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Newsletter Archive (May 2023 – current)

  • November 18, 2025: Hybridization Thresholds for Native Species, Statistical Reporting that Resonates, Upcoming Events
  • October 30, 2025: Long Term Trout Angler Harvest Trends, Landsat Archive of Lake Surface Temperatures, Horseshoe Crab Recovery
  • October 17, 2025: Impacts of Federal Shutdown, Growth Patterns of Invasive Silver Carp, Find Your Fishing Buddy
  • September 26, 2025: 2026 Call for Sessions, Novel Fishway Design for Small-bodied Fish, New Online Course
  • September 12,2025: Award Winning Journal Articles, Annual Meeting Photos, Invasive Species Distribution Models
  • August 29, 2025: Tomorrows Catch Film Premiere, Sea Lamprey Control During Pandemic, Next Community Check-in
  • August 4, 2025: Annual Meeting in San Antonio: Know Before You Go
  • July 28, 2025: San Antonio Plenary Speakers, Clean Water Act Update, Short and Long-term Future of AFS
  • July 11, 2025: San Antonio Hotels, Passing of an AFS Past President, Return of Mekong Giant Catfish
  • June 24, 2025: Network on Fishbook, Annual Meeting Schedule, Hudson River Eel Project
  • June 17, 2025: AFS Policy Updates: Federal Land Sales in Senate Budget Bill
  • June 6, 2025: Early Registration Deadline Extended, Student Travel Awards, Draft Strategic Plan
  • May 22, 2025: Early Registration Deadline Approaching, Policy Updates, Baitfish Trade Webinar
  • May 15, 2025: AFS Policy Updates: ESA Habitat Comment Period, USGS Ecosystems Rally, The McClintock Letters
  • May 9, 2025: Spring Book Sale, Officer Election Results, Wates of the US Proposed Redefinition
  • April 24, 2025: A Resilient Fisheries Community, Is AI Your Fishy Friend, Great Lakes Webinar
  • April 11, 2025: San Antonio Annual Meeting Abstract Deadline Extension, ESA Testimony, Genetics Webinar
  • March 28, 2025: Fisheries Community Check-in, Live Sonar in Recreational Fisheries, Genetics Webinar
  • March 14, 2025: 2025 Call for Abstracts, Federal Workforce Resource Center, New Book on Fishes of Puerto Rico
  • February 28, 2025: 2025 Call for Abstracts, Joint Society Statement on Federal Workforce Cuts, Officer Candidate Podcasts
  • February 21, 2025: Special Edition on Federal Workforce Firings
  • February 11, 2025: 2025 Call for Award Nominations, Policy Priorities for New Administration, Black Bass 2025 Preview
  • January 27, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Deadline Extension, Stakeholder Engagement, Fisheries Job Interview Tips
  • January 10, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Deadline, Year-End Book Sale Ends Soon, rFAMS Webinar
  • December 9, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Now Open, Year-End Book Sale, Science Communications Webinar
  • November 22, 2024: 2025 Call for Sessions, FishAge, Black Friday Book Sale
  • November 13, 2024: 2025 Call for Sessions, Membership Renewal, Side-Scan Sonar
  • October 23, 2024: 2024 Award Winners, Honolulu Photos, Call for Committee Volunteers
  • October 7, 2024: Second Edition of Standard Methods for Sampling, FishAge Image Database, Cutting Edge Marine Fish Monitoring
  • September 6, 2024: Annual Meeting in Honolulu: Know Before You Go
  • August 26, 2024: Next AFS Executive Director Selected, Selenium Moderating Effects on Mercury in Fish, Call for Officer Nominations
  • August 6, 2024: Honolulu Service Projects, Razorback Sucker Migration Translocation, Communication Approaches to Improve Fisheries Management
  • July 18, 2024:  Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline, Reviews of Pacific Salmon Hatcheries, Lake Trout Recovery, and Cutthroat Trout Hybridization
  • July 1, 2024: Journal Impact Factors, ACE Act, Blackfin Tuna Life History
  • June 14, 2024: Inland Ghost Fishing, Brook Trout Response to Brown Trout Removal, Best Student Paper Competition
  • June 3, 2024: World Fish Migration Day, Science Communication Workshop, Revisiting Black Bass World Records
  • May 17: 2024: Policy Updates, Genetic Predictors of Population Resilience, Tyler Prize Awarded to Fisheries Scientists
  • May 2, 2024: Honolulu Abstracts Due Friday, Officer Election Results, Using eDNA to Detect Salmon
  • April 17, 2024: Abstract and Award Deadlines, Honolulu Meeting Registration, Bull Trout Translocation
  • April 1, 2024: Honolulu Abstract Submission Open, Great Lakes Future Fishers Initiative, Awards Deadline Extended
  • March 15, 2024: Officer Election, Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Recovery, Statistics Webinar
  • February 22, 2024: World Fisheries Congress 2024 – Know Before You Go
  • February 9, 2024: Honolulu Session Deadline, Steelhead Catch-and-release Mortality, King Mackerel Growth Modeling
  • January 26, 2024: New Soft-shell Clam Book, Native Lamprey Special Journal Section, Why Aren’t Salmon Populations Improving
  • January 12, 2024: Membership Renewal, Arctic Grayling Response to Temperature Increases, Book Sale Ends Soon
  • December 18, 2023: Annual Book Sale, Honolulu 2024 Session Submission Open, Fish Reproduction Terminology
  • December 6, 2023: Hutton Applications Open, WOTUS Call to Action, Angling for Blue Catfish with Sonar
  • November 9, 2023: Call for 2024 Sessions, Offshore Wind Energy, Chub Conservation, Instream Flow Training Center
  • October 25, 2023: Membership Renewal Open, WOTUS Update, New Journal Design, Northern Pike on Stringers
  • October 6, 2023: WFC Travel Award Deadline, Hatchery Strays in Upper Columbia Watershed, Lobster and Crab Populations Inside and Outside an MPA
  • September 22, 2023: New Edition of Names of Fishes, Electrofishing Boat Techniques, Data-limited Stock Assessment for Rockfish
  • September 8, 2023: New Book on Angler Recruitment and Retention, Committee Volunteers Needed, Snake River Dam Comments
  • August 14, 2023: Know Before You Go to Grand Rapids
  • July 27, 2023: Hutton Summit, Grand Rapids Hotel Deadline, Reef Fish Survey Design
  • July 18, 2023: Reserve Your Room in Grand Rapids, Hutton Challenge, Meet the New Fisheries Editor
  • June 30, 2023: World Fisheries Congress Abstract Extension, Thermal Refuges for Salmonids, Fire Impacts on Coastal Fisheries
  • June 15, 2023: World Fisheries Congress Abstracts Ending Soon, Florida Largemouth Bass Stocking, Tuna Management Procedures
  • June 2, 2023: Supreme Court WOTUS Decision, New Book on Canadian Freshwater Fisheries, Megadrought in Southwest
