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Fish of the Week!

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish enthusiasts Katrina Liebich and Guy Eroh journey across America on a quest to live with, live from, discover and enjoy ALL THE FISH: big and small, common and rare, beautiful and downright strange. Guests from all walks of life help dig into the latest science and bring their perspectives about fishing and how fish are woven into the fabric of communities and cultures. Listeners walk away from each episode with practical information about how to connect with and conserve our amazing, finned

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38:55

Gulf Sturgeon: Giant Southern Jumpers

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/02/24

We've got two great guests with decades of combined knowledge who will help you get to know and appreciate these very large, migratory fish. Adam Kaeser is a fish biologist from our Panama City Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office and Frank Paruka is a retired biologist and distinguished gulf sturgeon researcher. We cover everything from biology basics to heritage and history, and answer questions about why they jump, how they communicate, and how we study them in murky waters, and more.

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40:26

Law Enforcement Special: Pleco Trade

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/02/17

Wildlife Inspector Daniel Sahakian joins us for a special episode focused on the international pleco trade as a follow-on to the armored suckermouth catfishes episode. This is the first in a mini series of themed episodes we plan to air that are focused on illegal fish trade, U.S. and international wildlife protection laws, and the amazing work our U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement. In this episode you'll get to know the CITES-listed Hypancistrus zebra (zebra pleco).

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39:27

Sailfin Catfishes: Genus Pterygoplichthys

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/02/10

This episode broadly introduces the family of South American armored suckermouth catfishes (Loricariidae) with a focus on genus Pterygoplichthys (AKA janitor fish/sailfin plecos/sailfin catfishes). You might know them from your fish tank or where they've been released into U.S. waters. We also introduce "Fan Mail Darter" where we answer questions and read fan feedback. This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 will focus on the pleco trade with one of our Wildlife Inspectors! If you like this episode you may

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44:47

Smallmouth Bass, Big Complexity!

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/02/03

How well do you really know Smallmouth Bass? There's still a ton to learn, even about super popular fish! We dig into the fascinating diversity of Smallmouth Bass with guest Andrew Taylor from the University of North Georgia. Learn the latest science, the places these fish call home, and pro tips about how to complete the Smallmouth Slam! If you like this topic you might also like these episodes:S4:E46 Largemouth BassS4:E12 Fly Fishing for Shoal BassS4:E4 Greatest Rock Basses of All TimeS2:E19

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31:23

Mountain Whitefish: Rocky Mountain Bonefish

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/01/27

The majestic mountain is found in beautiful places and will challenge your fishing skills (in a good way)! Some even have snoots like the Whoville residents in The Grinch Stole Christmas. We hope you enjoy getting to know this important member in the family Salmonidae who's related to fan favorites like salmon, trout, and grayling. Want more whitefish?? Check out these episodes: S4:E6 BloaterS2:E47 Broad WhitefishS2:E28 Great Lakes CiscoS1:E45 Humpback WhitefishS1:E41 Traditional Whitefish

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38:37

Warpaint Shiner!

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/01/20

Get to know the warpaint shiner, a vibrant southeastern U.S. species with striking red and black markings. This trout-like minnow is found in cold, clear, fast-flowing streams and is both important prey for sportfish (including bass) and host for native freshwater mussels. If you're feeling like a challenge, we discuss partaking in the "shiner slam" (for both anglers and snorkelers). If you like this charismatic little fish, you might also like the Bluehead Chub! (S2:E7)Journey across America and

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31:53

Tangerine Darter: Snorkel New Worlds

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/01/13

Casper Cox, a freshwater snorkeling enthusiast from Tennessee, takes us below the surface and into the underwater world of the Tangerine Darter! The beauty of this fish and enthusiasm of our guest will have you grabbing your snorkel gear and heading to your nearest/clearest water and immersing yourself in new worlds. On deck next: Warpaint Shiner!

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41:01

All Aboard for Season 5!

Fish of the Week! ·

2025/01/06

Katrina and Guy celebrate the start of season five by highlighting the journey so far through over 200 episodes. They reflect on what's been learned by digging into the rich diversity of fish and cultural connections across different geographies and cast a line towards topics to come. On deck: Tangerine Darter!

