Ontario Fish Identification Workshops

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.
Two women examine a fish at an identification workshop.

About

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 will be offered in April and May 2026, at the University of Guelph Science Complex (unless otherwise noted). 

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A variety of courses are being offered this year:

  • Three-day introductory workshop that will cover the broad array of Ontario fish families and provide an opportunity to develop specialized knowledge of a group of interest
  • Four-day introductory workshop that will cover the same information as the three-day introductory workshop but has an additional day in the field (Marden Lake/Eramosa River) with Jason Barnucz and Robin Gaspardy from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and ROM staff. A presentation on preservation, documentation, photographing and sampling tissues for genetic studies will also be given in the field.
  • Two-day workshop on fish species-at-risk in Ontario
  • Two-day workshop on Great Lakes invasive fish species
  • Three-day workshop on Ontario carps and minnows, including the families: Cyprinidae, Leuciscidae, Tincidae, and Xenocyprididae.

Full details will be supplied to registered participants in advance of each workshop. 

These workshops are offered in English Only. 

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Team Hagfish in a lab
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2 participants doing research
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Group of people in the workshop gathered around table
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Screen projection of fish with people sitting at table doing work
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