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Cecil A Jennings, Paddlefish: Ecological, Aquacultural, and Regulatory Challenges of Managing a Global Resource: Jason D. Schooley, and Dennis L. Scarnecchia, editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium 88, Bethesda, Maryland. 2019. 297 pages. US$79.00 (hardcover)., Fisheries, Volume 45, Issue 6, June 2020, Page 334, https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10418
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Paddlefish Polyodon spathula are unique among North American freshwater fishes because of their unusual morphology and remarkable life history. Though much has been written about Paddlefish since the early 20th century, management of the species was based on legal status by jurisdiction and was largely uncoordinated among them. This ad hoc approach to management began to change in 1983 with the advent of the first symposium dedicated to the status, management, and propagation of Paddlefish range wide. The information presented in that symposium was synthesized and published as the first “Paddlefish Book” (Dillard et al. 1986) and was the basis for Paddlefish research and management for over 20 years. Given the success of the first symposium and the utility of the resultant book, a second such symposium was held in 2006 and a third was held in 2017. These subsequent symposia were intended to integrate new status updates, management approaches, and emerging challenges to Paddlefish management and conservation. The information presented in these symposia also was synthesized and published as the second (Paukert and Scholten 2009) and third “Paddlefish Book.”
