We ask our Drs Fish about teenage orcas, coaster brook trout, and who's spawning now. Plus: the Ask Dr. Fish Challenge!

Show Credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Moti Agunbiade
Edited by: Sandra Svoboda
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton

Live from the Kildare House in Windsor, ON as part of the IAGLR conference! Stuart, Megan, and Carolyn speak with Dr. Trevor Pitcher of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, about about the Detroit River, who is winning the war with sturgeon, and whether gobydogs are a wise investment.

Please note that, due to the live nature of this recording at a literal Irish Pub, the sound quality is...consistent with being in an Irish Pub. Trevor is a Hall-of-Fame guest, though, and worth listening to!

Show links:

• Trevor's homepage
• https://www.uwindsor.ca/glier/205/freshwater-ecology-restoration-centre
• Minnow researcher uses You Tube, children’s literature to connect people with at-risk species
• https://www.streamsidestories.ca/
• O'Maggio's Kildare House

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host and Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Co-host and Producer: Megan Gunn

Producers: Renie Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Coordinating Producer: Moti Agunbiade
Edited by: Sandra Svoboda
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

In this episode, Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Jon Midwood of Fisheries and Oceans Canada about invasive...goldfish? Really? In the Great Lakes? It turns out that invasive goldfish is a thing, and they're being studied to better understand how to control them and limit the ecosystem effects that they have. Tune in to find out more!

Show links:

• Jon and colleagues' recent paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133023002460
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/goldfish-study-1.5076637
• Cootes Paradise https://www.rbg.ca/gardens-trails/by-attraction/trails/trail-maps/cootes-paradise-trails/
• Hamilton Harbour https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5E7uq9LF5pgLR2x9
• Christine Boston https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine-Boston, https://twitter.com/ladyfishbio?lang=en
• Royal Botanical Gardens Fishway https://www.rbg.ca/plants-conservation/nature-sanctuaries/fishway/
• Fish Doorbell https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/style/fish-doorbell-visdeurbel-netherlands.html
• Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) https://glatos.glos.us/
• Goldfish in Australia https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ginormous-goldfish-are-invading-australian-rivers-180960177/
• Beachwood doughnuts St. Catherines https://www.beechwooddoughnuts.com/
• Massasauga Provincial Park https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/themassasauga

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host and Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Megan Gunn, Renie Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Coordinating Producer: Moti Agunbiade
Edited by: Sandra Svoboda
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton