Kamden Glade
@kgladefishsci.bsky.social
Angler and fisheries biologist, in that order | Fish 🐟 diets, trophic ecology, #fishpuke 🤮, population dynamics, fisheries management | @afs-scicomm.bsky.social prez | he/him | views are mine
📍 northeast Minnesota
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📍 northeast Minnesota
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I’m Kamden. I’m a fisheries biologist in Minnesota. I primarily work in fisheries management, including stocking and population monitoring. I also conduct research on population dynamics and trophic ecology, or as I like to call it, #fishpuke!
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❄️ ‘Tis the Season! ❄️
Renew your @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social membership for 2026 today!
Be sure to ✅ the box to renew your AFS Science Communication Section membership too (psst, it’s free for students!)
Renew before 2026 to avoid a service fee when you pay by card.
Renew your @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social membership for 2026 today!
Be sure to ✅ the box to renew your AFS Science Communication Section membership too (psst, it’s free for students!)
Renew before 2026 to avoid a service fee when you pay by card.
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
❄️ ‘Tis the Season! ❄️
Renew your @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social membership for 2026 today!
Be sure to ✅ the box to renew your AFS Science Communication Section membership too (psst, it’s free for students!)
Renew before 2026 to avoid a service fee when you pay by card.
Renew your @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social membership for 2026 today!
Be sure to ✅ the box to renew your AFS Science Communication Section membership too (psst, it’s free for students!)
Renew before 2026 to avoid a service fee when you pay by card.
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President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 budget would eliminate all federal funding for Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and the other eight regional climate science centers, which Congress began establishing in 2008.
Scientists warn federal funding cuts could undermine walleye recovery in Minnesota
The Trump administration froze grant money awarded to the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center in August and wants to cut its budget next year.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 budget would eliminate all federal funding for Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and the other eight regional climate science centers, which Congress began establishing in 2008.
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SCHOLARSHIP ALERT!!!
Now accepting submissions for the Alligator Gar Technical Committee Scholarship!
The cash scholarship is being provided by @alligatorgar-afs.bsky.social a student to help cover cost for attending the 2026 Southern Division @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans🐟
Now accepting submissions for the Alligator Gar Technical Committee Scholarship!
The cash scholarship is being provided by @alligatorgar-afs.bsky.social a student to help cover cost for attending the 2026 Southern Division @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans🐟
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
SCHOLARSHIP ALERT!!!
Now accepting submissions for the Alligator Gar Technical Committee Scholarship!
The cash scholarship is being provided by @alligatorgar-afs.bsky.social a student to help cover cost for attending the 2026 Southern Division @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans🐟
Now accepting submissions for the Alligator Gar Technical Committee Scholarship!
The cash scholarship is being provided by @alligatorgar-afs.bsky.social a student to help cover cost for attending the 2026 Southern Division @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans🐟
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It’s all about that bass on Day 4 of #25DaysofFishmas - the Suwannee Bass (Micropterus notius), that is!
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s all about that bass on Day 4 of #25DaysofFishmas - the Suwannee Bass (Micropterus notius), that is!
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
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Suwannee bass is one of at least 14 species of black bass - though we’re still discovering new ones (news.uga.edu/new-bass-spe...). Members of this group are mainly native to North America east of the Rockies, but have been introduced globally due to their popularity as sport fish #25DaysofFishmas
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Suwannee bass is one of at least 14 species of black bass - though we’re still discovering new ones (news.uga.edu/new-bass-spe...). Members of this group are mainly native to North America east of the Rockies, but have been introduced globally due to their popularity as sport fish #25DaysofFishmas
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Are you an #EarlyCareerResearcher interested in gaining editorial experience with a peer reviewed journal?
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
✳️ We are delighted to announce a new editorial internship scheme for #EarlyCareerResearchers! ✳️
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you an #EarlyCareerResearcher interested in gaining editorial experience with a peer reviewed journal?
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
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Attention students and retirees! Apply for scholarships (up to $900) and/or travel awards ($600) by December 19th! 🐟🩵 For travel to Feb 2026 Duluth chapter meeting of MN AFS.
units.fisheries.org/mnafs/schola...
units.fisheries.org/mnafs/schola...
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Attention students and retirees! Apply for scholarships (up to $900) and/or travel awards ($600) by December 19th! 🐟🩵 For travel to Feb 2026 Duluth chapter meeting of MN AFS.
units.fisheries.org/mnafs/schola...
units.fisheries.org/mnafs/schola...
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🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
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November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
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Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
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Join AFS for a webinar next week on Wednesday, December 3, at 1 pm EST - Using eco-physiology to inform management of British Columbia white sturgeon populations. For more information: fisheries.org/2025/11/webi....
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Join AFS for a webinar next week on Wednesday, December 3, at 1 pm EST - Using eco-physiology to inform management of British Columbia white sturgeon populations. For more information: fisheries.org/2025/11/webi....
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It’s the moooost wonderful timeeee of the yeeeaaarrrr! 🐟 🎄🐟🎅🏼🐟⛄️🐟
🎶From Atlantic to Pacific, gee the fish facts are terrific!🎶
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
#25DaysofFishmas is hitting the road! While there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays, we'll be traveling beyond the #GreatLakes this year to learn about freshwater fishes from across the US. The road trip kicks off December 1!
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s the moooost wonderful timeeee of the yeeeaaarrrr! 🐟 🎄🐟🎅🏼🐟⛄️🐟
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#UMN undergrads: Ready to school yourself in fish care? 🐟
Join #Minnesota Sea Grant’s Aquaculture Lab & help raise #YellowPerch & #GoldenShiner while gaining valuable professional experience! $15.25/hr, 10–15 hrs/week.
📍 UMN St. Paul
🔗 z.umn.edu/2025-mnsg-aq...
Join #Minnesota Sea Grant’s Aquaculture Lab & help raise #YellowPerch & #GoldenShiner while gaining valuable professional experience! $15.25/hr, 10–15 hrs/week.
📍 UMN St. Paul
🔗 z.umn.edu/2025-mnsg-aq...
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#UMN undergrads: Ready to school yourself in fish care? 🐟
Join #Minnesota Sea Grant’s Aquaculture Lab & help raise #YellowPerch & #GoldenShiner while gaining valuable professional experience! $15.25/hr, 10–15 hrs/week.
📍 UMN St. Paul
🔗 z.umn.edu/2025-mnsg-aq...
Join #Minnesota Sea Grant’s Aquaculture Lab & help raise #YellowPerch & #GoldenShiner while gaining valuable professional experience! $15.25/hr, 10–15 hrs/week.
📍 UMN St. Paul
🔗 z.umn.edu/2025-mnsg-aq...
My grandpa was the first person to introduce me to fish and fishing, and that eventually led me to a career in fisheries. I always enjoy any chance I get to take him fishing, and this giant bluegill he caught was the highlight from a trip a few years ago! #WorldFisheriesDay #52FishyFridays 🐟🐠🎣
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My grandpa was the first person to introduce me to fish and fishing, and that eventually led me to a career in fisheries. I always enjoy any chance I get to take him fishing, and this giant bluegill he caught was the highlight from a trip a few years ago! #WorldFisheriesDay #52FishyFridays 🐟🐠🎣
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Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
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Now hiring! @mnseagrant.bsky.social is looking for a student to help raise yellow perch and golden shiner in their indoor aquaculture lab. If you’re interested in hands-on fish culture and research support, this position could be a great fit. Apply today! seagrant.umn.edu/articles/202...
Aquaculture Lab Technician Undergraduate Job Opportunities | Minnesota Sea Grant
Quick Reference:Number of positions: TwoPosition type: Undergraduate studentLocation: University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus, Minnesota Sea Grant Aquaculture LabJob open date: January 2026Job close ...
seagrant.umn.edu
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Now hiring! @mnseagrant.bsky.social is looking for a student to help raise yellow perch and golden shiner in their indoor aquaculture lab. If you’re interested in hands-on fish culture and research support, this position could be a great fit. Apply today! seagrant.umn.edu/articles/202...
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NEW episode of MeatEater Podcast chatting gars & native fish conservation!
Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...
Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW episode of MeatEater Podcast chatting gars & native fish conservation!
Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...
Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...
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Seeking candidates for 2026:
1. President-Elect (DNR year*)
2. Open Officer (2 year term)
3. DNR Officer (2 year term)
Current members (MNAFS & AFS) email your name, fisheries work, and position interest) by 10Dec2025 to [email protected]
*https://units.fisheries.org/mnafs/procedures-manual
1. President-Elect (DNR year*)
2. Open Officer (2 year term)
3. DNR Officer (2 year term)
Current members (MNAFS & AFS) email your name, fisheries work, and position interest) by 10Dec2025 to [email protected]
*https://units.fisheries.org/mnafs/procedures-manual
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Seeking candidates for 2026:
1. President-Elect (DNR year*)
2. Open Officer (2 year term)
3. DNR Officer (2 year term)
Current members (MNAFS & AFS) email your name, fisheries work, and position interest) by 10Dec2025 to [email protected]
*https://units.fisheries.org/mnafs/procedures-manual
1. President-Elect (DNR year*)
2. Open Officer (2 year term)
3. DNR Officer (2 year term)
Current members (MNAFS & AFS) email your name, fisheries work, and position interest) by 10Dec2025 to [email protected]
*https://units.fisheries.org/mnafs/procedures-manual
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Students perspectives on Alligator Gar fieldwork down south @garlab.bsky.social!
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Students perspectives on Alligator Gar fieldwork down south @garlab.bsky.social!
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
Trying to clean up my photo storage recently and came across this photo from several winters ago. This is still one of my favorites, from one of many days trout fishing with my dog in northeast Nevada.
🐟🐠 #52FishyFridays
🐟🐠 #52FishyFridays
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trying to clean up my photo storage recently and came across this photo from several winters ago. This is still one of my favorites, from one of many days trout fishing with my dog in northeast Nevada.
🐟🐠 #52FishyFridays
🐟🐠 #52FishyFridays
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A pair of solar flares is headed toward Earth and could touch off a magnificent show of auroras Tuesday evening and overnight across Minnesota.
Potential northern lights Tuesday evening
A pair of solar flares is headed toward Earth and could touch off a magnificent show of auroras Tuesday evening and overnight across Minnesota.
www.mprnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A pair of solar flares is headed toward Earth and could touch off a magnificent show of auroras Tuesday evening and overnight across Minnesota.
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The Society for Freshwater Science's non-profit society journal Freshwater Science is committed to supporting first-time authors in the publication process.
Check out these tips from our Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anderson on publishing research.
What are your best publishing tips?
Check out these tips from our Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anderson on publishing research.
What are your best publishing tips?
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Society for Freshwater Science's non-profit society journal Freshwater Science is committed to supporting first-time authors in the publication process.
Check out these tips from our Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anderson on publishing research.
What are your best publishing tips?
Check out these tips from our Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anderson on publishing research.
What are your best publishing tips?
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The AFS Climate Committee and the Science Communication Section will be hosting an encore presentation of our lightning talks and a summary of our session from this summer’s annual meeting!
The webinar will be held on Wed , Nov 19 at 3pm ET. Registration required - fisheries.org/2025/10/webi...
The webinar will be held on Wed , Nov 19 at 3pm ET. Registration required - fisheries.org/2025/10/webi...
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The AFS Climate Committee and the Science Communication Section will be hosting an encore presentation of our lightning talks and a summary of our session from this summer’s annual meeting!
The webinar will be held on Wed , Nov 19 at 3pm ET. Registration required - fisheries.org/2025/10/webi...
The webinar will be held on Wed , Nov 19 at 3pm ET. Registration required - fisheries.org/2025/10/webi...
Low-quality video of a shortnose gar in honor of high-quality #garweek. This fish was spotted in the Grand River (MI) during the @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in 2023, which also happened to be the same week I met @solomonrdavid.bsky.social for the first time! #52FishyFridays 🐟🐠
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Low-quality video of a shortnose gar in honor of high-quality #garweek. This fish was spotted in the Grand River (MI) during the @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in 2023, which also happened to be the same week I met @solomonrdavid.bsky.social for the first time! #52FishyFridays 🐟🐠