In every field of endeavour, be it science or sport, there are giants. People like Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, and on the less serious side of things, Babe Ruth and Wayne Gretzky. When it comes to fisheries science, however, especially understanding and managing smallmouth bass, Dr. David Philipp is in a league of his own. An avid angler who strives to be on the water at least 100 days a season, Philipp is the Chair of the Board of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation and Principal Scientist at the University of Illinois where he is also a Professor Emeritus. Over a long and distinguished career, Philipp has written two books and co-authored dozens of peer-reviewed papers in the most prodigious journals on his favourite fish. It is fair to say there is not a fisheries manager worth his or her salt that hasn’t been guided by Philipp’s typically ground-breaking work.
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Freshwater fish are under threat, with as many as a third of global populations in danger of extinction, according to an assessment.
Populations of migratory freshwater fish have plummeted by 76 per cent since 1970, and large fish those weighing more than 30 kilograms have been all but wiped out in most rivers. The global population of megafish is down by 94 per cent, and 16 freshwater fish species were declared extinct last year.
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The report by 16 global conservation organizations, called The World’s Forgotten Fishes, said that global populations of freshwater fish were in freefall. The problems are diverse and include pollution, overfishing and destructive fishing practices, the introduction of invasive non-native species, climate change and the disruption of river ecologies. Most of the world’s rivers are now d
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