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Past Section Presidents

past-section-presidentsBioengineering (1981)

  • 1997 Douglas H. Ernst
  • 1998 James W. Meade
  • 1999 Wayne J. Daley
  • 2000 Edward P. Taft
  • 2001 Mufeed Odeh
  • 2002 Darryl Hayes
  • 2003-2005 Timothy D. Brush
  • 2006-2007 Marcin Whitman
  • 2008-2009 Douglas A. Dixon
  • 2010-2011 Theodore Castro-Santos
  • 2012-2013 John K. Johnson
  • 2014-2015 Laura Wildman
  • 2018-2019 Dana Postlewait
  • 2020-2021 Daniel Giza

Canadian Aquatic Resources (1991)

  • 1997 William G. Franzin
  • 1998 John Casselman
  • 1999-2000 Bruce R. Ward
  • 2001-2002 Martin Castonguay
  • 2003-2005 Chris Goddard
  • 2006-2009 Kim Hyatt
  • 2010-2011 Gavin Christie
  • 2012-2013 Steven J. Cooke
  • 2014-2015 Jacob G. Imhof
  • 2018-2019 Nick Mandrak
  • 2020-2021 Caleb Hasler

Early Life History (1980)

  • 1997 James H. Cowan
  • 1998 John J. Govoni
  • 1999-2001 Art Kendall
  • 2002-2003 Jeffery J. Isely
  • 2004-2005 Howard Browman
  • 2006-2008 R. Christopher Chambers
  • 2009-2010 John Hare
  • 2011-2012 Susan Sogard
  • 2013-2014 Catriona Clemmesen
  • 2015-2016 Myron Peck
  • 2017-2018 Frank Hernandez
  • 2019-2020 Pierre Pepin
  • 2021-2022 Claire Paris-Limouzy

Education (1978)

  • 1997-1998 Alexander V. Zale
  • 1999-2000 Thomas G. Coon
  • 2001-2002 Robert M. Neumann
  • 2003-2005 Christopher Guy
  • 2006-2007 Donna L. Parrish
  • 2008-2009 Thomas J. Kwak
  • 2010-2011 Steven Chipps
  • 2012-2013 Michael C. Quist
  • 2014-2015 Craig P. Paukert
  • 2018-2019 Mark Fincel
  • 2020-2021 Trent Sutton

Student Subsection

Equal Opportunities (1991)

  • 1997-1998 Mary Louise Keefe
  • 1999-2000 Gwen M. White
  • 2001-2002 Geoffrey Habron
  • 2003-2005 Annette D. Williams
  • 2006-2008 Taconya D. Piper
  • 2009-2010 Larry A. Alade
  • 2011-2012 Robin DeBruyne
  • 2013-2014 Lonnie Gonsalves
  • 2015 Marybeth Brey
  • 2017 Zachary Penney
  • 2018-2019 April Croxton
  • 2020-2021 Shivonne Nesbitt

Estuaries (1993)

  • 1997-1999 Stephen M. Waste
  • 2000 Lee Benaka
  • 2001-2002 Linda Bireley
  • 2003-2005 Stephen J. Jordan
  • 2006-2007 Syma A. Ebbin
  • 2008-2009 Frederick A. Goetz
  • 2010-2011 Fred Genthner
  • 2012-2013 Lee Benaka
  • 2014-2015 Abigail Franklin Archer
  • 2018-2019 Lynn Waterhouse
  • 2020-2021 Catherine Johnston

Fish Culture (1973)

  • 1997 Don MacKinlay
  • 1998 Pat L. Hutson
  • 1999 Christopher Kohler
  • 2000 William Hershberger
  • 2001 Stephen A. Flickinger
  • 2002 William L. Shelton
  • 2003-2005 Anita Kelly
  • 2006-2007 Michael E Barnes
  • 2008-2009 L. Curry Woods III
  • 2010-2011 Jesse Trushenski
  • 2012-2013 James Bowker
  • 2014-2015 Jesse Trushenski
  • 2016-2017 Carl Kittel
  • 2018-2019 Steve Lochmann
  • 2020-2021 Michelle “Mick” Walsh

Fish Habitat (2009)

  • 2009-2011 Joseph Margraf
  • 2012-2013 Kyle J. Hartman
  • 2014-2015 John Sweka
  • 2016-2017 Tom Bigford
  • 2018-2019 Thomas Lang
  • 2020-2021 Kimberly Dibble

Fish Health (1972)