  • May 22, 2023: Grand Rapids Continuing Education Opportunities, Assessing American Eel Populations with eDNA, Fish Make Noisy Neighbors
  • May 5, 2023: AFS News: Election Results, Walleye Recruitment Model, Cisco Morphometrics
Newsletter Archive (Dec 2017 – April 2023)
  • May 17, 2023 Happening Thursday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 16, 2023 Happening Wednesday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 15, 2023 Happening Tuesday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 15, 2023 Happening Monday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 8, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress: Know Before You Go
  • May 5, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress: Know Before You Go
  • April 21, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Special Journal Section on Reservoirs, Last Call for Annual Meeting Abstracts
  • April 7, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Annual Meeting Abstracts Due, Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Back, Senate Votes to Overturn WOTUS
  • March 30, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Early Registration Ends Soon
  • March 28, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Officer Election, LACFC Early Registration Deadline, Award Nominations Due
  • March 11, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Annual Meeting Abstracts Open, Invasive Carp Special Journal Section, Impacts of Non-game Native Transplant Species
  • February 25, 2023 AFS Newsletter: World Fisheries Congress Abstracts Open, Federal Fisheries Summit, Crappie Sonar Effects
  • February 16, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Abstract Submission
  • February 11, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Congress Abstract Deadline Extended, Award Nominations Open, Rockfish Citizen Science
  • January 27, 2023 AFS Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids - Session Proposals Extended
  • January 27, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Grand Rapids Symposium Extension, Hutton Application Deadlines, Koi Gets MRI
  • January 13, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Snake River Dam Statement, Upcoming Conference Deadlines, Striped Bass Origins
  • January 10, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Preview Webinar
  • December 22, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Annual Book Sale, Can Fish and Fiber Coexist, Safe Passage for Eels
  • December 3, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Major Conference Deadlines, Klamath Dam Removal, Social Fish-Tancing
  • November 18, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Special Fisheries Issue on Citizen Science, Perspectives on Salmon Enhancement, Trojan Brook Trout
  • November 4, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Last Chance for Recovering Americas Wildlife Act, Wolffish Life History, Freshwater Harvest Regulation Evaluations
  • October 21, 2022 AFS Newsletter: National Seafood Month, Methods for Fish Biology 2nd Edition, Renew Your AFS Membership Today!
  • October 7, 2022 AFS Newsletter: World Fisheries Congress Call for Sessions, Invasive Fish Suppression in the West, Descending Devices
  • October 5, 2022 Register Now for the Next AFS Webinar
  • September 24, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Round Goby Effects on Invertebrate Communities, World Record Paddlefish, Call for Papers
  • September 16, 2022 Call for Sessions for the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • September 10, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Conference Call for Sessions, When to Change Fish Names, Spokane Photos
  • August 25, 2022 Happening Thursday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 24, 2022 Happening Wednesday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 23, 2022 Happening Tuesday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 22, 2022 Happening Monday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 21, 2022 Happening Sunday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 16, 2022 Annual Meeting in Spokane: Know Before You Go
  • August 5, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Conference Call for Sessions, Yellowfin Tuna at Oil Platforms, Predicting ESA Expenditures
  • July 22, 2022 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Update
  • July 22, 2022 AFS News: AFS Journal Impact Factors, Trotline Ghost Fishing, Streamflow Effects on Fishes
  • July 9, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Registration Deadline Extension, ESA Recovery Plan Criteria
  • June 26, 2022 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Passage, New Methods Book, Special Journal Section on Percids
  • June 14, 2022 Call Today for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act
  • June 14, 2022 Call Today for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act
  • June 10, 2022 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Call-In, Angler Choices to Catch Big Fish, Spokane Hotels
  • June 8, 2022 JASM 2022: Publication Opportunities
  • May 27, 2022 AFS News: Forage Fish Research Needs, Fish Migration Day Special Issue, JASM Photos
  • May 20, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Friday in Grand Rapids
  • May 19, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Thursday in Grand Rapids
  • May 18, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Wednesday in Grand Rapids
  • May 17, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Tuesday in Grand Rapids
  • May 16, 2022 JASM 2022: Online Access
  • May 16, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Monday in Grand Rapids
  • May 15, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Sunday in Grand Rapids
  • May 13, 2022 AFS News: Tribal Outreach Program, DNA Shark ID, Climate Communications Training
  • May 6, 2022 JASM 2022: Know Before You Go
  • April 29, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election, JASM Registration Deadline, Pacific Lamprey Translocation
  • April 14, 2022 AFS News: Recovering America's Wildlife Act Nears Floor Vote, Spokane Abstract Extension, Native Fish Need Natural Flows
  • April 1, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election, JASM and Spokane Deadlines Approaching, Resurrecting an Idaho Icon
  • March 18, 2022 AFS News: JASM Early Registration, Spokane Symposia, Catch-and-Release Ice Fishing Review
