AFS roots: Emmeline Moore, all things to all fishes

Lauren Zatkos; Christina A. Murphy; Amanda Pollock; Brooke Penaluna; J. Andres Olivos; Emilee Mowlds; Christine Moffitt; Michael Manning; Christina Linkem; Lisa Holst; A. Brent Cárdenas; Ivan Arismendi

doi:10.1002/fsh.10501

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AFS roots: Emmeline Moore, all things to all fishes

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Authors:

Lauren Zatkos, Christina A. Murphy, Amanda Pollock, Brooke Penaluna, J. Andres Olivos, Emilee Mowlds, Christine Moffitt, Michael Manning, Christina Linkem, Lisa Holst, A. Brent Cárdenas, Ivan Arismendi

Year:

2020

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10501

Source:

Fisheries. 45(8): 435-443.

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Abstract

As we reflect on the rich history of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), no greater inspiration emerges than the pioneering figure of our 47th president, Dr. Emmeline Moore. In addition to serving as the Society’s first woman president, her groundbreaking research in the fields of aquatic ecology, fish health, and watershed-based ecosystems irrevocably shaped fisheries research and management. She led the New York State Conservation Department (NYSCD), reminiscing “I had to be all things to all fishes”. She was similarly broad in her service to AFS as is demonstrated by her participation in more than a dozen diverse committees throughout her tenure with AFS providing consistent high-level expertise, synthesis, and leadership. From award-winning presentations to regular donations to Society funds, her legacy reveals a mixture of brilliance, talent, and dedication to fisheries and to AFS. With over 25 first-author publications she broke boundaries as the first woman to publish in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, and later the first woman in the U.S. to publish a paper on fish diseases. Dr. Moore not only strengthened the Society, but fisheries science as a whole.

Keywords

American Fisheries Society, woman fish biologist, New York, boundary spanner

Citation

Zatkos, Lauren; Murphy, Christina A.; Pollock, Amanda; Penaluna, Brooke E.; Olivos, J. Andres; Mowlds, Emilee; Moffitt, Christine; Manning, Michael; Linkem, Christina; Holst, Lisa; Cárdenas, A. Brent; Arismendi, Ivan. 2020. AFS roots: Emmeline Moore, sll things to all fishes. Fisheries. 45(8): 435-443. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10501.