Freshwater Colloquium – Social-ecological science to inform climate adaptation in recreational fisheries

Join the School of Freshwater Sciences for a Colloquium with guest speaker: Dr. Zach Feiner

Climate change is rapidly changing important recreational fisheries in the Upper Midwest. Combining insights about the ecological impacts of climate change on fish populations with a new understanding of how anglers will respond to those changes could offer new avenues for adaptation. This talk will present case studies for each facet of climate adaptation, including climate effects on fish spawning phenology, the importance of changing angler behavior for fishery outcomes, and new frameworks for management and policy.

Zach Feiner is a research scientist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and UW-Madison Center for Limnology. He earned his BS in Zoology from UW-Madison, MS in Zoology at North Carolina State University, and completed his PhD and postdoc in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at Purdue University before returning to Wisconsin in 2018. His research focuses on inland freshwater ecosystems, including the impacts of anthropogenic effects like climate change, harvest, and angler behavior on the function of aquatic ecosystems.

This presentation is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public.