  • March 5, 2022 AFS News: Spokane Abstract Submission, Conservation in Infrastructure Bill, Perspectives on Drones
  • February 17, 2022 AFS News: JASM Registration Opens, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Briefing, Gulf Oyster Restoration
  • February 3, 2022 AFS News: Targeted Spokane Symposium Extension, Steelhead Migration and Abundance Historic Trends, Gulf Blue Crab Status
  • January 22, 2022 AFS News: Spokane Symposium Proposal Deadline, Brook Trout Population Genetics, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Hearing
  • January 7, 2022 AFS News: JASM Abstracts Due, Effects of Temperature on Salmonid Growth, Goodbye to Rough Fish
  • December 23, 2021 Holiday Greetings from the American Fisheries Society
  • December 10, 2021 AFS News: Spokane Symposium Proposals Open, High Resolution Remote Sensing, Remembering Tom Kwak
  • November 25, 2021 AFS News: AFS Logo Change, Salmo Book, Natural Regulation of Coho Production
  • November 19, 2021 Merck Animal Health - Biomark Thanks You for Attending AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 10, 2021 Happening Wednesday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 9, 2021 Happening Tuesday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 8, 2021 Happening Monday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 7, 2021 Sunday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 6, 2021 Happening Saturday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 5, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Presentation Schedule Now Available
  • November 4, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Know Before You Go
  • October 30, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Events
  • October 22, 2021 AFS News: Presentation Upload Deadline, Climate Change Effects on Fish, Catfish 2020 Special Issue
  • October 8, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore In-Person and Virtual Updates, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Gaining Momentum, Climate Change and Aquatic Ecosystems
  • September 25, 2021 AFS News: Climate Week, Learn New Skills, Pelicans and Cutthroat Trout
  • September 16, 2021 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting JASM 2022: Call for Session Proposals
  • September 10, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Hotel Deadlines, WOTUS Update, Meet Our New President
  • August 30, 2021 AFS News: Early Registration Deadline Tuesday, Meeting Vaccination Requirement, New AFS Officers
  • August 16, 2021 AFS News: Abstract Deadline Monday, Canadian Fisheries Act Revisions, Improving MEY Models
  • July 31, 2021 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Progresses, Baltimore Abstract Deadline Approaching, Hutton Summit
  • July 15, 2021 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Summer Book Sale, Journal Impact Factors
  • July 3, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Registration Open, Freshwater Depensation, Marine Aquaculture Briefing+
  • June 21, 2021 AFS Partners' Advisory Council (PAC) meeting - Thurs, July 1, please RSVP
  • June 18, 2021 AFS News: US-Canada Atlantic Cod Gene Flow, Red Snapper Angler Satisfaction, Transformative Diversity Action
  • June 4, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Status Update, Electrofishing Webinar, Clean Water Act Comments
  • May 21, 2021 AFS News: Awards and Travel Support Deadlines, Assessing Data-limited Commercial Inland Fisheries, AFS Election Opening
  • May 7, 2021 AFS News: Supporting Recovering Americas Wildlife Act, Return of the Kennebec, New AFS Section
  • April 23, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Abstract Extension, Integrated Pest Management, New Mote Fellowship
  • April 9, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Hotel Info, How to Be an Ally to Women in Fisheries, Anglers Can Skip the Soda
  • March 26, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Abstracts Now Open, AFS Officer Candidates, 100-Watt Electrofishing
  • March 11, 2021 AFS News: Last Call for Symposium Topics, Effects of Artificial Light on Salmon Smolt Predation, Awards Season
  • February 26, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Symposia Extension, New Career Center, Inland Fisheries Goals
  • February 11, 2021 AFS News: Effects of Fish Rescue Programs, Omega-3 Webinar, Responding to Ecosystem Transformation
  • January 29, 2021 AFS News: Updated Deadlines for 2021 Annual Meeting, Stock Assessment Webinar, TAFS Featured Plenary Paper
  • January 13, 2021 AFS News: New Dates for 2021 Annual Meeting, eDNA Webinar, Virtual Meeting Highlights
  • December 18, 2020 AFS News: 2021 Symposium Submission Open, Warmwater Hatchery Book, Sea Lion Predation Effects on Sockeye
  • December 4, 2020 AFS News: Annual Book Sale, 2021 Meeting Update, New AFS Mote Fellowship
  • November 21, 2020 AFS News: Loss of International Colleague, Developing Professional Skills for Managers, New Books Subscription Program
  • November 7, 2020 AFS News: The Gamest Fish that Swims, New Strategic Partners Program, Repelling Carp with Sound
  • October 23, 2020 AFS News: World Fish Migration Day, Steelhead Life History Diversity, Meet Our New President
  • October 8, 2020 AFS News: ACE Act Passage, World Climate Statement, Call for 2021 Papers
  • September 25, 2020 AFS VAM: Final Day at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 24, 2020 AFS VAM: Thursday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 23, 2020 AFS VAM: Wednesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 22, 2020 AFS VAM: Tuesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 21, 2020 AFS VAM: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 18, 2020 AFS VAM: Friday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 17, 2020 AFS VAM: Thursday at the Virtual Annual Meeting - Student and ECP Day
  • September 16, 2020 AFS VAM: Wednesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 15, 2020 AFS News: Tuesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 14, 2020 AFS VAM: Look for Your AFS Virtual Annual Meeting Slack Invitation
  • September 14, 2020 AFS News: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 13, 2020 AFS News: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 11, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Annual Meeting Begins Next Week, 150th Anniversary Special issue of Fisheries
