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Coregonid Symposium 2026
An information from Wendylee Stott, Research Scientist, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, from 25.05.2026: 16th International Symposium on Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes SBMCF 2026 Call for Abstracts Deadline: July 17, 2026 23:50 EDT Submit online at Coregonid [...]
The impact of marine protected areas on fish stocks
Press release from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel dated 11 May 2026: A better life under protection? The ALKOR Expedition AL652 investigates fish communities and algae in the Baltic Sea How do marine protected areas [...]
Become a fish detective in three days
Become a fish detective in three days: Become a fish detective in three days Project: ‘Molecular Ecology – eDNA metabarcoding for the identification of bony fish species’ Thanks to a unique workflow developed at the University of [...]
How old do fish get?
An interesting article from the organisation ‘fischwissen.ch – for the welfare of fish’: Kistler C. 2026. Wie alt werden Fische? Welt der Tiere 2/26. How old do fish get? Some fish live to an incredibly old age. Others race [...]
New IUCN Red List of European freshwater fish published
IUCN-Press release 13 Apr, 2026: Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little [...]
Final presentation on the minnow project
A announcement from the Natural History Museum, Vienna (minnow project, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Anja Palandačić) 13.04.26: Final presentation on the minnow project Dear project partners and colleagues, We would like to cordially invite you to our final presentation [...]
Wie gelingt Schneckenbuntbarschen das perfekte Nest?
Press release from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence dated 10 April 2026: Underwater architects: How do snail cichlids build the perfect nest? • Nest-building in fish: Snail cichlids build nests from empty snail shells to [...]
Job offer Curator Ichthyology, Stuttgart
Curator / Researcher (m/f/d) in Ichthyology The State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (SMNS) is one of the largest and most popular natural history museums in Germany. As a modern research museum, we see ourselves as a [...]
Coregonid Symposium 2026, Port Elgin, Canada
Information from Wendylee Stott, Research Scientist, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, 02.04.26: ISBMCF 2026 Call for Abstracts Deadline: June 20, 2026 23:50 EDT Submit online at Coregonid Symposium 2026 We are pleased to invite you to participate in the [...]
Killifish as model organisms in ageing research
Jena/Cologne. Press release from the Leibniz Institute on Ageing Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) dated 24 March 2026: Ageing in fast motion: short-lived fish provides new insights into the ageing immune system With increasing age, the [...]
German Ichthyological Society (GfI)
The (primarily) German-speaking Society for Ichthyology (GfI) is an association of fish experts (ichthyologists) and interested parties from all areas of fish biology, such as science, fisheries and aquatics.
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Conferences
A key element of GfI's activities is the organisation of scientific GfI conferences.
Publications
The Bulletin of Fish Biology is the official publication of the GfI and appears once a year. It contains scientific papers, reviews of current specialist books, and communications from the GfI.
Open Access, DOI, peer reviewed, for authors free of charge, Online version available immediately
Projects
GfI Fish Atlas – The project ‘Digital Biodiversity Atlas – Open Access Presentation of Faunistic Data on the Internet’ was designated an official project of the UN Decade of Biodiversity on 21 November 2013.
Awards
With the Rüdiger Riehl Prize, the GfI honours outstanding achievements by young scientists in the field of ichthyological research.
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