Biology - Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program
Welcome to the USGS Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program The Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program (FAER) focuses on the study of aquatic organisms and aquatic habitats. Aquatic invertebrates, mussels, fishes, and their unique aquatic communities are investigated to provide scientific information to natural resource managers and decision makers.
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In the SpotlightDeveloping Water Quality Standards for Recovery of Imperiled Freshwater Mussels (Family Unionidae) - Many factors are cited in the decline of freshwater mussel (Family Unionidae) populations in North America and for the listing of greater than 70% of native unionid species as endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Habitat alteration, introduction of exotic species, over-utilization, disease, predation and pollution are considered causal or contributing factors in many areas of the United States. Learn More >> Partnership in Action USGS is one of the coalition members in the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP), which brings together Federal and State agencies, Native American Tribes and Alaskan Natives, and sport fishing and conservation groups to collaborate on fish habitat conservation and restoration around the country.
Additional ResourcesFor a variety of resources on fish and other aquatic species from government agencies, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and private industry visit the site of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). |
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