  • August 21, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Theme Days and Education Workshops, Spanish Trawl Discard Impacts, Removing Bullheads with Traps
  • August 7, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Stream Cleanup, Become a More Alluring Job Candidate, Bonefish Taxonomy Challenges
  • July 23, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spawning Run, Aquaculture Statement, Spearfishing Invasive Catfish
  • July 8, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Registration Open, History of Canadian Fisheries, Alligator Gar Management
  • June 25, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Deadline, Fish Gut Microbiome Primer, Recovering Wildlife to Recover Economy
  • June 12, 2020 AFS News: Stand Against Racial Bias and Injustice, Virtual Meeting Planning, International Climate Statement
  • May 29, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Abstract Extension, AFS Election Results, Clean Water Act Suit
  • May 14, 2020 AFS News: Columbus Meeting Status, Black Bass Care in Angling Competitions, Virtual Conference Presentation Recordings
  • April 30, 2020 AFS News: Supreme Court Clean Water Decision, PFAS in Angler Catches, Virtual Spring Conference
  • April 16, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spring Begins, Underwater Filming Tips, 2020 Election
  • April 2, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spring Conference, COVID Updates, New Climate Change Initiatives
  • March 18, 2020 AFS News: COVID-19 Meeting Update, Return of a Giant, Hutton Challenge
  • March 4, 2020 AFS News: Dam Removal Policy Engagement, 2020 Abstract Deadline, AFS Roots: the Father of All Fishes
  • February 20, 2020 AFS News: Columbus Abstract Submission Open, Goliath Grouper: To Fish or Not Fish, NEPA Reg Overhaul
  • February 6, 2020 AFS News: AFS 150th Anniversary, Zeb Hogan Interview, New Walleye Science
  • January 25, 2020 AFS News: Symposium Deadline Extension, Electroimmobilization Research Needs, Clean Water Act Revisions
  • January 9, 2020 AFS News: AFS-TWS Meeting Highlights, USGS Budget Boost, Organic Pellets Eliminate Lake Trout Embryos
  • December 18, 2019 AFS News: Fish Habitat Bill Passes House, Kristen Anstead New Fisheries Co-Chief Science Editor, Antibiotics in Hatcheries
  • November 28, 2019 AFS News: Atomic Aging, Monetary Value of Alaska Salmon Forests, Speaking Up for Fish and Habitats
  • November 15, 2019 AFS News: Call for 2020 Symposia, Captive Propagation of Imperiled Species, Blob Disturbance
  • October 31, 2019 AFS News: Rapid Assessment for Species at Risk, Call for Hutton Mentors, Water Quality Rule Changes
  • October 16, 2019 AFS News: International Year of the Salmon, Trout and Char Webinar, Nominate a Fish
  • September 27, 2019 Conference Transportation Information for Circus Circus
  • September 25, 2019 AFS News: Ready for Reno - What to Know Before You Go
  • September 5, 2019 AFS News: Diversity and Inclusion in Fisheries, Search for the Smoking Gun, Reno Registration Deadline
  • August 22, 2019 AFS News: Apptastic News, Advanced Sampling Technology, Sturgeon Identification
  • August 8, 2019 AFS News: Journal App, Meeting of Generations, Mystery of Sturgeon Pool
  • July 25, 2019 AFS News: Draft Strategic Plan, Reno Flight Discounts, Get Ready for 150
  • July 10, 2019 AFS News: Top 20 Journal Articles, Reno Registration Extension, Support State Fish and Wildlife Funding
  • June 26, 2019 AFS News: Latest Journal Impact Factors, New Fisheries Editor, AFS Pebble Mine Comments
  • June 12, 2019 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Aquaculture Congressional Briefing, Elwha Dam Removal
  • May 30, 2019 AFS News: The 1870 Society, Sturgeon and Paddlefish Migration, Game of Drones
  • May 16, 2019 AFS News: Reno Registration Open, Communicating that Conservation Matters, Redband Trout Genetics
  • May 1, 2019 Special Issue: Taking Your AFS Journals Experience to the Next Level
  • April 17, 2019 AFS News: Electrofishing Estuaries, New Webinars, Centrarchid Book
  • April 4, 2019 AFS/TWS Joint Conference in Reno: News and Preview
  • March 21, 2019 AFS News: 90-Plus Symposia, Election Q & A, Virtual Collaboration
  • March 6, 2019 AFS News: Proposal Reprieve, Chinook Salmon Grow Fast or Die Young, Officer Election
  • February 21, 2019 AFS News: Fish Blood Techniques, Scientist and Angler Dialogue, Why Comment on the Water Rule
  • February 7, 2019 AFS News: AFS Paper on WOTUS Impacts, Reno-Tahoe Countdown, Hand-Crank Comeback
  • January 24, 2019 AFS News: Gov Shutdown Impacts, Abrasive Invasives, New Deadlines
  • January 10, 2019 AFS News: Reno-Tahoe Deadline Extended, Modern Fish Act, New Artificial Reef Book
  • December 13, 2018 AFS News: Aquatic Scientists Oppose New Water Rule, Drones Counting Fish, Special AFS Goal
  • November 28, 2018 AFS News: Striped Bass Surprise, Classroom Trout Alliance, World Fisheries Day
  • November 14, 2018 AFS News: 120 USFWS Jobs in January, "Giving Tuesday," Conserving Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout
  • October 31, 2018 AFS News: Beavers and Fish, Invasive Fish Food, Visionary AFS Journals
  • October 18, 2018 AFS News: Red Snapper Reef Spawning,Telemetry Tips, Virtual Marine and Coastal
  • October 3, 2018 AFS News: Govt Open Science Debate, AFWA Endorses Reno Meeting, Coop Unit Funding
  • September 19, 2018 AFS News: Access to Award-Winning Papers, Magnuson Recommendations, New Journal Hub
  • September 6, 2018 AFS News: Jesse Trushenski Becomes President, New Cutthroat Trout Book, View Annual Meeting Photos
  • August 8, 2018 11 Ways to Maximize Your AFS Meeting Experience
  • July 25, 2018 AFS News: ESA Changes Coming? Dinosaur Fish Science, and Plenary on Making Your Science Count
  • July 11, 2018 AFS News: Election Results, Why Keep Hatcheries? Atlantic City Updates
  • July 5, 2018 #FISHSCI Students at #AFS148 : More Connected Than Ever
  • June 27, 2018 AFS News: Journal Impact Factors and New Editors; US, Mexico, and Cuba Researchers Complete 7-Year Study; Early Registration Ending
  • June 13, 2018 AFS News: CHOW highlights, Stormy Webinar, Govt Budget Woes
  • June 1, 2018 AFS News: "Supermale" Brook Trout, Late-breaking Abstracts, Coop Unit Funding
  • May 17, 2018 AFS News: AFS Chapters Take Stand, WOTUS Warning, Election Voting Opens
  • May 3, 2018 AFS News: Job Advice for Students, Diet Decreases Fish Stress, State & Tribal Wildlife Grants Threatened