  • 1997-1998 Scott LaPatra
  • 1999 Beverly A. Dixon
  • 2000 Mike Kent
  • 2001 Jerri Bartholomew
  • 2002 Paul R. Bowser
  • 2003 Chris Wilson
  • 2004-2005 John Grizzle
  • 2006-2007 Andrew Goodwin
  • 2008 Theodore R. Meyers
  • 2009 Gael Kurath
  • 2010 Patricia Barbash
  • 2011 Diane G. Elliot
  • 2012 Andrew Goodwin
  • 2013 Larry A. Hanson
  • 2014 Paul Hershberger
  • 2015 Rodman G. Getchell
  • 2018 Esteban Soto
  • 2019-2020  Benjamin LaFrentz
  • 2021 Thomas Loch

Fisheries Administration (1973)

  • 1997 Joseph Janisch
  • 1998 Philip P. Durocher
  • 1999 Robin F. Knox
  • 2000 Michael D. Staggs
  • 2001 Gary F. Martel
  • 2002 Virgil Moore
  • 2003-2005 Douglas L. Stang
  • 2006 Gary E. Saul
  • 2007 Mike Barnes
  • 2008-2009 Donald W. Gabelhouse
  • 2010-2011 Robert Curry
  • 2012-2013 Douglas D. Nygren
  • 2014-2015 Michael D. Stone
  • 2018-2019 Joe Larscheid
  • 2020-2021 Jim Fredericks

Fisheries History (1991)

  • 1997 John R. Moring
  • 1998-1999 Carlos M. Fetterolf
  • 2000-2001 Daniel Coble
  • 2002-2003 James B. Reynolds
  • 2004 James R. Jackson
  • 2005 James Reynolds
  • 2006-2008 Christine Moffitt
  • 2009-2010 Gary E. Whelan
  • 2011-2012 Randi S. Smith
  • 2013-2014 David F. Clapp
  • 2015 position vacant

Fisheries Information & Technology (1985)

  • 1997-1998 Gary E. Whelan
  • 1999-2000 Michael D. Porter
  • 2001-2002 T. Douglas Beard, Jr.
  • 2003-2005 Stuart T. Shipman
  • 2006-2007 Fred W. Janssen
  • 2008 William L. Fisher
  • 2009-2010 Jeff Kopaska
  • 2011-2012 Joanna B. Whittier
  • 2013-2014 Thomas Litts
  • 2015 Julie Defilippi
  • 2018-2019 Rebecca Krogman
  • 2020-2021 Paul Venturelli

Fisheries Law (1989)

  • 1997 David L. Allison
  • 1998 David L. Allison
  • 1999 David L. Allison
  • 2000 David L. Allison
  • 2001 David L. Allison
  • 2002 Nathaniel Heasley
  • 2003 Nathaniel Heasley
  • 2004 position vacant
  • 2005 position vacant
  • 2006 Dave Allison
  • 2007 Dave Allison
  • 2008 Dave Allison
  • 2009 Dave Allison
  • 2010 –  Dissolved

Fisheries Management (1981)

  • 1997 Steve P. Filipek
  • 1998-1999 Jeff C. Boxrucker
  • 2000-2001 Tim Hess
  • 2002-2003 Stephen G. Rideout
  • 2004 David W. Willis
  • 2005 Stephen Rideout
  • 2006-2008 Joseph G. Larscheid
  • 2009-2010 Ron Essig
  • 2011-2012 Dirk D. Miller
  • 2013-2014 Brian Graeb
  • 2015-2016 Mark T. Porath
  • 2017-2018 Randy Schultz
  • 2019-2020 Quinton Phelps
  • 2021 Jeff Koch

Genetics (1986)

  • 1997 Terrence R. Tiersch
  • 1998-1999 John M. Epifanio
  • 2000-2001 Jennifer R. Nielsen
  • 2002-2003 Lisa W. Seeb
  • 2004 Jeff Hard
  • 2005 Lisa Seeb
  • 2006-2008 Edward J. Heist
  • 2009-2010 Kim Scribner
  • 2011-2012 William Templin
  • 2013-2014 Meredith Bartron
  • 2015-2016 Jeffrey B. Olsen
  • 2017-2018 Wendylee Stott
  • 2019-2020 Andrew Whitely
  • 2021-2022 Marlis Douglas

International Fisheries (1987)

  • 1997-1998 Craig K. Harris
  • 1999 Glen Contreras
  • 2000 Bob Meyer
  • 2001-2002 Bernard Megrey
  • 2003-2005 Douglas Beard
  • 2006-2007 Dana Schmidt
  • 2008 Bruce Ward
  • 2009-2010 Lourdes Rugge
  • 2011-2012 Felipe Amezcua
  • 2013-2014 Carl V. Burger
  • 2015 William Franzin
  • 2016 Bob Hughes
  • 2017 Julie Claussen
  • 2018 Steve Cooke
  • 2019 Abigail Lynch
  • 2020 Patrick Cooney
  • 2021 Karin Limburg

