The Adaptive Fisheries Lab is a research group working to understand the the effects of environmental change on freshwater ecosystems and the fish and fisheries that they support. We integrate community perspectives alongside social, ecological, and environmental data to find equitable solutions to complex social-ecological challenges.
Contact information
Virginia Tech, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Cheatham Hall
310 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060
email: [email protected]
Cheatham Hall
310 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060
email: [email protected]
News from the Adaptive Fisheries Lab
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February 2025 – Lily Casteen selected to present at the Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia’s Inaugural Research Showcase at the Capitol in Richmond, VA
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February 2025 – Jon Low wins 2nd place in the graduate s poster competition for Virginia Chapter AFS
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January 2025 – Emma Rice is awarded the McGinnes Graduate Fellowship from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation ($3,000)
January 2025 - Emma Rice is awarded the Roop and Kavita Mahajan Research Award from ICTAS ($2,500)
December 2024 – Lily Casteen graduates Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with a B.Sc. in Fish & Wildlife Conservation
October 2024 – Lily Casteen wins Camp Younts Foundation Scholarship in Wildlife ($3,500)
September 2024 – Lily Casteen awarded CNRE Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($2,500) and the Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($675)
September 2024 – Lily Casteen and Emma Rice both present their research at American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawai'i
June 2024 - Virginia Tech news publishes an article on Beth’s recent co-authored Nature Food paper on the economic and nutritional importance of recreational fisheries. Read the article here -> LINK
May 2024 – Beth Nyboer and team are awarded a faculty seed grant from the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech for work examining the genetic impacts of cage aquaculture in Lake Victoria -> LINK
March 2024 – Beth Nyboer and team are awarded the ISCE scholars award for work with Women’s Fisheries Organizations in Uganda -> LINK
February 2024 – Jon Low and Emma Rice are awarded the Graduate Student Budget Board travel award to present at the World Fisheries Congress in Seattle.
January 2024 – Emma Rice publishes a new paper on the future of gender research in small-scale fisheries. Read the paper here -> LINK
October 2023 - Emma Rice publishes work from her MSc thesis on Connecting gender norms and economic performance in small scale fisheries in Malawi. Read the paper here -> LINK
March 2023 – Jon Low is awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
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January 2024 - Lily Casteen wins best undergraduate poster at the Southern Division of AFS meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 2024 - Lily Casteen delivers oral presentation and is awarded Jenkins Undergraduate Scholarship at the Virginia AFS meeting in Lexington, Virginia. |
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February 2023 - Dr. Nyboer delivers a keynote address at the World Recreational Fisheries Conference in Melbourne, Australia!
January 2023 - Dr. Nyboer joins Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation as an Assistant Professor
August 2022 - Nyboer et al. 2022 Fish and Fisheries: How well do we really understand rec fisheries? Our paper explores fuzzy boundaries in inland systems. LINK
August 2022 - Nyboer et al. 2022 Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries: ECRs from around the world researchers share ideas on the future of transdisciplinary fisheries research. LINK
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August 2022 - Nyboer et al. 2022 People and Nature: How do fishing communities on Lake Victoria adapt to climate change? Our paper explores this complex question. LINK. Check out our plain language summary and graphical abstract too!
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June 2021 - Dr. Nyboer interviewed about recreational fisheries and climate change on All In A Day - CBC Ottawa
June 2021 - YouTube video with a short explainer on how climate change might impact recreational fisheries around the world
