Venturelli lab
@venturellilab.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences PhD Director at Ball State University studying fisheries science in the digital age. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 people.bsu.edu/paventurelli/
Wanted: #salmon expert who is qualified to review a manuscript about future lake accessibility following glacier retreat, and is free of conflicts of interest. Repost, DM suggestions or interest. #fisheries #FisheriesScience #SockeyeSalmon #wildsalmon
Surprising result: anonymized app data from fishbrain.com suggest that #invasive #hydrilla matters little to #largemouth size or #fishing pressure in #Florida. Size depended on lake dimensions and water quality, pressure depended on human pop. density. @amuehler.bsky.social Free pdf: rdcu.be/fnOBp
(Fisheries) science is about taking chances, making mistakes, and getting messy! Share your stories of through the "Science Doesn't Fail, it Pivots" session at #AFS156 Columbus. Abstracts due 22 Apr.
Tanya Fendler@scifendler.bsky.social · 5mo ago🐟 Attending AFS in Columbus this year? Consider submitting an abstract to our session: Science doesn't fail; it pivots!
Behold Schrödinger’s abstract! Simultaneously limitless yet capped: "While there is not a word limitation for this section, this summary should not exceed 300 words"
First of its kind paper using angler app data + machine learning to id angler characteristics most likely to lead to #AIS spread: frequent trips to diverse locations regardless of day or weather and high catches/trip. First 50 downloads free via DM or this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6X9U7...
Characterizing behaviors of highly mobile anglers to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species
Anglers can contribute to the spread of aquatic invasive species by moving among waterbodies. Angler movement data have been used to predict invasions, but few studies have explored behaviors and p...
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Generating keywords is a professional pet peeve. I don't know the biz from the publishing/databasing side of things, but keywords seem vestigial given that everything is now digitized and (machine) searchable. If required, then I try to avoid what's already in the title and abstract.
Trevor A. Branch@trevorabranch.bsky.social · 8mo agoKeywords in scientific articles! We're asked to list 5-10 keywords for our articles. But should these be words not already in the abstract and title? How do you decide what to put down?
"This is a fun paper and nice demonstration of how machine learning can be used to evaluate segmentation" Nice note from our handling editor letting us know that "Characterizing highly mobile anglers for preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species" is accepted in Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Stats reminder: comparing means to medians is _usually_ apples to oranges when data are skewed. jse.amstat.org/v13n2/vonhip...
Journal of Statistics Education, v13n2: Paul T. von Hippel
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Mike Walsh #fbpe@drmpwalsh.bsky.social · 8mo agoUS average hourly pay is roughly 1.5 times the UK median in nominal terms but tax, benefits, and cost of living (especially healthcare and housing) affect how far US wages go in practice. www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/e...
Happy to share our cornerstone book on disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches for recreational fisheries management with a specific focus on understanding recreational fishers link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… @icmcsic.bsky.social @imares-group.bsky.social @csic.es @csicdivulga.bsky.social
Rec fishing platforms aren’t just passive data sources - they’re powerful tools for engagement, education, and behaviour change. Our Digital Data Mining chapter explores how these data can reshape fisheries research & outreach. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #recreationalfisheries #citizenscience
Digital Data Mining
Recreational fishers who interact with internet-connected and smart devices generate large volumes of digital data that can be mined to gain valuable and often unique insight into recreational fisher ...
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Ivan Jaric@ivanjaric.bsky.social · 8mo agoDigital data mining in recreational #fisheries science, a new book chapter led by @venturellilab.bsky.social now available with OA here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #fishsci #ecology #fisheriesscience #recreationalfisheries #ichthyology #iEcology #conservationculturomics #culturomics
Also a great way to study the action of protrusible jaws and the inner workings of black bass digestive tracts!
The Ricciardians@ricciardilab.bsky.social · 8mo agoWater-walking robots inspired by aquatic insects - water striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae). www.energy-reporters.com/news/scienti...
First we catch the fish, then we fry them - Venturelli lab serving up fresh, local, wild caught fish at the @ballstate.bsky.social #homecoming. It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it.
Sorry, @mimusselman.bsky.social. Join our group exploring ways to use new sources of digital data in fisheries science instead? Looking forward to your @ballstate.bsky.social Biology seminar regardless!
The Onion@theonion.com · 10mo agoBiologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams https://theonion.com/biologists-announce-there-absolutely-nothing-we-can-learn-from-clams/
Never stop sampling. These students are learning to measure river flow and discharge in limnology @ballstate.bsky.social
This semester’s R Boot Camp in @ballstate.bsky.social biology’s stats class kicked off outside due to a fire drill. Students in the course use R to explore key concepts, run common stats (e.g., t-test, ANOVA regression), and be competitive for jobs after graduating.
Got invited to this. Walked in not knowing anyone. Walked out with new friends and a few stories. Thanks, @nature.org and @iccb2025.bsky.social!
You can't make this up: a researcher friend just had a paper rejected because the result was statistically non-significant. The editor said to try out different stats to get the p-value <0.05. That's NOT how science works. Non-significance is a legit result that is worth being communicated.
If Hell were real, one of the layers would be “conference app”.
Had a great time in Perth talking fishing apps, survey science with Karina Ryan et al., (DPIRD), and NGO RecFishWest. Sample frames, trust, and the spectrum of engagement. Next up: Western Australia holiday, then Brisbane to prep for an eval of behaviour change efforts on app data quality.
Hire new MSc Rocco Boyd (stat & GIS whiz)! App data suggest invasive #Hydrilla isn’t v. good for #Florida #largemouth bass fishing. H doesn't attract more anglers or make larger bass - native veg is better. H mats do get fished for slightly larger bass, but not enough to justify limiting H control.
Onward & upward (bc #wefly)! @mackensieshears.bsky.social started in ed, switched to aquatics & fisheries, & was an asset to the lab for 20 mo - helping w main projects, side projects, teaching, service, & snacks. Thx for everything, best of luck, you’re missed, & come back any time!
Very proud of Paton Willbanks for successfully defending her thesis on methods for using app data to monitor for changes in marine fish assemblage and species distributions. Except that we now have a Paton-sized hole in the lab. Saying bye to great students is one of the hardest parts of this job.
If making Outlook add #UTF-8 to the start of every downloaded filename is someone's idea of psychological warfare, it’s totally working. 😱
Our lab unwinds by playing bar trivia with friends and family most weeks. We are the Aquaholics. This week’s game was a little sad because it was the last time that this cohort would play together. Even sadder is that we lost…by a lot.
Observation: The US imports 80% of its seafood. As a result, US aquaculture is underdeveloped and many US stocks are recovering. Prediction: Tariffs on #seafood imports will reduce US seafood consumption, increase pressure on US stocks, and increase #aquaculture development and impacts.
