Inland fishery resources are freshwater and estuarine fish, invertebrate, and associated aquatic biotic stocks that inhabit rivers, lakes, reservoirs, floodplains, wetlands, and inland brackish systems and are exploited for capture fisheries. As a research topic, they encompass the assessment of species composition, population dynamics, recruitment, and productivity under varying hydrological and environmental regimes, as well as the impacts of habitat alteration, pollution, hydropower, climate variability, and fishing pressure on stock status. Studies of inland fishery resources inform ecosystem-based management, conservation planning, and sustainable harvest strategies, including co-management and livelihood-oriented policy design.
Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2026
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Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world's rivers and many are rapidly collapsing, according to a major new assessment by the Convention on the Conservation ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2026
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More than 40% of extant large freshwater animals (megafauna), including carp, salmonids, crocodilians, turtles, beavers, and hippopotamuses, have been deliberately introduced outside their natural range, often for economic ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2026
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Rural communities bordering the Tongass National Forest harvest more than 4.5 million pounds of wild food per year, including 100 different species that our public lands help support. Just how much food is this? An average ...
Ecology
Mar 4, 2026
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On Dec. 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom touted the "comeback" of coho salmon after state officials spotted juvenile fish in the Russian River's upper basin—the first such sighting in more than 30 years.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2025
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By classifying small-scale fisheries into five broad types, a Stanford-led study helps clarify a diverse sector essential to global nutrition and local economies.
Ecology
Nov 25, 2025
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A new study led by the University of Michigan shows that changes in climate are also changing the size of fishes in Michigan's inland lakes. Using data that covered 75 years and nearly 1,500 lakes, researchers have shown ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2025
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In the middle of the southern Indian Ocean lies a vast underwater volcanic ridge known as the Kerguelen Plateau. At its center sits Australia's most remote territory: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. These icy outposts ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2025
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In the summer of 2022, toxins produced by the brackish-water algae Prymnesium parvum killed about 1,000 metric tons of fish, snails, and mussels in the River Oder. In a study published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2025
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A research paper authored by a researcher at Shedd Aquarium and published in Journal of Great Lakes Research assesses the fish species that spawn in the Chicago River to sustain and support resilient, biodiverse fish populations. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2025
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