Beard, Jr. T. D., E. H. Allison, D. A. Bartley, I. G. Cowx, S. J. Cooke, C. Fuentevilla, A. J. Lynch, W. W. Taylor. 2016. Inland fish and fisheries: A call to action. In Freshwater, fish, and the future: Proceedings of the global cross-sectoral conference, W. W. Taylor, D. M. Bartley, C. I Goddard, N. J. Leonard, and R. Welcomme, eds., pp. 1-6. American Fisheries Society Press: Bethesda, MD.
T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D.
Biography
Doug Beard is the Chief of the National Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC). He previously held the position of Acting Associate Director for the Land Resources Mission Area. In this role, he provided executive level oversight for several programs, including the Land Change Science Program, Land Remote Sensing Program, National Climate Adaptation Science Center, Climate Research and Development Program, Carbon Sequestration assessments, and the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center.
Prior to joining the USGS, Doug served as the program coordinator for the USGS Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program and worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a staff fisheries biologist. Doug holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, a master’s degree in fish and wildlife sciences from Penn State University, and a doctorate in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Science and Products
Date published: January 1, 2018
Status: Active Assessing the State of Global Inland Fisheries
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) documents the status and trends of marine fish stocks that represent approximately 80% of global marine catch. These stocks are routinely monitored, and the FAO assessment describes the extent of exploitation against different reference points - such as underfished, sustainable fished, or overfished. Although inland fisheries,...
Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Date published: September 24, 2013
Status: Active Understanding and managing for resilience in the face of global change
Resilience science provides a conceptual framework and methodology for quantitatively assessing the ability of a system to remain in a particular state. Probable non-linear ecological responses to global change, including climate change, require a clear framework for understanding and managing resilience. However, much of the resilience research to date has been qualitative in nature, and...
Contacts: T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D., Stephen Riley
Attribution: John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis
Year Published: 2020
Using information from global climate models to inform policymaking—The role of the U.S. Geological Survey
This report provides an overview of model-based climate science in a risk management context. In addition, it summarizes how the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will continue to follow best scientific practices and when and how the results of this research will be delivered to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and other stakeholders to...
Terando, Adam; Reidmiller, David; Hostetler, Steven W.; Littell, Jeremy S.; Beard, T. Douglas; Weiskopf, Sarah R.; Belnap, Jayne; Plumlee, Geoffrey S.Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Environmental Health, Climate Research and Development Program
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Terando, A., Reidmiller, D., Hostetler, S.W., Littell, J.S., Beard, T.D., Jr., Weiskopf, S.R., Belnap, J., and Plumlee, G.S., 2020, Using information from global climate models to inform policymaking—The role of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1058, 25 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201058.
Year Published: 2020
InFish: A professional network to promote global conservation and responsible use of inland fish
Inland fishes and fisheries make substantial contributions to individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape that includes climate, water allocations, and societal changes. However, current limitations to valuing the services provided by inland fish and their fisheries often leaves them out of key decision‐making...
Lynch, Abigail J; Bartley, Devin M.; Beard, T. Douglas; Bunnell, David; Cooke, Steve J.; Cowx, Ian. G.; Funge-Smith, Simon; Paukert, Craig; Rogers, Mark W.; Taylor, William W.
Year Published: 2017
The nexus of fun and nutrition: Recreational fishing is also about food
Recreational fishing is a popular activity in aquatic ecosystems around the globe using a variety of gears including rod and line and to a lesser extent handlines, spears, bow and arrow, traps and nets. Similar to the propensity to engage in voluntary catch-and-release, the propensity to harvest fishes strongly varies among cultures, locations,...
Cooke, Steven J.; Twardek, William M.; Lennox, Robert J.; Zolderdo, Aaron J.; Bower, Shannon D.; Gutowsky, Lee F. G.; Danylchuk, Andy J.; Arlinghaus, Robert; Beard, T. DouglasAttribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Land Resources, Ecosystems, Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Cooke SJ, Twardek WM, Lennox RJ, et al. The nexus of fun and nutrition: Recreational fishing is also about food. Fish Fish. 2017;00:1–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12246
Year Published: 2017
The contribution of lakes to global inland fisheries harvest
Freshwater ecosystems provide numerous services for communities worldwide, including irrigation, hydropower, and municipal water; however, the services provided by inland fisheries – nourishment, employment, and recreational opportunities – are often comparatively undervalued. We provide an independent estimate of global lake harvest to improve...
