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The North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society (NASPS) is sponsoring a symposium at the American Fisheries Society (AFS) national meeting in Grand Rapids, MI on August 20-24, 2023. The session id is #16: North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish: Challenges to Adaptive Management During Ecosystem Change.

NASPS is hosting a free webinar from 8:00-9:30 AM PDT on Tuesday March 14th about recent sturgeon mass mortality events. Speakers will be Dylan Stompe from California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Joern Gessner from IGB Berlin, Adam Fox from the University of Georgia, and

NASPS is announcing student travel awards to attend the sturgeon symposium at the 2023 AFS meeting. We anticipate giving up to three $500 awards this year.  Please see the link below for application details. Application materials for are due April 30, 2023. Student Travel Award

The NASPS 2022 annual meeting was held in Folsom, California in October.  We had 79 attendees and 40 presentations over 2.5 days.  Six of the North American sturgeon and paddlefish species were represented by presenters.  Two workshops, a Green Sturgeon recovery workshop and an acoustic

NASPS Commitment to Safety during the 2022 Annual Meeting   In order to protect our participants, the NASPS has adopted COVID guidelines similar to other recent fisheries* meetings.  We recommend that face masks are worn at all indoor meeting events.  We also strongly recommend that

The NASPS Elections are underway.  Please click the link to access the candidate bios.  You will receive a ballot directly as a current member of NASPS. NASPS Election Bios  

The new assessment of the sturgeons and paddlefishes of the IUCN-SSG     The latest global assessment conducted by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Sturgeon Specialist Group), dating back to 2010, classified all 27 species that compose the order of Acipenseriformes

The NASPS will be awarding one award in 2022.  Students may submit a proposal for either the NASPS Student Mentor Collaboration Award or the NASPS In Memoriam Student Research Award.  The strongest proposal will be selected.   The Student Mentor Collaboration Award has a value

NASPS is seeking nominations for the 2023 Order of Acipenser Award. The Order of Acipenser is presented by NASPS to an individual or individuals for their outstanding contributions to the conservation, recovery, and/or management of sturgeon or paddlefish in North America. Eligibility is not restricted