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Newsletter Archive (May 2023 – current)

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