Deines, Andrew M.; Bunnell, David B.; Rogers, Mark W.; Bennion, David; Woelmer, Whitney; Sayers, Michael J.; Grimm, Amanda G.; Shuchman, Robert A.; Raymer, Zachary B.; Brooks, Colin N.; Mychek-Londer, Justin G.; Taylor, William W.; Beard, T. DouglasAttribution: Great Lakes Science Center, Ecosystems
Year Published: 2017
Standard methods for sampling freshwater fishes: Opportunities for international collaboration
With publication of Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes in 2009, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) recommended standard procedures for North America. To explore interest in standardizing at intercontinental scales, a symposium attended by international specialists in freshwater fish sampling was convened at...
Bonar, Scott A.; Mercado-Silva, Norman; Hubert, Wayne A.; Beard, T. Douglas; Dave, Göran; Kubečka, Jan; Graeb, Brian D. S.; Lester, Nigel P.; Porath, Mark T.; Winfield, Ian J.Attribution: Cooperative Research Units
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Bonar S.A., Mercado-Silva N., Hubert W.A., Beard T.D., Jr., Dave G., Kubečka J., Graeb B.D.S., Lester N.P., Porath M., Winfield I.J.
Standard Methods for Sampling Freshwater Fishes: Opportunities for International Collaboration
Fisheries 42(3):150-156 · March 2017
Year Published: 2017
Grand challenges in the management and conservation of North American inland fishes and fisheries
Even with long-standing management and extensive science support, North American inland fish and fisheries still face many conservation and management challenges. We used a grand challenges approach to identify critical roadblocks that if removed would help solve important problems in the management and long-term conservation of North American...
Lynch, Abigail; Cooke, Steven J.; Beard, T. Douglas; Kao, Yu-Chun; Lorenzen, Kai; Song, Andrew M.; Allen, Micheal S.; Basher, Zeenatul; Bunnell, David B.; Camp, Edward V.; Cowx, Ian G.; Freedman, Jonathan A.; Nguyen, Vivian M.; Nohner, Joel K.; Rogers, Mark W.; Siders, Zachary A.; Taylor, William W.; Youn, So-Jung
Year Published: 2017
Comparing stream-specific to generalized temperature models to guide salmonid management in a changing climate
Global climate change is predicted to increase air and stream temperatures and alter thermal habitat suitability for growth and survival of coldwater fishes, including brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis), brown trout (Salmo trutta), and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). In a changing climate, accurate stream temperature modeling is increasingly...
Andrew K. Carlson; William W. Taylor; Hartikainen, Kelsey M. ; Dana M. Infante; Beard, T. Douglas; Lynch, AbigailAttribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Land Resources, Ecosystems, Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Carlson, A. K., W. W. Taylor, K. M. Schlee, D. M. Infante, T. D. Beard, Jr., A. J. Lynch. 2017. Comparing stream-specific to generalized temperature models to guide salmonid management in a changing climate. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 27(2):443-462.
Year Published: 2016
To manage inland fisheries is to manage at the social-ecological watershed scale
Approaches to managing inland fisheries vary between systems and regions but are often based on large-scale marine fisheries principles and thus limited and outdated. Rarely do they adopt holistic approaches that consider the complex interplay among humans, fish, and the environment. We argue that there is...
Nguyen, Vivian T.; Lynch, Abigail; Young, Nathan; Cowx, Ian G.; Beard, T. Douglas; Taylor, William W.; Cooke, Steven J.
Year Published: 2016
On the sustainability of inland fisheries: Finding a future for the forgotten
At present, inland fisheries are not often a national or regional governance priority and as a result, inland capture fisheries are undervalued and largely overlooked. As such they are threatened in both developing and developed countries. Indeed, due to lack of reliable data, inland fisheries have never been part of any high profile global...
Cooke, Steven J.; Allison, Edward H.; Beard, T. Douglas; Arlinghaus, Robert; Arthington, Angela; Bartley, Devin; Cowx, Ian G.; Fuentevilla, Carlos; Léonard, Nancy J.; Lorenzen, Kai; Lynch, Abigail; Nguyen, Vivian M.; Youn, So-Jung; Tayor, William W.; Welcomme, Robin
Year Published: 2016
The social, economic, and environmental importance of inland fish and fisheries
Though reported capture fisheries are dominated by marine production, inland fish and fisheries make substantial contributions to meeting the challenges faced by individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape. Inland capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute over 40% to the world’s reported finfish production...
