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Brendan Spearin

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AIS Coordinator in the Prairies for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Occasional host on The Fisheries Podcast. My skeets, likes, RTS, etc do not represent those of my employer.

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Had a great time talking restoration and protection of native Trout with Lesley!

27.04.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing to sit down with a person who taught me so much, including sticking to your principles!

23.03.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week we're introduced to new host for the podcast, Alanna Mnich, a postdoctoral researcher continuing research on larval Atlantic Bluefin Tuna among other side projects and interests. We cover her past work with larval cephalopods, low oxygen areas, and developing a new color line of chickens.

09.02.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Canadaland is giving away ads to Canadian businesses that are facing scary times due to the still-looming tariff threat.

Our listeners are in a mood to buy Canadian. If you’re willing to give them a great deal, we’ll help you out for free.

Email dory@canadaland.com

We’ll get through this together

04.02.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

In search of a Canadian company selling trail cameras / traffic cameras that upload to a common platform remotely. Anyone have leads? Thanks!

02.02.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In search of a Canadian company selling trail cameras / traffic cameras that upload to a common platform remotely. Anyone have leads? Thanks!

02.02.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week Julee Stewart (MSc. graduate) and Dr. Chris Somers (University of Regina) join Brendan to talk ice fishing outcomes for fish welfare from two of their recent studies on catch and release for Cisco and Northern Pike using different tackle on tip-ups in Saskatchewan.

26.01.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

This may be appealing to some of our followers: a fish themed version of the popular game Wingspan.

08.01.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd donate to your campaign in a heart beat. No matter which party you ran for!

18.01.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesse I will resub for a year right now for the title damnit

03.01.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@jessebrown.bsky.social gonna need the name of that banger at the end of the we bombed the northern lights episode asap!

02.01.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone but invasive species. Hate those guys.

26.12.2024 23:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Species diversity in the new lamprey genus Occidentis, formerly classified as western North American β€˜Lampetra’ Accurate taxonomy is fundamental to the study and conservation of biodiversity. Because of their morphological similarities, most brook and river lampreys in western North America have been placed in ...

Introducing the first new #lamprey genus in over a century! "Lampetra" brook and river lampreys in western North America now belong to the genus Occidentis. Although morphologically almost indistinguishable from Eurasian Lampetra, they are genetically VERY distinct. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

22.12.2024 20:51 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jason wants to remind you that whether you are working or playing in nature or using AI Tools you are responsible for what you put into the world. Clean, Drain, and Dry your in-water gear and your AI content!

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22.12.2024 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
290 - A Discussion and Intro to AI Tools in Ecology with Jason Granberg | The Fisheries Podcast This week Jason Granberg from the Wisconsin DNR joins Brendan to talk about the use of artificial intelligence tools in ecology and conservation.Β  They cover the basics of the new AI tools that are po...

You can check it out on your favorite listening app, stream on Spotify, or download here: fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/290-a-disc...

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22.12.2024 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I couldn't help myself and generated this image below using Bing Co-Pilot with the prompt "Two well dressed gentlemen are discussing the use of AI in conservation on The Fisheries Podcast. Please create a cartoon image of this scene.". 2/4

22.12.2024 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week on @fisheriespod.bsky.social Jason Granberg from the Wisconsin DNR joins and mywelf chat on the use of AI tools in Ecology and Conservation. We talked about how these new tools work, how they can be used in Ecology, and where to get started if you want to learn more!

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22.12.2024 20:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's also a book about Shakespearean plays and politics so who's to say if it's really relevant. Was my favorite pandemic read. Shout out to the CBC for having the author on as part of their ongoing Stratford festival series

14.12.2024 02:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@davidmoscrop.com sad about the pod being done (got through 70 percent of the recent episode so apologies if I missed a big reveal about what's next!). Have you read Tyrant by Stephen Greenbalt? The conversation today had me thinking about the takeaways from that book re: avoiding middle ground

14.12.2024 02:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a great conversation today about AI in ecology and generally. It will be on @fisheriespod.bsky.social in a few weeks. Probably one too many Dune references but I won't apologize for that!

07.12.2024 00:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many thanks. Feel like we're going this route but have to find our own custom. Megadetector documentation looks very friendly compared to some other platforms we looked at. I do need to identify watercraft from images, so am expecting well need to do some training regardless! Many Ty again!

05.12.2024 02:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going to use machine learning eventually on the dataset, may as well start there, maybe...!

04.12.2024 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome, I will check them out!

04.12.2024 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you very much!

04.12.2024 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha!! Thanks for the leads.

04.12.2024 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Open to any and all thoughts advice and or method papers!!! :)

04.12.2024 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone have experience with organizing trail camera into a database? Looking at a project where we'll have 5+ cameras taking hundreds of pictures a day. Data will be beamed to a single location OR data will be manually downloaded and then put into the database.

04.12.2024 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Government of Canada concludes third successful watercraft inspection for aquatic invasive species in Manitoba - Canada.ca Aquatic invasive species (AIS) can cause significant ecological and economic impacts on freshwater ecosystems in Canada. That’s why, for the third year in a row, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in ...

Check out some of the work my team has been working on at the international border!

www.canada.ca/en/fisheries...

29.11.2024 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week Paige Kowal from Ducks Unlimited Canada and I to talk about Delta Marsh, an over 18,000 hectare freshwater coastal wetland in Manitoba. Delta Marsh is important habitat to migratory birds, native fishes, and has been impacted by Common Carp! Check it out on @fisheriespod.bsky.social

24.11.2024 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great news I've got time and budget for.... 0 of them!

23.11.2024 03:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0