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Summaries and photos from some of the symposia at the Kansas City Annual Meeting were compiled by symposia organizers. Summaries includes links to the abstracts of the session presentations. Symposium Summary: Angling
The Unites States has the highest diversity of freshwater gastropods and Unionidae mussels in the world. Both groups of mollusks are also considered the most endangered freshwater organisms in the
Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus occupy some 4,500 miles of Missouri and Mississippi rivers and Kansas City was a fitting location to host a symposium for this endangered fish, as the
Sponsors: NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation and NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology Habitat protection reached a milestone in 2016 with the 20-year anniversary of the essential fish
Sponsors: AFS Fisheries Management Section, Water Quality Section, International Fisheries Section, China Society of Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund This symposium is a continuation of the Mississippi-Yangtze River
Sponsor: Mississippi River Basin Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force A day-long symposium was held on the theory and application of fish deterrent systems. Thirteen speakers from three countries came and
Sponsors: AFS Socioeconomics Section and Missouri Chapter The AFS Socioeconomic Section and Missouri Chapter partner at the Annual Meeting each year to award the Stephen Weithman Best Student Paper in
Sponsors: AIFRB and the Fisheries Blog As keynote speaker David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) noted, there have been numerous revolutions in communications over the course of human history…oral language…the written word…the printing
Sponsors: Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership and AFS Fish Habitat Section The median age of U.S. reservoirs is 60 years and many exhibit decreased habitat quality. These degraded aquatic ecosystems experience
Sponsor: AFS Socioeconomics Section As fisheries science work becomes ever more interdisciplinary, the field requires that students and professionals not only have deep knowledge in their area of expertise, they