Lynch, Abigail J.; Cooke, Steven J.; Deines, Andrew M.; Bower, Shannon D.; Bunnell, David B.; Cowx, Ian G.; Nguyen, Vivian M.; Nohner, Joel K.; Phouthavong, Kaviphone; Riley, Betsy; Rogers, Mark W.; Taylor, William W.; Woelmer, Whitney; Youn, So-Jung; Beard, T. DouglasAttribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Land Resources, Ecosystems, Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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6) Lynch, A. J., S. J. Cooke, A. Deines, S. Bower, D. B, Bunnell, I. G. Cowx, V. M. Nguyen, J. Nonher, K. Phouthavong, B. Riley, M. W. Rogers, W. W. Taylor, W.M. Woelmer, S. Youn, T. D. Beard, Jr. 2016. The social, economic, and ecological importance of inland fishes and fisheries. Environmental Reviews. 24:1-8.
Year Published: 2015
Drivers and synergies in the management of inland fisheries: Searching for sustainable solutions
Freshwater is a shared resource. Water challenges (i.e., too much, too little, too dirty) are recognized to have global implications. Many sectors rely upon water and, in some cases, the limited availability of water leads to tough decisions. Though inland fish and fisheries play important roles in providing food security, human...
Lynch, Abigail; Beard, T. Douglas
Year Published: 2015
Climate change projections for lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) recruitment in the 1836 Treaty Waters of the Upper Great Lakes
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is an ecologically, culturally, and economically important species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Lake whitefish have been a staple food source for thousands of years and, since 1980, have supported the most economically valuable (annual catch value ≈ US$16.6 million) and productive (annual harvest...
Lynch, Abigail J.; Taylor, William W.; Beard, T. Douglas; Lofgren, Brent M.Pre-USGS Publications
Cooke, S.J., D.M. Bartley, T. Douglas Beard, Jr., I.G. Cowx, C.I. Goddard, C. Fuentevilla, N.J. Leonard, A.J. Lynch, K. Lorenzen, and W.W. Taylor. 2016. From ideas to action: ten steps to responsible inland fisheries that support livelihoods, food security and healthy aquatic ecosystems. In Freshwater, fish, and the future: Proceedings of the global cross-sectoral conference, W. W. Taylor, D. M. Bartley, C. I Goddard, N. J. Leonard, and R. Welcomme, eds., pp. 343-351. American Fisheries Society Press: Bethesda, MD.
Nguyen, V.M., A.J. Lynch, N. Young, I.G. Cowx, T.D. Beard, Jr, W.W. Taylor, and S.J. Cooke. 2016. To manage inland fisheries is to manage at the social-ecological watershed scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 181:312-325.
Beard, T.D, Jr. 2014. Creating professional networks for successful career enhancement. Pages 239-244 in W.W. Taylor, A.J. Lynch, and N.J. Leonard, editors. Future of fisheries: perspectives for emerging professionals. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Matthias, B.G., M.S. Allen, R.N.M. Ahrens, T.D. Beard, Jr. and J.A. Kerns. 2014. Hide and seek: interplay of fish and anglers influences spatial fisheries management. Fisheries 39:261-269.
Camacho, A. and T.D. Beard, Jr. 2014. Maintaining Resilience in the Face of Climate Change. In Social-Ecological Resilience and Law, edited by Ahjond S. Garmestani and Craig R. Allen. Columbia University Press.
Youn, S. J., W. W. Taylor, A. J. Lynch, I. G. Cowx, T. D. Beard Jr., D. Bartley, and F. Wu. 2014. Inland capture fishery contributions to global food security and threats to their future. Global Food Security 3:142-148.
Cooke, S. J., Lapointe, N. W. R., Martins, E. G., Thiem, J. D., Raby, G. D., Taylor, M. K., Beard, T. D. and Cowx, I. G. 2013. Failure to engage the public in issues related to inland fishes and fisheries: strategies for building public and political will to promote meaningful conservation. Journal of Fish Biology, 83: 997–1018.
