Apria Valenza
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Apria Valenza
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Ph.D. Student, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. UNCW & TAMU-CC Alumni. Fisheries Ecologist, President-Elect of the Fisheries History Section of AFS, aspiring fisheries manager, NJ native, Marine Biologist
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After the calamitous news last week that 75,000 farmed #salmon had escaped in #Scotland, I wrote this Conversation article exploring why this is such bad news and what it means for wild salmon: doi.org/10.64628/AB....
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage
Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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#Eels and isotopes, oh my! New paper out from my lab led by the amazing @mikecurtis.bsky.social! What kind of variation is found in #stableisotopes in American eel in the understudied subtropical part of its range? Find out now! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Last day of #AFS155 mood:

(Too much fun! I regret nothing!)
a white cat with a sad look on its face is being held by a person .
ALT: a white cat with a sad look on its face is being held by a person .
media.tenor.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The Governing Board kicked off the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in San Antonio today. Discussions included the Strategic Plan, communications review, financial status, potential sale of the AFS headquarters building, and many other issues. #AFS155
August 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am so incredibly grateful to have presented my PhD research at #FSBI2025 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Not only was this my first international conference, but it was my first time in the UK as well! Thank you to everyone whom I met and to all those who organized this conference!
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It's your last chance to take advantage of early registration rates for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, August 10-14, 2025. We are unable to offer any further extensions, so be sure to register by 11:59 pm EDT tonight! Register here: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/registration
July 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM