Nick Fisch

Education       Background       Research       Publications       Curriculum Vitae

FISCH_photoProfessional Aide
Office Location: 100 UPLA Building
Phone: 517-355-0126
E-mail: fischnic@msu.edu
Area of Expertise/Interest: Assessment of harvest regulations, population dynamics, stock assessment

 

Education

  • B.S. - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 2015
  • M.S. - Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2018

 

Background

Although originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, I spent the majority of my youth in Florida. There I attended the University of Florida, studying Wildlife Ecology and Conservation with an emphasis on Quantitative Ecology. At UF, I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Florida Rivers Lab under the supervision of Dr. Bill Pine where I developed an independent research project assessing the possible relationship between Eastern oyster landings and freshwater discharge in Apalachicola Bay, Florida.

In addition to my time in the Florida Rivers Lab, I spent the summer of 2014 working as a fisheries field technician in Glacier National Park, Montana, on a project assessing the extent of hybridization and subsequent selection effects between Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout.

In the summer of 2015, I worked as a Student Data Analyst/Programmer for the Groundfish Division in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in St. Johns, Newfoundland.

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Research

I am currently a Master's student with Dr. James Bence in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. My research focuses on the Cisco, Coregonus artedi, fishery in western Lake Superior. This project aims to merge hydroacoustic estimates of abundance with more formal age structured stock assessments, in order to better inform management on sustainable harvest levels.

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Publications

  • Fisch, N. C., and W. E. Pine. 2016. A Complex Relationship between Freshwater Discharge and Oyster Fishery Catch Per Unit Effort in Apalachicola Bay, Florida: an Evaluation from 1960-2013. Journal of Shellfish Research. 35(4), 809-825.

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  Curriculum Vitae