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 SpotlightThe Gulf Sturgeon in the Suwannee River — Questions and Answers - Sturgeons and paddlefishes are modern descendants of an ancient group of freshwater fishes, the Chondrostei (a group of bony fishes with mostly cartilaginous skeletons). Sturgeons evolved during the Age of the Dinosaurs, and have prospered in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe and Asia for 200 million years. Together with alligators and crocodiles, they survived the mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs and many other groups of animals disappeared forever. 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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