InFish is a professional network to raise the profile of inland fish to inform policy, advance conservation, and promote sustainable fisheries.
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Recent relevant news/ publications
- An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps in the management of abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear in Lake Victoria, East Africa (Ssempijja et al. 2025)
- Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses? (Vardakas et al. 2025)
- Mapping the world's inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2) (Lehner et al. 2025)
- Safeguarding freshwater biodiversity and resilient social-ecological systems in uncertain futures (Arthington 2025)
- The social–ecological fabric of freshwater fish management: Accounting for feedback loops in human–fish interactions (Holmes et al. 2025)
- Water and aquatic foods in revised principles of agroecology can accelerate food systems transformation (Freed et al. 2025)
- Healing Ogaa (Walleye Sander vitreus) Waters: Lessons and Future Directions for Inland Fisheries Rehabilitation (Embke et al. 2025)
- The Delta: #84 , #85, #86 (Global Water Forum newsletter)
- The Stream: May 2025 (Shoal)
- ACARE Newsletter: May 2025
Job / funding / award opportunities
- Interested in serving as an Associate Editor for Fisheries Management and Ecology? Please send a letter of interest that describes your qualifications and a copy of your resume or CV to the Editor-in-Chief, Michael Hansen (michaelhansen673-at-gmail.com).
- Applications are invited for the position of Editor-in-Chief of Fish and Fisheries. Please send your application and any questions, in confidence, to Jennifer Seward, Publisher (jseward-at-wiley.com).
- University of Tennessee, School of Natural Resources, Fisheries Lab Manager for Gus Engman, Alejandro Molina Moctezuma, and Lisa Izzo. Contact Gus Engman (gusengman-at-gmail.com) with queries.
- Freshwater Life, Managing Director. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Apply now! Contact Bernie Tershy (tershy-at-ucsc.edu) for more information.
- National Geographic, Fish Ecologist, Research Pristine Seas (Science & Innovation)
- Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) grant (USD 150k for one single young person)
- Danida Fellowship Centre - New initiative to attract more African students to Denmark and strengthen university collaboration
Inland Fisheries
Freshwater fish provide food, livelihoods, and ecosystem services to millions of people, especially in low-income countries, yet their value is generally not adequately considered in water use, energy, and development decisions. Freshwater fisheries around the world may appear to be very different, but their value to local communities and the threats to their sustainability are often similar.
The challenges to inland fisheries are also critical to the 60 million people who rely on freshwater fish for livelihoods – over half of whom are women. Fish is also an essential source of protein and other nutrients that cannot easily be replaced with other food sources.
InFish & SDG 1
The contribution of inland fisheries to resilient livelihoods, those which are buffered against difficult situations, is multifaceted and difficult to evaluate. Inland fisheries in Low-Income Food-Deficit countries are often part of a diversified livelihood strategy, exacerbating the tendency for them to be overlooked and undervalued. The challenge is in available data to highlight this role.
Grand Challenges
Even with long-standing management and extensive science support, North American inland fish and fisheries still face many conservation and management challenges. Addressing these grand challenges will promote open forums for engagement of diverse stakeholders in fisheries management, and better integrate the inland fish sector into the greater water and land use policy process.
Importance of InFish
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 from less than 0.01% of the total volume of water on earth.