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LATEST NEWS

  • NOAA Budget Briefings & Blue Book Available Online10 May 2013
  • Proposed Cut to Critical Fish and Wildlife Service Program—What AFS Members Can Do Now05 May 2013
  • EOS student travel award10 Apr 2013
  • Fish Culture Section Winter Newsletter26 Mar 2013
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  • *Annual Meeting for the Louisiana Chapter of the American
    Time: All day
    Location: Baton Rouge, LA
    Description: *May 30-31, 2013
    Annual Meeting for the Louisiana Chapter of the American
    Fisheries Society
    Baton Rouge, LA
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Events on May 31, 2013
  • *Annual Meeting for the Louisiana Chapter of the American
    Time: All day
    Location: Baton Rouge, LA
    Description: *May 30-31, 2013
    Annual Meeting for the Louisiana Chapter of the American
    Fisheries Society
    Baton Rouge, LA
    http://sdafs.org/laafs/meetings/meeting-registration
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Style Guides

Note: The following files are all in PDF format.

  • Full style guide

Contents

  • Preface and Introduction
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Capitalization
  • Italics
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Numbers and Measurements
  • Punctuation
  • Quotations
  • References
  • Species Names
  • Spelling and Compound Words
  • Symbols
  • Tables and Figures
  • Vendors and Commercial Products
  • Word Usage

Appendices

  • Spelling List
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Plurals of Fish Names
  • Geographic and Geological Terms
  • Meetings
  • Membership
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
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