ID

CNRE-73P

Authors as Published

Adrienne Averett, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality; Larry Bandolin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Retired; Paul E. Bugas, Jr., Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; John R. Copeland, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; George Devlin, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality; Mike Duncan, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech; Charles Gowan, Department of Biology, Randolph-Macon College; Scott Herrmann, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Dawn Kirk, U.S. Forest Service, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests; Brian R. Murphy, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech

This publication is available in an enhanced digital version and PDF.

This publication provides an introduction to the study of fishes for Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers or others interested in learning about this subject. It highlights the diversity and distribution of fishes in Virginia, key characteristics used to identify fish, the natural history of fishes, threats relating to fish in Virginia, and basic principles of fisheries management. It was written as a project of the Outreach Committee of the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society in consultation with leaders of the Virginia Master Naturalist program.

Virginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, reprint, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; M. Ray McKinnie, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State University, Petersburg.

Publication Date

October 8, 2019