Last year was busy and productive on the policy front. With a keen need for increased capacity,\u00a0we began the year by hiring our first AFS Policy Fellow (Patrick Shirey) to work with the\u00a0Resource Policy Committee, hosted two AFS Policy Interns for the summer, and finished the\u00a0year by hiring Taylor Pool as a full-time staff member in Bethesda. With our policy\u00a0reinforcements we assisted Past-President Bob Hughes and RPC Chair Leanne Roulson in\u00a0revising the AFS policy on surface mining, focused next on updating and combining three policy\u00a0statements related to protected species, organized three congressional briefings on marine\u00a0fisheries for NOAA Fisheries, signed a new cooperative agreement with the U.S. Forest Service\u00a0to support their programs, continued to work with select partners with like-minded intentions,\u00a0and joined those friends to send letters to Congress on a range of fisheries issues. We also\u00a0continued discussions with several agencies and private groups with hopes to expand our\u00a0partnerships in 2016. Our productive year shifted smoothly into 2016, promising continued\u00a0progress as we strengthen our Society\u2019s role in fisheries policy. Learn more about AFS policy initiatives as\u00a0http:\/\/fisheries.org\/policy-media\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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