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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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).

This week, Elise (IG: @elise_the_mermaid) talks with Dr. Leandro Castello about his interdisciplinary research on arapaima fisheries in the Amazon, his new study on the accuracy of fishers' memories in reconstructing a history of past catches (linked below), and how these memories can be used to better manage data poor fisheries in developing countries.

Main point: Most fisheries worldwide are artisanal, tropical, and located in developing countries, and therefore require different approaches to management.

Project websites: https://leandrocastello.org/ & https://mucaua.org/

Mongabay article: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/fishers-memories-on-par-with-scientific-data-on-historic-catches-study/

Memory paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2726

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