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Media Releases

Voice of America

Publication

Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S.Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor, and M.L. Warren, Jr. 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.

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Conservation Organizations

Center for Biological Diversity. The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW). Freshwater Ecoregions of the World, (FEOW) provides a new global biogeographic regionalization of the Earth's freshwater biodiversity. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this first-ever ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts, particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems; for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies; and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy. http://www.feow.org/

InfoNatura. Welcome to InfoNatura, a conservation and educational resource on the animals, and ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean. You can use InfoNatura to learn about more than 8,500 common, rare and endangered species and 788 ecosystems. http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of thousands of species and subspecies. http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/red_list/search_iucn_red_list/index.cfm

NatureServe. Welcome to NatureServe Explorer, an authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/

NatureServe has compiled detailed data on the current and historic distributions of the native freshwater fishes of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. We believe these data are a useful tool for aquatic research and analyses and for conservation planning. Presented here are lists of the native fish species of each small watershed (8-digit cataloging unit) as defined by the U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.natureserve.org/getData/dataSets/watershedHucs/index.jsp

North America Native Fish Association. The North American Native Fishes Association, Inc. (NANFA) is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation dedicated to the appreciation, study and conservation of the continent's native fishes. http://www.nanfa.org/  Agency Links: http://www.nanfa.org/agencylinks.shtml

Society for Conservation Biology. http://www.conbio.org/

Trout Unlimited. Today TU is a national organization with more than 150,000 volunteers organized into about 400 chapters from Maine to Montana to Alaska. This dedicated grassroots army is matched by a respected staff of lawyers, policy experts and scientists, who work out of more than 30 offices nationwide. http://www.tu.org/

World Wildlife Fund. For more than 45 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The largest multinational conservation organization in the world, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. http://www.worldwildlife.org/  Ecoregions: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/ecoregions/freshwater.html

National Conservation Lists

Canada List

Canada Species at Risk Public Registry. The Public Registry is your source for news, information, and documents related to species at risk in Canada. This web site has been designed to help you better understand Canada's approach to protecting and recovering species at risk, learn about species at risk and what's being done to help them, and get involved in decision making and recovery activities. http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfm

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is a committee of experts that assesses and designates which wild species are in some danger of disappearing from Canada. http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/

Mexico List

Instituto Nacional de Ecologia. NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-ECOL-2001, Protección ambiental-Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres-Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio-Lista de especies en riesgo. http://www.ine.gob.mx/ueajei/publicaciones/normas/rec_nat/no_059_a2f.html

Listados Faunisticos de Mexico III. Los Peces Dulceacuicolas Mexicanos. http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/BIBLIO68/fulltext/lf3.html

USA List

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources. The Office of Protected Resources (OPR) is a headquarters program office of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service), under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The office provides oversight and guidance on the conservation of marine mammals, endangered species, and their habitats in cooperation with our Regional Offices, Science Centers, and various partners. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program. Before a plant or animal species can receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, it must first be placed on the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. Our listing program follows a strict legal process [12/2005] [PDF] to determine whether to list a species, depending on the degree of threat it faces. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html

Conservation in Action

Etowah Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan. The Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) strives to enhance the Etowah watershed through protection of aquatic species and water resources, ensuring continued economic prosperity and quality of life for future generations. http://www.etowahhcp.org/

National Fish Habitat Action Plan. Fish Habitat Action Plan partnerships are self-identified, self-organized, and self-directed communities of interest formed around geographic areas, keystone species, or system types. http://www.fishhabitat.org/

Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership. The National Fish Habitat Action Plan is an unprecedented attempt to address an unseen crisis for fish nationwide: loss and degradation of their watery homes. http://www.sarpaquatic.org/habitat.shtml

The Study of Fishes

All Catfish Species Inventory. Mission: To facilitate the discovery, description & dissemination of knowledge of all catfish species by a global consortium of taxonomists & systematists http://silurus.acnatsci.org/

American Fisheries Society. The American Fisheries Society (AFS) is the world's oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources. http://www.fisheries.org/afs/index.html

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is dedicated to the scientific study of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. The primary emphases of the Society are to increase knowledge about these organisms, to disseminate that knowledge through publications, conferences, symposia, and other means, and to encourage and support young scientists who will make future advances in these fields. http://www.asih.org/

Cypriniformes Tree of Life. The NSF-supported CToL initiative is a multidisciplinary, collaborative project focused on uncovering the evolutionary relationships, classification, and biodiversity of Cypriniformes. Multiple investigators from diverse research and educational backgrounds have joined efforts to better understand these fishes and promote better education about them. http://bio.slu.edu/mayden/cypriniformes/home.html

DeepFin. DeepFin is a research coordination network (RCN) of systematic ichthyologists and biologists with expertise in the analysis of fish biodiversity, seeking to integrate knowledge of morphology, paleontology, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. http://www.deepfin.org/index.php

Dictionary of Ichthyology. The following dictionary defines terms used in the study of fishes (= ichthyology in its widest sense). It includes terms not specific to that discipline but commonly used by it. http://www.briancoad.com/Dictionary/Introduction.htm

Eschmeyer Catalog of Fishes. The Ichthyology department includes an exceptional departmental library and the third most important fish collection in North America. It serves as one of eight International Centers for Ichthyology. The collections are substantial and well used, and the department has benefited by the incorporation of outside collections, giving it worldwide scope. http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatsearch.html

FishBase. Welcome to the world of fishes. The purpose of this page is to give you background information on FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm

National History Museums and Collections. http://www.lib.washington.edu/sla/natmus.html

Sociedad Mexicana de Ictiología A. C. (SIMAC). http://www.sociedadictiologicamexicana.org/

Toolbox for Conservation Professionals and Researchers: Biodiversity and Endangered Species Information Resources. http://research.calacademy.org/research/library/sla_02.html

Zootaxa. World's most dynamic journal accelerating species descriptions. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html

Professional Societies Dedicated to the Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

Desert Fishes Council. The mission of the Desert Fishes Council (DFC) is to preserve the biological integrity of desert aquatic ecosystems and their associated life forms, to hold symposia to report related research and management endeavors, and to effect rapid dissemination of information concerning activities of the Council and its members. http://www.desertfishes.org/

Southeastern Fishes Council. The Southeastern Fishes Council (SFC) is a nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to the study and conservation of freshwater and coastal fishes of the southeastern United States. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/SFC/SFCDefault.htm

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

AFS - Fish Name Spell Checker. As an aid to authors and editors of fisheries science papers, AFS is pleased to offer a complimentary fish name spell-checker. The spell-checker is based on the 2004 Sixth Edition of the authoritative AFS book Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. http://www.fisheries.org/afs/fishnames.html

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Welcome to ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System! Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. http://www.itis.gov/

Stressors

Human Population Trends & Controlling Factors. http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/gccourse/alumni/issues/pop/pop.html

Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program. Welcome to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) information resource for the United States Geological Survey. Located at the FISC Gainesville, Florida facility, this site has been established as a central repository for accurate and spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of nonindigenous aquatic species. http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

U.S. and World Population. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html