Dr. Peter McIntyre is the Dwight Webster Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, and he co-leads (with Cliff Kraft) the Adirondack Fishery Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources. He is jointly appointed in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and he is also a faculty fellow of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. Pete is a conservation ecologist focusing on lakes and rivers throughout the world. Beginning with his B.S. (Harvard 1998) and Ph.D.(Cornell 2006) experiences, he has studied the impacts of habitat degradation on aquatic life on four continents. In 2018, he departed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to return to Cornell as the co-leader of the Adirondack Fishery Research Program. While getting up to speed on the challenges facing upstate New York’s fish and fisheries, Pete continues field projects in Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as striving to increase appreciation for the contributions of river and lake fisheries to global food security. He lives in Ithaca with his wife and two young children, and they spend as much time as possible enjoying the natural splendor of the Finger Lakes and Adirondacks.
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Saving Our Freshwater Fish
Climate Change, Pollution, and Aquaculture
Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 1pm
EDT
Event Overview
Mankind’s outsized impact on our natural environment can be witnessed on land, in the air, and throughout waterways. As evident in lakes, rivers, and streams worldwide, our actions have made life more difficult and harrowing for freshwater fish.
Whether it’s the impact of the climate crisis, toxic pollution, or the rapidly expanding aquaculture business, the choices we make have significant, and often severe, consequences for freshwater fish. Do we still have time to change course and save them?
Join Pete McIntyre, CALS Associate Professor of Natural Resources, as he discusses the myriad dangers faced by freshwater fish and what can be done about them.
Whether it’s the impact of the climate crisis, toxic pollution, or the rapidly expanding aquaculture business, the choices we make have significant, and often severe, consequences for freshwater fish. Do we still have time to change course and save them?
Join Pete McIntyre, CALS Associate Professor of Natural Resources, as he discusses the myriad dangers faced by freshwater fish and what can be done about them.
What You'll Learn
- How the climate crisis is affecting some of our most popular freshwater fish species, such as the brook trout in the Adirondack lakes
- How mercury pollution is impacting the world's freshwater fisheries
- An introduction to aquaculture and the effect its global expansion has on the fish that live in our lakes, rivers, and streams
Speaker
Pete McIntyre
Associate Professor
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Associate Professor of Natural Resources, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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