Introduced Fish (1980-2018); Invasive and Introduced Species Section (2018-present)

  • 1997 Anna Toline
  • 1998 Donald M. Baltz
  • 1999 John R. Cassani
  • 2000 Charles L. Brown
  • 2001 Jacqueline Savino
  • 2002 Cynthia S. Kolar
  • 2003-2005 Philip Moy
  • 2006-2007 Margaret R. Dochoda
  • 2008-2009 Duane C. Chapman
  • 2010-2011 Jeffrey Hill
  • 2012-2014 Scott Bonar
  • 2015-2016 Pam Fuller
  • 2017-2018 Bill Stewart
  • 2019-2020 Kevin Irons
  • 2021 Marybeth Brey

Marine Fisheries (1980)

  • 1997 Max Stocker
  • 1998-1999 Steven Berkeley
  • 2000-2001 R. Anne Richards
  • 2002-2003 Mary C. Fabrizio
  • 2004 John Hoenig
  • 2005 Mary Fabrizio
  • 2006-2008 Debra Murie
  • 2009-2010 Roger Rulifson
  • 2011-2012 Kenneth L. Beal
  • 2013-2014 Douglas S. Vaughan
  • 2015-2016 Benjamin Walther
  • 2017-2018 Cynthia Jones
  • 2019-2020 Richard Methot
  • 2021-2022 Jessica Miller

Native Peoples Fisheries (1994)

  • 1997 Hannibal Bolton
  • 1998 Hannibal Bolton
  • 1999 Hannibal Bolton
  • 2000 Hannibal Bolton
  • 2001 Mel Moon
  • 2002 Mel Moon
  • 2003 Alfred Nomee
  • 2004 Jeremy Pyatskowit
  • 2005 Jeremy Pyatskowit
  • 2006 Jeremy Pyatskowit
  • 2007 Jeremy Pyatskowit
  • 2008 Jeremy Pyatskowit
  • 2009 position vacant
  • 2010 position vacant
  • 2011 position vacant
  • 2012 position vacant
  • 2013 position vacant
  • 2014 position vacant
  • 2015 position vacant

Physiology (1992)

  • 1997 Reynaldo Patino
  • 1998 Steve McCormick
  • 1999 George K. Iwama
  • 2000 J. Michael Redding
  • 2001 Jay A. Nelson
  • 2002-2003 Christopher J. Kennedy
  • 2004-2005 Kurt Gamperl
  • 2006-2007 Alan Kolok
  • 2008-2009 Patricia Wright
  • 2010-2011 Mark Hartl
  • 2012-2013 Brian C. Small
  • 2014-2015 Mark Shrimpton
  • 2019-2020 Chris Myrick
  • 2021 Sue Edwards

Socioeconomics (1984)

  • 1997-1998 Madeleine Hall-Arber
  • 1999 Charles M. Adams
  • 2000-2001 Raymond J. Rhodes
  • 2002-2004 John Whitehead
  • 2005 Raymond Rhodes
  • 2006-2007 John Whitehead
  • 2008-2010 Troy W. Hartley
  • 2011-2012 Palma Ingles
  • 2013 Peter H. Fricke
  • 2014-2015 Thomas J. Lang
  • 2019-2020 Joshua Etherton
  • 2021 Mackenzie Mazur

Water Quality (1977)

  • 1977-1978 Howard E. Johnson
  • 1978-1979 Foster L. Mayer
  • 1979-1980 Patrick R. Parrish
  • 1980-1981 Stephen W. Box
  • 1981-1982 Terry A. Haines
  • 1982-1983 Harold Bergman
  • 1983-1985 Carlos M. Fetterolf, Jr.
  • 1985-1987 Ronald Preston
  • 1987-1989 Charles C. Coutant
  • 1989-1991 James G. Wiener
  • 1991-1992 Donald M. Martin
  • 1992-1993 Robert H. Gray
  • 1993-1995 Quentin J. Stober
  • 1995-1997 Barbara A. Knuth
  • 1997-1998 Jerry G. Schulte
  • 1999-2000 Robert M. Hughes
  • 2001-2002 Larry R. Brown
  • 2003-2005 Georgina M. Lampman
  • 2006-2007 Lou Reynolds
  • 2008-2009 Gregg Lomnicky
  • 2010-2011 Erich Emery
  • 2012-2013 Douglas L. Bradley
  • 2014-2015 Margaret H. Murphy
  • 2016-2017 Yushen Chen
  • 2018-2019 Andrew Todd
  • 2020-2021 Henriette “Yetta” Jager
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