Program Updates

President Ronald J. Essig ~~~ President- Elect Joe Margraf ~~~ First Vice President Steve L McMullin ~~~ Second Vice President Jesse Trushenski ~~~ Past President Donna L. Parrish ~~~ [...]

In 2015, the Portland Continuing Education Committee, the Continuing Education Committee chair, and the Director of Student and Professional Development worked closely to develop a menu of CE [...]

The AFS professional certification program provides a way for fisheries professionals who achieve specific standards of professional competence to be recognized. Congratulations...

Associate Members: Electric Power Research Institute. Official Members: Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Alabama Department of Conservation, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arkansas Game & [...]

Congratulations to the 2015 AFS Award Recipients. Awards were announced during the Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, August 16-20. They were honored for their contributions to the American [...]

All income categories reported increases over the prior year. Meeting income doubled due to a successful Annual Meeting in Portland. Publications income grew significantly as did Grants/Contracts...

Throughout 2015 there were significant changes in AFS communications. Following a comprehensive audit of resources by Potomac Communications Group (PCG), AFS staff started implementing [...]

The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is a paid summer internship and mentoring program for high schools students, which is sponsored by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). The principal [...]

NOTEWORTHY PUBLICATIONS The AFS Book Department published three titles in 2015: Mangroves as Fish Habitat, Managing the Impacts of Human Activities on Fish Habitat: The Governance, Practices, and [...]

Last year was busy and productive on the policy front. With a keen need for increased capacity, we began the year by hiring our first AFS Policy Fellow (Patrick Shirey) to work with the Resource [...]