  • April 19, 2018 AFS News: High-Level Speaker Announced for Atlantic City, New Pacific Salmon & Trout Book, World Fish Migration Day Virtual Issue
  • February 7, 2018
  • January 24, 2018 AFS News: Hunting for Hutton Scholars, Rotenone Workshop, New Policy How-to Webinar
  • January 5, 2018 AFS News: New Muskie Book, Bayesian Algorithm Free Webinar, Puerto Rico Aid
  • December 21, 2017 Happy Holidays from AFS
  • December 19, 2017 Become a 2018 Hutton Mentor
  • December 13, 2017 AFS News: A Big Week on Capitol Hill, Aquaculture Debate, Book Sale

Newsletter Archive (May 2023 – current)

    • July 11, 2025: San Antonio Hotels, Passing of an AFS Past President, Return of Mekong Giant Catfish

    • June 24, 2025: Network on Fishbook, Annual Meeting Schedule, Hudson River Eel Project

    • June 17, 2025: AFS Policy Updates: Federal Land Sales in Senate Budget Bill

    • June 6, 2025: Early Registration Deadline Extended, Student Travel Awards, Draft Strategic Plan

    • May 22, 2025: Early Registration Deadline Approaching, Policy Updates, Baitfish Trade Webinar

  • May 15, 2025: AFS Policy Updates: ESA Habitat Comment Period, USGS Ecosystems Rally, The McClintock Letters
  • May 9, 2025: Spring Book Sale, Officer Election Results, Wates of the US Proposed Redefinition
  • April 24, 2025: A Resilient Fisheries Community, Is AI Your Fishy Friend, Great Lakes Webinar
  • April 11, 2025: San Antonio Annual Meeting Abstract Deadline Extension, ESA Testimony, Genetics Webinar
  • March 28, 2025: Fisheries Community Check-in, Live Sonar in Recreational Fisheries, Genetics Webinar
  • March 14, 2025: 2025 Call for Abstracts, Federal Workforce Resource Center, New Book on Fishes of Puerto Rico
  • February 28, 2025: 2025 Call for Abstracts, Joint Society Statement on Federal Workforce Cuts, Officer Candidate Podcasts
  • February 21, 2025: Special Edition on Federal Workforce Firings
  • February 11, 2025: 2025 Call for Award Nominations, Policy Priorities for New Administration, Black Bass 2025 Preview
  • January 27, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Deadline Extension, Stakeholder Engagement, Fisheries Job Interview Tips
  • January 10, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Deadline, Year-End Book Sale Ends Soon, rFAMS Webinar
  • December 9, 2025: 2025 Call for Sessions Now Open, Year-End Book Sale, Science Communications Webinar
  • November 22, 2024: 2025 Call for Sessions, FishAge, Black Friday Book Sale
  • November 13, 2024: 2025 Call for Sessions, Membership Renewal, Side-Scan Sonar
  • October 23, 2024: 2024 Award Winners, Honolulu Photos, Call for Committee Volunteers
  • October 7, 2024: Second Edition of Standard Methods for Sampling, FishAge Image Database, Cutting Edge Marine Fish Monitoring
  • September 6, 2024: Annual Meeting in Honolulu: Know Before You Go
  • August 26, 2024: Next AFS Executive Director Selected, Selenium Moderating Effects on Mercury in Fish, Call for Officer Nominations
  • August 6, 2024: Honolulu Service Projects, Razorback Sucker Migration Translocation, Communication Approaches to Improve Fisheries Management
  • July 18, 2024:  Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline, Reviews of Pacific Salmon Hatcheries, Lake Trout Recovery, and Cutthroat Trout Hybridization
  • July 1, 2024: Journal Impact Factors, ACE Act, Blackfin Tuna Life History
  • June 14, 2024: Inland Ghost Fishing, Brook Trout Response to Brown Trout Removal, Best Student Paper Competition
  • June 3, 2024: World Fish Migration Day, Science Communication Workshop, Revisiting Black Bass World Records
  • May 17: 2024: Policy Updates, Genetic Predictors of Population Resilience, Tyler Prize Awarded to Fisheries Scientists
  • May 2, 2024: Honolulu Abstracts Due Friday, Officer Election Results, Using eDNA to Detect Salmon
  • April 17, 2024: Abstract and Award Deadlines, Honolulu Meeting Registration, Bull Trout Translocation
  • April 1, 2024: Honolulu Abstract Submission Open, Great Lakes Future Fishers Initiative, Awards Deadline Extended
  • March 15, 2024: Officer Election, Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Recovery, Statistics Webinar
  • February 22, 2024: World Fisheries Congress 2024 – Know Before You Go
  • February 9, 2024: Honolulu Session Deadline, Steelhead Catch-and-release Mortality, King Mackerel Growth Modeling
  • January 26, 2024: New Soft-shell Clam Book, Native Lamprey Special Journal Section, Why Aren’t Salmon Populations Improving
  • January 12, 2024: Membership Renewal, Arctic Grayling Response to Temperature Increases, Book Sale Ends Soon
  • December 18, 2023: Annual Book Sale, Honolulu 2024 Session Submission Open, Fish Reproduction Terminology
  • December 6, 2023: Hutton Applications Open, WOTUS Call to Action, Angling for Blue Catfish with Sonar
  • November 9, 2023: Call for 2024 Sessions, Offshore Wind Energy, Chub Conservation, Instream Flow Training Center
  • October 25, 2023: Membership Renewal Open, WOTUS Update, New Journal Design, Northern Pike on Stringers
  • October 6, 2023: WFC Travel Award Deadline, Hatchery Strays in Upper Columbia Watershed, Lobster and Crab Populations Inside and Outside an MPA
  • September 22, 2023: New Edition of Names of Fishes, Electrofishing Boat Techniques, Data-limited Stock Assessment for Rockfish
  • September 8, 2023: New Book on Angler Recruitment and Retention, Committee Volunteers Needed, Snake River Dam Comments
  • August 14, 2023: Know Before You Go to Grand Rapids
  • July 27, 2023: Hutton Summit, Grand Rapids Hotel Deadline, Reef Fish Survey Design
  • July 18, 2023: Reserve Your Room in Grand Rapids, Hutton Challenge, Meet the New Fisheries Editor
  • June 30, 2023: World Fisheries Congress Abstract Extension, Thermal Refuges for Salmonids, Fire Impacts on Coastal Fisheries
  • June 15, 2023: World Fisheries Congress Abstracts Ending Soon, Florida Largemouth Bass Stocking, Tuna Management Procedures
  • June 2, 2023: Supreme Court WOTUS Decision, New Book on Canadian Freshwater Fisheries, Megadrought in Southwest
  • May 22, 2023: Grand Rapids Continuing Education Opportunities, Assessing American Eel Populations with eDNA, Fish Make Noisy Neighbors
  • May 5, 2023: AFS News: Election Results, Walleye Recruitment Model, Cisco Morphometrics
Newsletter Archive (Dec 2017 – April 2023)