Brown, M.L., M.S. Allen and T.D. Beard, Jr. 2012. Data management and statistical techniques. Pages 15-78 in A. Zale, D. Parrish and T. Sutton eds. Fisheries Techniques, 3rd edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Daedlow, K., T. D. Beard, Jr., and R. Arlinghaus. 2011. A Property Rights-Based View on Management of Inland Recreational Fisheries: Contrasting Common and Public Fishing Rights Regimes in Germany and the United States. In Beard, T.D., Jr., A. Loftus and R. Arlinghaus (eds.) The angler in the environment; proceedings of the 5th World Recreational Fisheries Conference. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Beard, T.D., Jr., S. Sutton and R. Arlinghaus (eds.) 2011. The angler in the environment: social, economic, biological, and ethical dimensions; proceedings of the 5th World Recreational Fisheries Conference. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Fisheries for global welfare and environment
Tsukamoto, K, T. Kawamura, T. Takeuchi, T.D. Beard, Jr. and M. Kaiser (eds.) 2008. Fisheries for global welfare and environment. Proceedings of the 5th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan. Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo.
Beard, T.D., Jr., H. Allen, E.P. Anderson and K.L. Smith. 2008. Tradeoffs in management of freshwater ecosystem services under international environmental conventions: the case of inland waters fisheries. In M. Schecter, N.J. Leonard and W.W. Taylor eds. International Governance of Fisheries Ecosystems: Learning from the Past, Finding Solutions for the Future. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Hayes, D. J., Hansen, M. J. and T. D. Beard, Jr. 2007. Sampling and experimental design. In M. L. Brown and C. S. Guy, eds. Analysis and interpretation of freshwater fisheries data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Rodríguez, J. P., T. D. Beard, Jr., E. M. Bennett, G. S. Cumming, S. Cork, J. Agard, A. P. Dobson, and G. D. Peterson. 2006. Trade-offs across space, time, and ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 11(1): 28.
Hansen, M. J., T. D. Beard, Jr. and S. W. Hewett. 2005. Effect of measurement error on tests of density dependence of catchability for walleyes in northern Wisconsin angling and spearing fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 25:1010-1015.
Toth, F. L., E. Hizsnyik, J. Park, K. Saterson, A. Stott, T. D. Beard, Jr., D. Deane, C. Ringler, D. van Vuuren. 2005. Policy synthesis for key stakeholders. In S.R. Carpenter and P. Pingali, eds., Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios.
Rodríguez, J. P., T. D. Beard, Jr., J. Agard, E. M. Bennett, S. Cork, G. Cumming, D. Deane, A. P. Dobson, D. M. Lodge, M. Mutale, G. Nelson, G. D. Peterson, and T. Ribeiro. 2005. Interactions among ecosystem services. In S.R. Carpenter and P. Pingali, eds., Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios.
Rogers, M. W., M. J. Hansen and T. D. Beard, Jr., 2005. Relationships between recapture rates from different gears for estimating walleye abundance in northern Wisconsin Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 25(1):195-202.
Sass, G.G., S. W. Hewett, T. D. Beard Jr, A. H. Fayram and J. F. Kitchell. 2004. The role of density dependence in growth patterns of ceded territory walleye populations of Northern Wisconsin: effects of changing management regimes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 24:1262–1278.
Beard, T.D., Jr., S. Cox, and S.R. Carpenter. 2003. Impacts of daily bag limit reductions on angler effort for Wisconsin walleye lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 23:1283-1293.
Rogers, M. W., M. J. Hansen and T. D. Beard, Jr. 2003. Catchability of walleyes to fyke netting and electrofishing in northern Wisconsin Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1193-1206.
Beard, T.D., Jr., P. W. Rasmussen, S.P. Cox and S.R. Carpenter. 2003. Evaluation of a management system for a mixed walleye spearing and angling fishery in northern Wisconsin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 23:481-491.
Beard, T.D., Jr., M. J. Hansen, and S.R. Carpenter. 2003. Development of a regional stock-recruitment model for understanding factors affecting walleye recruitment in northern Wisconsin lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 132:382-391.
Peterson, G.D., T.D. Beard, Jr., B.E. Beisner, E.M. Bennett, S.R. Carpenter, G.D. Cumming, C.L. Dent, T.D. Havlicek. 2003. Assessing future ecosystem services: a case study of the Northern Highlands Lake District, Wisconsin. Ecology and Society 7(3): 1.
