{"id":590,"date":"2019-07-24T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:09:44","slug":"joe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/research\/joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe&#8217;s Fish Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-696 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2019\/11\/Joe-at-Cove-brook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2019\/11\/Joe-at-Cove-brook.jpg 384w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2019\/11\/Joe-at-Cove-brook-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2019\/11\/Joe-at-Cove-brook-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2019\/11\/Joe-at-Cove-brook-317x423.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,384px\" \/>Joe Zydlewski joined the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 2004 as Assistant Unit Leader, coming from the USFWS Columbia River Fisheries Program Office.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Joe became the Unit Leader when Cyndy Loftin left the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Learn more about Joe&#8217;s Research here<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Current Students<\/h2>\n<p>Andrea Casey, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nSander Elliott, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nGuillermo Figuero, PhD &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nMelissa Flye, PhD &#8211; EES<br \/>\nRory Hannon, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nEmilie Hickox, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nKyle Hubbard, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nLara Katz, PhD &#8211; EES<br \/>\nJay Kelly, MS &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nKari Minissale, PhD &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nRylee Smith, PhD &#8211; WLE<br \/>\nSarah Vogel, PhD &#8211; EES<\/p>\n<h2>Current Postdocs and Research Staff<\/h2>\n<p>None at this time.<\/p>\n<h2>Twitter Feed<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZFishLab?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by ZFishLab<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s happening in the lab<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VjR81pb4Zq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/testing\/\">Atlantic salmon sighting Video<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Atlantic salmon sighting Video&#8221; &#8212; USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/testing\/embed\/#?secret=EUzrDsezbr#?secret=VjR81pb4Zq\" data-secret=\"VjR81pb4Zq\" width=\"100%\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Zydlewski joined the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 2004 as Assistant Unit Leader, coming from the USFWS Columbia River Fisheries Program Office. 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