  • May 17, 2023 Happening Thursday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 16, 2023 Happening Wednesday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 15, 2023 Happening Tuesday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 15, 2023 Happening Monday at the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • May 8, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress: Know Before You Go
  • May 5, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress: Know Before You Go
  • April 21, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Special Journal Section on Reservoirs, Last Call for Annual Meeting Abstracts
  • April 7, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Annual Meeting Abstracts Due, Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Back, Senate Votes to Overturn WOTUS
  • March 30, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Early Registration Ends Soon
  • March 28, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Officer Election, LACFC Early Registration Deadline, Award Nominations Due
  • March 11, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Annual Meeting Abstracts Open, Invasive Carp Special Journal Section, Impacts of Non-game Native Transplant Species
  • February 25, 2023 AFS Newsletter: World Fisheries Congress Abstracts Open, Federal Fisheries Summit, Crappie Sonar Effects
  • February 16, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Abstract Submission
  • February 11, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Congress Abstract Deadline Extended, Award Nominations Open, Rockfish Citizen Science
  • January 27, 2023 AFS Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids - Session Proposals Extended
  • January 27, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Grand Rapids Symposium Extension, Hutton Application Deadlines, Koi Gets MRI
  • January 13, 2023 AFS Newsletter: Snake River Dam Statement, Upcoming Conference Deadlines, Striped Bass Origins
  • January 10, 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Preview Webinar
  • December 22, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Annual Book Sale, Can Fish and Fiber Coexist, Safe Passage for Eels
  • December 3, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Major Conference Deadlines, Klamath Dam Removal, Social Fish-Tancing
  • November 18, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Special Fisheries Issue on Citizen Science, Perspectives on Salmon Enhancement, Trojan Brook Trout
  • November 4, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Last Chance for Recovering Americas Wildlife Act, Wolffish Life History, Freshwater Harvest Regulation Evaluations
  • October 21, 2022 AFS Newsletter: National Seafood Month, Methods for Fish Biology 2nd Edition, Renew Your AFS Membership Today!
  • October 7, 2022 AFS Newsletter: World Fisheries Congress Call for Sessions, Invasive Fish Suppression in the West, Descending Devices
  • October 5, 2022 Register Now for the Next AFS Webinar
  • September 24, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Round Goby Effects on Invertebrate Communities, World Record Paddlefish, Call for Papers
  • September 16, 2022 Call for Sessions for the Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress
  • September 10, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Conference Call for Sessions, When to Change Fish Names, Spokane Photos
  • August 25, 2022 Happening Thursday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 24, 2022 Happening Wednesday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 23, 2022 Happening Tuesday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 22, 2022 Happening Monday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 21, 2022 Happening Sunday at the AFS Annual Meeting in Spokane
  • August 16, 2022 Annual Meeting in Spokane: Know Before You Go
  • August 5, 2022 AFS Newsletter: Latin America Conference Call for Sessions, Yellowfin Tuna at Oil Platforms, Predicting ESA Expenditures
  • July 22, 2022 Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress Update
  • July 22, 2022 AFS News: AFS Journal Impact Factors, Trotline Ghost Fishing, Streamflow Effects on Fishes
  • July 9, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Registration Deadline Extension, ESA Recovery Plan Criteria
  • June 26, 2022 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Passage, New Methods Book, Special Journal Section on Percids
  • June 14, 2022 Call Today for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act
  • June 14, 2022 Call Today for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act
  • June 10, 2022 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Call-In, Angler Choices to Catch Big Fish, Spokane Hotels
  • June 8, 2022 JASM 2022: Publication Opportunities
  • May 27, 2022 AFS News: Forage Fish Research Needs, Fish Migration Day Special Issue, JASM Photos
  • May 20, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Friday in Grand Rapids
  • May 19, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Thursday in Grand Rapids
  • May 18, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Wednesday in Grand Rapids
  • May 17, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Tuesday in Grand Rapids
  • May 16, 2022 JASM 2022: Online Access
  • May 16, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Monday in Grand Rapids
  • May 15, 2022 JASM 2022: Happening Sunday in Grand Rapids
  • May 13, 2022 AFS News: Tribal Outreach Program, DNA Shark ID, Climate Communications Training
  • May 6, 2022 JASM 2022: Know Before You Go
  • April 29, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election, JASM Registration Deadline, Pacific Lamprey Translocation
  • April 14, 2022 AFS News: Recovering America's Wildlife Act Nears Floor Vote, Spokane Abstract Extension, Native Fish Need Natural Flows
  • April 1, 2022 AFS News: Officer Election, JASM and Spokane Deadlines Approaching, Resurrecting an Idaho Icon
  • March 18, 2022 AFS News: JASM Early Registration, Spokane Symposia, Catch-and-Release Ice Fishing Review
  • March 5, 2022 AFS News: Spokane Abstract Submission, Conservation in Infrastructure Bill, Perspectives on Drones
  • February 17, 2022 AFS News: JASM Registration Opens, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Briefing, Gulf Oyster Restoration
  • February 3, 2022 AFS News: Targeted Spokane Symposium Extension, Steelhead Migration and Abundance Historic Trends, Gulf Blue Crab Status
  • January 22, 2022 AFS News: Spokane Symposium Proposal Deadline, Brook Trout Population Genetics, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Hearing
