abellabmsu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We are currently accepting applications for a Ph.D. student to start in 2026. If you find this paper interesting (journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...), come help us take the next step! Application information can be found here: www.wagnerlabmsu.com/lab-info.html.
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Not all who meander are lost: migrating sea lamprey follow river thalwegs to facilitate safe and efficient passage upstream
Highlighted Article: Migrating sea lamprey appear to use a novel mechanism, hydrostatic pressure-guided rheotaxis, to follow river thalwegs and achieve safe and efficient upstream passage through shal...
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Join us on 5th November to hear our Founding Editor Steve Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social speak about #Collaboration, #CoProduction and #Impact! Sign up here: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e... @sebiology.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
In BC for NSERC Alliance Grant kickoff meeting with BC Hydro. Developing decision support tools for fish and fish habitat in the face of climate change.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
We often think of fisheries management as being the role of the government fisheries manager. They certainly play an essential role but there is a diverse supporting cast. We discuss what that looks like here: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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It takes all kinds: a composite approach to sustainable freshwater fisheries
Freshwater fisheries face diverse, interacting stressors that threaten freshwater fish populations and global freshwater biodiversity. In Canada, freshwater fisheries are managed and conserved by vari...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Boathouse clean out and tidy day at @qubiostation.bsky.social
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We're excited to announce Community Conversations, a new #webinar series in partnership with @sebiology.bsky.social 🤝 This is geared towards #EarlyCareer researchers. Our first speaker is @sjcfishy.bsky.social Sign up here: buff.ly/MTC7R6B #ConPhys #SEBcareers #ECR #PhD #conservation
Community Conversations: Webinars for building a career in conservation physiology. Speaker Dr Steven Cooke presents his "Reflections on Co-production and Impact in Conservation Physiology". The webinar is online and takes place on 5 November 2025 14:00-15:00 GMT
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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How fish ladders work – and why some do not
A fall-run Chinook salmon travels up the fish ladder near California Department of Water Resources infrastructure in Oroville. Image: Andrew Nixon and the California Department of Water Resources A…
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A good day... Online grad class w guest speaker from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission; Moderated a panel on evidence-informed decision-making in Canada w @cdnsciencepub.com; UBC PhD defence; fed/sort of managed 3 kiddos at home from school for PD day; Served as principal for our kitten daycare.
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Council of Canadian Academies/Conseil des académies canadiennes @cca-reports.ca · 27/09/2025
This Nature special examines all the pressures higher education is under — and, drawing on examples from across the world, asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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The future of universities: A Nature special report
The world's universities are under intense pressure. Nature examines the threats they face and asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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#43 || Dr. Steven Cooke: What New Bass Science Means for Anglers - Doc Talks Fishing Podcast
What happens when the world's leading bass scientists gather to share their latest discoveries? The 2025 Black Bass Symposium brought together researchers, managers and anglers from across the globe —...
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Webinar on rights of water: register here... us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Upside - Pretty good internet on airplanes these days. Downside - Pretty good internet on airplanes these days.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Fog = flight delays.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Greetings Cooke Steven J: We have genuinely emailed you quite a lot of times re PSYCHIATRY JOURNAL but received no response, so we'd like to try once more as consideration... Take a hint - I'm a fish ecologist.
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 18/09/2025
Reimagine peer review! Biologist @sjcfishy.bsky.social shares how a collaborative approach can tackle misinformation and rebuild trust in science. Read more on the #CSPblog 💡▶️ buff.ly/f45wvLy #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025
Beyond criticism Creating a collective future for peer review
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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
New on global conservation science: Public engagement is vital for biodiversity but barriers e.g. lack of knowledge, misaligned values & low personal relevance persist. Tailored approaches are needed in different contexts. Gregg et al. in Conservation Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Hanging at @utoronto.ca today with Irena Creed and Stu Livingstone who lead a grad class on conservation. The amazing Justina Ray from @wcscanada.org is covering terrestrial issues in Canada and I am covering aquatics.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Colleague leading a paper I am co-author on just requested a brief extension for returning revisions to a journal for a paper we are working on. The editors response was: Just for context, deadlines are not up for negotiation, I’m afraid. WTF. Apparently some editors are indeed not human.
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🚨Deadline extension for our #BioLogging Special Issue 💻🐆 You now have until the end of the year to submit your work! Full info here ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Welcome to the fall semester lab backyard party.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Starting the week off tomorrow with a riverbank mudpuppy meeting! Cool animals that are often forgotten/ignored. We intend to help shine a light on their awesomeness.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Ended 1st wk back on campus w "work at home" day which included podcast w Fish'n Canada show, zoom calls (e.g., with grad student in BC, partners in NS and USA), freedom of info request, AFS journal duties, a run, student wellness issue, dealing w nail in tire + hammering on "to do" list. Wine time!
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
lab-field continuum in conservation physiology research: leveraging multiple approaches to inform policy and practice url: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
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The lab-field continuum in conservation physiology research: leveraging multiple approaches to inform policy and practice
Abstract. In the field of conservation physiology, there is often a trade off between conducting research in controlled laboratory settings or in inherentl
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