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Science and the Sublime
By Gary Frazer (Editorial from Eddies)
We have an impressive, thoroughly trained, and highly specialized workforce. We have world-class applied research capabilities in raising fish, nutrition, conservation genetics, fish health, and aquatic animal drug approval, providing service and support to our field
stations, state agencies, Indian tribes, the aquaculture industry, and the Food and Drug Administration. We have been developing and applying new knowledge since our inception 137 years ago, and we make this information available through the published scientific literature, the breadth of which is illustrated on the back cover.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientific capabilities have been bolstered in recent years by the leadership of the Office of the Science Advisor to the Director and by the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Committee. Through their collective efforts to advance science excellence within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, everyone in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from the Director on down, adheres to a Scientific Code of Professional Conduct; we have vibrant Communities of Practice, such as one recently formed on conservation genetics; we have strong agency support for participation in professional societies; we have re-established U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication outlets; and we all have ready access to a large body of scientific literature on-line through our Conservation Library at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
As the adage goes, science isn’t a destination; it’s a journey. Science is never done, as there will always be something more to learn – it is cumulative. By keeping our technical capabilities sharp, and constantly growing and applying new scientific knowledge, our efforts at fisheries conservation are more effective. That’s good for fish and good for people.