  • January 7, 2022 AFS News: JASM Abstracts Due, Effects of Temperature on Salmonid Growth, Goodbye to Rough Fish
  • December 23, 2021 Holiday Greetings from the American Fisheries Society
  • December 10, 2021 AFS News: Spokane Symposium Proposals Open, High Resolution Remote Sensing, Remembering Tom Kwak
  • November 25, 2021 AFS News: AFS Logo Change, Salmo Book, Natural Regulation of Coho Production
  • November 19, 2021 Merck Animal Health - Biomark Thanks You for Attending AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 10, 2021 Happening Wednesday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 9, 2021 Happening Tuesday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 8, 2021 Happening Monday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 7, 2021 Sunday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 6, 2021 Happening Saturday at the AFS Annual Meeting
  • November 5, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Presentation Schedule Now Available
  • November 4, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Know Before You Go
  • October 30, 2021 AFS Annual Meeting: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Events
  • October 22, 2021 AFS News: Presentation Upload Deadline, Climate Change Effects on Fish, Catfish 2020 Special Issue
  • October 8, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore In-Person and Virtual Updates, Recovering America's Wildlife Act Gaining Momentum, Climate Change and Aquatic Ecosystems
  • September 25, 2021 AFS News: Climate Week, Learn New Skills, Pelicans and Cutthroat Trout
  • September 16, 2021 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting JASM 2022: Call for Session Proposals
  • September 10, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Hotel Deadlines, WOTUS Update, Meet Our New President
  • August 30, 2021 AFS News: Early Registration Deadline Tuesday, Meeting Vaccination Requirement, New AFS Officers
  • August 16, 2021 AFS News: Abstract Deadline Monday, Canadian Fisheries Act Revisions, Improving MEY Models
  • July 31, 2021 AFS News: Recovering Americas Wildlife Act Progresses, Baltimore Abstract Deadline Approaching, Hutton Summit
  • July 15, 2021 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Summer Book Sale, Journal Impact Factors
  • July 3, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Registration Open, Freshwater Depensation, Marine Aquaculture Briefing+
  • June 21, 2021 AFS Partners' Advisory Council (PAC) meeting - Thurs, July 1, please RSVP
  • June 18, 2021 AFS News: US-Canada Atlantic Cod Gene Flow, Red Snapper Angler Satisfaction, Transformative Diversity Action
  • June 4, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Status Update, Electrofishing Webinar, Clean Water Act Comments
  • May 21, 2021 AFS News: Awards and Travel Support Deadlines, Assessing Data-limited Commercial Inland Fisheries, AFS Election Opening
  • May 7, 2021 AFS News: Supporting Recovering Americas Wildlife Act, Return of the Kennebec, New AFS Section
  • April 23, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Abstract Extension, Integrated Pest Management, New Mote Fellowship
  • April 9, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Hotel Info, How to Be an Ally to Women in Fisheries, Anglers Can Skip the Soda
  • March 26, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Abstracts Now Open, AFS Officer Candidates, 100-Watt Electrofishing
  • March 11, 2021 AFS News: Last Call for Symposium Topics, Effects of Artificial Light on Salmon Smolt Predation, Awards Season
  • February 26, 2021 AFS News: Baltimore Symposia Extension, New Career Center, Inland Fisheries Goals
  • February 11, 2021 AFS News: Effects of Fish Rescue Programs, Omega-3 Webinar, Responding to Ecosystem Transformation
  • January 29, 2021 AFS News: Updated Deadlines for 2021 Annual Meeting, Stock Assessment Webinar, TAFS Featured Plenary Paper
  • January 13, 2021 AFS News: New Dates for 2021 Annual Meeting, eDNA Webinar, Virtual Meeting Highlights
  • December 18, 2020 AFS News: 2021 Symposium Submission Open, Warmwater Hatchery Book, Sea Lion Predation Effects on Sockeye
  • December 4, 2020 AFS News: Annual Book Sale, 2021 Meeting Update, New AFS Mote Fellowship
  • November 21, 2020 AFS News: Loss of International Colleague, Developing Professional Skills for Managers, New Books Subscription Program
  • November 7, 2020 AFS News: The Gamest Fish that Swims, New Strategic Partners Program, Repelling Carp with Sound
  • October 23, 2020 AFS News: World Fish Migration Day, Steelhead Life History Diversity, Meet Our New President
  • October 8, 2020 AFS News: ACE Act Passage, World Climate Statement, Call for 2021 Papers
  • September 25, 2020 AFS VAM: Final Day at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 24, 2020 AFS VAM: Thursday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 23, 2020 AFS VAM: Wednesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 22, 2020 AFS VAM: Tuesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 21, 2020 AFS VAM: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 18, 2020 AFS VAM: Friday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 17, 2020 AFS VAM: Thursday at the Virtual Annual Meeting - Student and ECP Day
  • September 16, 2020 AFS VAM: Wednesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 15, 2020 AFS News: Tuesday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 14, 2020 AFS VAM: Look for Your AFS Virtual Annual Meeting Slack Invitation
  • September 14, 2020 AFS News: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 13, 2020 AFS News: Monday at the Virtual Annual Meeting
  • September 11, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Annual Meeting Begins Next Week, 150th Anniversary Special issue of Fisheries
  • August 21, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Theme Days and Education Workshops, Spanish Trawl Discard Impacts, Removing Bullheads with Traps
  • August 7, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Stream Cleanup, Become a More Alluring Job Candidate, Bonefish Taxonomy Challenges
  • July 23, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spawning Run, Aquaculture Statement, Spearfishing Invasive Catfish
  • July 8, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Registration Open, History of Canadian Fisheries, Alligator Gar Management
