This week, Elise (IG: @elise_the_mermaid) talks with Dalhousie University PhD candidate Zoya Tyabji (IG: @zotabs)! For her PhD research, she surveys landing sites across India to gain a deeper understanding of the catch composition of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, in combination with fisher interviews to understand the social needs of stakeholders, how current management policies impacts fishers, and what can be done to ensure conservation measures are effective. They also discuss Zoya's recent publication which combined scientific data, news and university archives, and sawfish rostra found in a local religious temple to help understand historical sawfish presence throughout India.

Main Point: Consider cultural diversity and involve local communities in fisheries management.

Link to sawfish paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378247873_Past_and_present_sawfish_Pristidae_records_from_India

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This week Kadie chats with Dr. Maia Sosa Kapur, a Research Mathematical Statistician with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Throughout the interview, we talk about how Maia found her dream career in stock assessment, what the day-to-day and season-to-season look like for stock assessment work, different cool research projects Maia has led and contributed to (including sablefish research and crab harvest in Native Hawaiian fishponds), and more! If you've ever experienced a bit of an identity crisis while pursuing your career, this is the episode for you!

Main point: There are no prerequisites for succeeding in this field.

Learn more about the NMFS Sea Grant Ecosystem and Populations Dynamics Fellowship here!

If you'd like to get in touch with Maia, you can check out her website: mkapur.github.io or email her: maia.kapur@noaa.gov

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Thanks as always to Andrew Gialanella for the fantastic intro/outro music.

The Fisheries Podcast is a completely independent podcast, not affiliated with a larger organization or entity. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the podcast. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by the hosts are those of that individual and do not necessarily reflect the view of any entity with those individuals are affiliated in other capacities (such as employers).

This week, Preston chats with Dr. Jeff McKinnon. Jeff is a professor of biology at East Carolina University and primarily studies various evolutionary processes in fish populations around the world. He is also the author of the recently published book Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History. They discuss some of Jeff's research projects, provide listeners with a brief synopsis of what makes ancient lakes such tremendous and unique study sites for evolutionary biologists, and talk about writing the book. We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Main point: "Beware of shifting baselines and remember that extinctions can't be reversed."

Jeff's email address: mckinnonj@ecu.edu

Jeff's book, Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History, can be purchased here: https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780262047852

The McKinnon Lab website: https://www.mckinnonevo.com/

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The Fisheries Podcast is a completely independent podcast, not affiliated with a larger organization or entity. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the podcast. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by the hosts are those of that individual and do not necessarily reflect the view of any entity with those individuals are affiliated in other capacities (such as employers).