AFS Roots: Mothers of Fishes

Christina A. Murphy; Lauren Zatkos; Kelsi Antonelli; A. Brent Cárdenas; Christina Linkem; Michael Manning; Juan Andres Olivos; Brooke Penaluna; Amanda Pollock; Ivan Arismendi

doi:10.1002/fsh.10485

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AFS Roots: Mothers of Fishes

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Authors:

Christina A. Murphy, Lauren Zatkos, Kelsi Antonelli, A. Brent Cárdenas, Christina Linkem, Michael Manning, Juan Andres Olivos, Brooke Penaluna, Amanda Pollock, Ivan Arismendi

Year:

2020

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10485

Source:

Fisheries. 45(7): 369-376.

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Abstract

As the American Fisheries Society (AFS) approaches its sesquicentennial, it is a time to take a moment to celebrate the increasing diversity within the Society and the pivotal role of pioneering women in shaping fisheries. Gender disparities still persist in science, including in fisheries where only a fraction of academic tenure-track, research, and federal scientist positions are held by women, though attainment of PhDs in biological sciences is equal between women and men. In addition, an extensive review of published peer-reviewed articles in both the International Aquaculture Curated Database and JSTOR revealed that only 15% of authors are women. As result, only 21% of most-cited fisheries articles are from women authors. Despite all of these efforts, there is still a lack of both representation and recognition of women’s contributions to fisheries. In light of the profound influence that women have had in fisheries science and AFS, we take a moment to recognize contributions of some of the historical mothers of fishes and AFS, in keeping with the theme of ‘The Father of All the Fishes’.

Keywords

Diversity and inclusion, women fisheries biologists, American Fisheries Society

Citation

Murphy, Christina A.; Zatkos, Lauren; Antonelli, Kelsi; Cárdenas, A. Brent; Linkem, Christina; Manning, Michael; Olivos, Juan Andres; Penaluna, Brooke E.; Pollock, Amanda; Arismendi, Ivan. 2020. AFS Roots: Mothers of Fishes. Fisheries. 45(7): 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10485.