  • June 25, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Deadline, Fish Gut Microbiome Primer, Recovering Wildlife to Recover Economy
  • June 12, 2020 AFS News: Stand Against Racial Bias and Injustice, Virtual Meeting Planning, International Climate Statement
  • May 29, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Meeting Abstract Extension, AFS Election Results, Clean Water Act Suit
  • May 14, 2020 AFS News: Columbus Meeting Status, Black Bass Care in Angling Competitions, Virtual Conference Presentation Recordings
  • April 30, 2020 AFS News: Supreme Court Clean Water Decision, PFAS in Angler Catches, Virtual Spring Conference
  • April 16, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spring Begins, Underwater Filming Tips, 2020 Election
  • April 2, 2020 AFS News: Virtual Spring Conference, COVID Updates, New Climate Change Initiatives
  • March 18, 2020 AFS News: COVID-19 Meeting Update, Return of a Giant, Hutton Challenge
  • March 4, 2020 AFS News: Dam Removal Policy Engagement, 2020 Abstract Deadline, AFS Roots: the Father of All Fishes
  • February 20, 2020 AFS News: Columbus Abstract Submission Open, Goliath Grouper: To Fish or Not Fish, NEPA Reg Overhaul
  • February 6, 2020 AFS News: AFS 150th Anniversary, Zeb Hogan Interview, New Walleye Science
  • January 25, 2020 AFS News: Symposium Deadline Extension, Electroimmobilization Research Needs, Clean Water Act Revisions
  • January 9, 2020 AFS News: AFS-TWS Meeting Highlights, USGS Budget Boost, Organic Pellets Eliminate Lake Trout Embryos
  • December 18, 2019 AFS News: Fish Habitat Bill Passes House, Kristen Anstead New Fisheries Co-Chief Science Editor, Antibiotics in Hatcheries
  • November 28, 2019 AFS News: Atomic Aging, Monetary Value of Alaska Salmon Forests, Speaking Up for Fish and Habitats
  • November 15, 2019 AFS News: Call for 2020 Symposia, Captive Propagation of Imperiled Species, Blob Disturbance
  • October 31, 2019 AFS News: Rapid Assessment for Species at Risk, Call for Hutton Mentors, Water Quality Rule Changes
  • October 16, 2019 AFS News: International Year of the Salmon, Trout and Char Webinar, Nominate a Fish
  • September 27, 2019 Conference Transportation Information for Circus Circus
  • September 25, 2019 AFS News: Ready for Reno - What to Know Before You Go
  • September 5, 2019 AFS News: Diversity and Inclusion in Fisheries, Search for the Smoking Gun, Reno Registration Deadline
  • August 22, 2019 AFS News: Apptastic News, Advanced Sampling Technology, Sturgeon Identification
  • August 8, 2019 AFS News: Journal App, Meeting of Generations, Mystery of Sturgeon Pool
  • July 25, 2019 AFS News: Draft Strategic Plan, Reno Flight Discounts, Get Ready for 150
  • July 10, 2019 AFS News: Top 20 Journal Articles, Reno Registration Extension, Support State Fish and Wildlife Funding
  • June 26, 2019 AFS News: Latest Journal Impact Factors, New Fisheries Editor, AFS Pebble Mine Comments
  • June 12, 2019 AFS News: Officer Election Results, Aquaculture Congressional Briefing, Elwha Dam Removal
  • May 30, 2019 AFS News: The 1870 Society, Sturgeon and Paddlefish Migration, Game of Drones
  • May 16, 2019 AFS News: Reno Registration Open, Communicating that Conservation Matters, Redband Trout Genetics
  • May 1, 2019 Special Issue: Taking Your AFS Journals Experience to the Next Level
  • April 17, 2019 AFS News: Electrofishing Estuaries, New Webinars, Centrarchid Book
  • April 4, 2019 AFS/TWS Joint Conference in Reno: News and Preview
  • March 21, 2019 AFS News: 90-Plus Symposia, Election Q & A, Virtual Collaboration
  • March 6, 2019 AFS News: Proposal Reprieve, Chinook Salmon Grow Fast or Die Young, Officer Election
  • February 21, 2019 AFS News: Fish Blood Techniques, Scientist and Angler Dialogue, Why Comment on the Water Rule
  • February 7, 2019 AFS News: AFS Paper on WOTUS Impacts, Reno-Tahoe Countdown, Hand-Crank Comeback
  • January 24, 2019 AFS News: Gov Shutdown Impacts, Abrasive Invasives, New Deadlines
  • January 10, 2019 AFS News: Reno-Tahoe Deadline Extended, Modern Fish Act, New Artificial Reef Book
  • December 13, 2018 AFS News: Aquatic Scientists Oppose New Water Rule, Drones Counting Fish, Special AFS Goal
  • November 28, 2018 AFS News: Striped Bass Surprise, Classroom Trout Alliance, World Fisheries Day
  • November 14, 2018 AFS News: 120 USFWS Jobs in January, "Giving Tuesday," Conserving Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout
  • October 31, 2018 AFS News: Beavers and Fish, Invasive Fish Food, Visionary AFS Journals
  • October 18, 2018 AFS News: Red Snapper Reef Spawning,Telemetry Tips, Virtual Marine and Coastal
  • October 3, 2018 AFS News: Govt Open Science Debate, AFWA Endorses Reno Meeting, Coop Unit Funding
  • September 19, 2018 AFS News: Access to Award-Winning Papers, Magnuson Recommendations, New Journal Hub
  • September 6, 2018 AFS News: Jesse Trushenski Becomes President, New Cutthroat Trout Book, View Annual Meeting Photos
  • August 8, 2018 11 Ways to Maximize Your AFS Meeting Experience
  • July 25, 2018 AFS News: ESA Changes Coming? Dinosaur Fish Science, and Plenary on Making Your Science Count
  • July 11, 2018 AFS News: Election Results, Why Keep Hatcheries? Atlantic City Updates
  • July 5, 2018 #FISHSCI Students at #AFS148 : More Connected Than Ever
  • June 27, 2018 AFS News: Journal Impact Factors and New Editors; US, Mexico, and Cuba Researchers Complete 7-Year Study; Early Registration Ending
  • June 13, 2018 AFS News: CHOW highlights, Stormy Webinar, Govt Budget Woes
  • June 1, 2018 AFS News: "Supermale" Brook Trout, Late-breaking Abstracts, Coop Unit Funding
  • May 17, 2018 AFS News: AFS Chapters Take Stand, WOTUS Warning, Election Voting Opens
  • May 3, 2018 AFS News: Job Advice for Students, Diet Decreases Fish Stress, State & Tribal Wildlife Grants Threatened
  • April 19, 2018 AFS News: High-Level Speaker Announced for Atlantic City, New Pacific Salmon & Trout Book, World Fish Migration Day Virtual Issue
  • February 7, 2018
  • January 24, 2018 AFS News: Hunting for Hutton Scholars, Rotenone Workshop, New Policy How-to Webinar
  • January 5, 2018 AFS News: New Muskie Book, Bayesian Algorithm Free Webinar, Puerto Rico Aid
  • December 21, 2017 Happy Holidays from AFS
  • December 19, 2017 Become a 2018 Hutton Mentor
  • December 13, 2017 AFS News: A Big Week on Capitol Hill, Aquaculture Debate, Book Sale

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