Cox, S., T.D. Beard, Jr., and C.J. Walters. 2002. Harvest Control in open-access sport fisheries: hot rod or asleep at the reel? Bulletin of Marine Science 70:749-761.
The roles of recruitment, angler effort response, angler perception, and exploitation limits in structuring regional walleye fisheries in northern Wisconsin
Beard, T. D., Jr. 2002. The roles of recruitment, angler effort response, angler perception, and exploitation limits in structuring regional walleye fisheries in northern Wisconsin. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fayram, A.H., S.H. Hewett, S.J. Gilbert, S.D. Plaster, and T.D. Beard, Jr. 2001. Evaluation of a 15-inch minimum length limit for walleye angling in northern Wisconsin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:816-824.
M.J. Hansen, T.D. Beard, Jr. and S.W. Hewett. 2000. Catch rates and catchability of walleyes in angling and spearing fisheries in northern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:109-118.
Beard, T.D., Jr. and T.E. Essington. 2000. Effects of angling and life history processes on bluegill size structure: insights from an individual-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:561-568.
Beard, T.D., Jr. and J.M. Kampa. 1999. Changes in bluegill, black crappie and yellow perch populations in Wisconsin during 1967-1991. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:1037-1043.
Beard, T.D., Jr., and 9 coauthors. 1998. The multistate aquatic resource information system. Fisheries 23(5):14-18.
Jennings, M.J., J. Lyons, E. Emmons, G. Hatzenbeler, M. Bozek, T. Simonson, T.D. Beard, Jr. and D. Fago. 1998. Toward the development of an index of biotic integrity for inland lakes in Wisconsin. In T. P. Simon, ed., Assessing the sustainability and biological integrity of water resource quality using fish assemblages. CRC press.
Rasmussen, P.W., M.D. Staggs, T.D. Beard, Jr. and S.P. Newman. 1998. Bias and confidence interval coverage of creel survey estimates evaluated by simulation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127:469-480.
Beard, T.D. Jr., S.W. Hewett, Q. Yang, R.M. King and S. J. Gilbert. 1997. Prediction of angler catch rates based on walleye population density. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:621-627.
Beard, T.D. Jr., M.T. Drake, J.E. Breck and N.A. Nate. 1997. Effects of simulated angling regulations on stunting in bluegill populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:525-532.
Membership Concerns Committee, Situational Ethics Workgroup. 1993. Should we eat these fish? A situational ethics survey of AFS members. Fisheries 18(2):19-23.
Beard, T.D. Jr. and R.F. Carline. 1991. Influence of spawning and other stream habitat features on spatial variability of wild brown trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120:711-722.
Carline, R.F., T.D. Beard Jr, and B.A. Hollender. 1991. Response of wild brown trout to elimination of stocking and no-harvest regulations without tackle restrictions. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 11:253¬-266.
The effects of redd distribution and embryo survival on spatial variation in wild brown trout densities in Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Beard, T.D. Jr. 1990. M.S. The effects of redd distribution and embryo survival on spatial variation in wild brown trout densities in Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Master of Science Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
NBII: providing access to data and information on U.S. Biological Resources
Beard, T.D., Jr. 2003. NBII: providing access to data and information on U.S. Biological Resources. Fisheries 28(5):27.
Tsunami relief fund making an impact
Beard, T.D., Jr., P. Bueno and J. Fisher. 2006. Tsunami relief fund making an impact. Fisheries 31:190.
5th World Fisheries Congress planning well underway
Beard, T.D., Jr. 2007. 5th World Fisheries Congress planning well underway. Fisheries 32:189.
Study abroad; a faculty perspective
Beard, T.D., Jr., W.W. Taylor, N.A. Graham, N.J. Leonard, and K.E. Waco. 2008. Study abroad; a faculty perspective. Fisheries 33:39.
New research on climate’s front lines: understanding climate change impacts on fish and wildlife
Beard, T.D., Jr., R. O’Malley, and J. Robertson. 2011. New research on climate’s front lines understanding climate change impacts on fish and wildlife. The Wildlife Professional 5(3):26-31.
Haig, S.M., T.E. Martin, C.van Riper and T.D. Beard, Jr. 2013. Pathways for conservation. Science 341 (6143): 215.