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41:59

2025 Fish Draft!

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/12/30

Find out which fishes have made the cut for season 5! Katrina and Guy bring listeners behind the scenes for a peek into their annual fish draft.

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39:06

Pacific Salmon: Adventuring North?

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/12/23

This episode explores the ability of Pacific salmon to colonize Alaska rivers flowing north into the Arctic Ocean. Are they able to spawn successfully or are they just adventurous strays probing north? Our guests are Peter Westley and Randy Brown. Randy, a Fishery Biologist, operates out of our Northern Alaska Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office and Peter is the Wakefield Chair of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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35:45

Cookiecutter Sharks!

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/12/16

The cookiecutter shark has a very peculiar set of skills and is known for its distinctive feeding behavior. Despite leaving its mark on a wide variety of creatures (and even some humans and inanimate objects), much about these small sharks remains a mystery! Guest Aaron Carlisle from the University of Delaware's School of Marine Science and Policy brings his perspective and highlights the challenges of studying this amazing and strange fish.

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29:37

Jack Dempsey: Cichlid, Not Boxer

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/12/09

Meet the Jack Dempsey, an American cichlid known for its beauty and aggressiveness. Your co-hosts Katrina and Guy have fun exploring the likeness between this fish and the 1920s heavyweight boxer, its aquarium presence, and how its found its way into unlikely places like South Dakota and Russia.

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34:36

Fantail Darter!

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/12/02

We are joined by two (and a half) guests who really like Fantail Darters and have found a creative way to get people excited about overlooked nongame fish! Drew Holloway is a fisheries biologist for the Muncie Bureau of Water Quality in Central Indiana and North Central Division of American Fisheries Society President Elect. Luke Etchison is a conservation biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail co-creator, and North Carolina AFS President. Their

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38:37

Largemouth Bass!

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/11/25

For our 200th episode, we chat with Gene Gilliland - lifelong bass enthusiast and conservation director of the Bass Angler Sportsman Society (BASS). Learn about the variety of ways to catch this fish, why they're so popular, and more.

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36:15

Redband Trout

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/11/18

Get to know the fish and places it calls home. We also discuss fishing strategies, the importance of curiosity, and pathways into fishing and caring for native fishes. Our guest is Redband Trout enthusiast and Oregon State University student RobertoPonce Velez.

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37:44

Tippecanoe Darter

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/11/11

Get to know Ohio's second smallest fish, the Tippecanoe Darter - a lover of marble-sized rocks and riffles. Guests Brian Zimmerman (a rare and endangered non-game fish biologist at Ohio State University), Ethan Hendershot and Zeke Churchin (non-game fisheries research technicians) help tell the success story of this fish.

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34:40

Mullets and Muliwai: Hawaiian Perspective

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/11/04

Get to know Hawaii's mullets through the eyes of University of Hawaii undergraduate students Andie Le Doux and Iokepa Frederick. We'll imagine the grand experience of the once great mullet migration that provided sustenance for the people who lived on the coast of O‘ahu while we appreciate conservation work being done in the muliwai (estuary) environments that attract them near shore.

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27:53

Apache Trout: Arizona Treasure

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/10/28

The beauty of this fish matches its home: high-elevation streams in the White Mountains of Arizona. We discuss its conservation successes and the continued commitment moving forward. Tim Gatewood from the White Mountain Apache Tribe and Zac Jackson from our Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office are guests.

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33:05

Searobin: Sustaining Seafood

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/10/14

This very cool fish uses its finger-like fins to locate prey on the seafloor and might bark at you if you catch it. It's also at the center of an amazing case study regarding a place-based approach to sustaining wild seafood. Our three guests are a fisherman (Jason Jarvis), chef (David Standridge), and Eating with the Ecosystem's Kate Masury. Calls to action? try something new, eat the whole fish, and get to know your local fishermen!

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36:34

Tule Perch: Packing Live Young!

Fish of the Week! ·

2024/10/07

With a namesake that matches the vegetation found in marshes where it lives, this California native comes in three different forms and has a very impressive skill: females pack an unbelievable number of extremely large young in their enlarged vascularized ovaries and give live birth. Senior Research Scientist John Durand from the University of California, Davis Center for Watershed Sciences is our guest.

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