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REGISTRATION COMING end of January 2026.
If you are a fisheries biologist or a student registered in a fisheries biology program, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Department of Natural History, provides an opportunity to improve your fish identification skills. These workshops are designed primarily for professionals, technicians, field biologists, and environmental consultants, but other interested individuals - including university and college students - are welcome.
Workshops offered at the University of Guelph Science Complex (unless otherwise noted).
Full details will be supplied to registered participants in advance of each workshop.
3-day Minnows and Carps Workshop
This workshop will focus exclusively on Ontario’s carp and minnow fauna primarily through guided hands-on exercises and presentations. Preserved specimens of both adult and juvenile carps and minnows of all Ontario’s 42 species are available so you can compare closely related species and practice keying out species both individually and as a group. There will be an introductory presentation that will focus on anatomical features used to identify minnows, but it is highly recommended that you take the introductory workshop before taking this workshop.
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These workshops are offered in English Only.