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The American Fisheries Society’s Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program has been named a 2017 “Power of A” Gold Award winner by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The Power of A
The newly released 2016 Impact Factors show gains for four of six AFS publications, with Fisheries magazine achieving a score of 3.00, making it #5 out of 50 fisheries publications.
AFS is now accepting entries for our first ever video contest. Send in a self-made video using your phone or camera. Show us the science! Bring us on your boat,
Please join us in welcoming Drue Banta Winters to AFS. Drue joins AFS as the new policy director, temporarily sharing the role with Tom Bigford who will retire later this
Membership votes to accompany the AFS officer elections Establish a Science Communication Section of the American Fisheries Society Background: The purpose of the new section is to advance the Society’s
The American Fisheries Society and the Human Dimensions Research Unit of Cornell University have been engaged by the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) to conduct 5-year reviews
Now, more than ever, our fisheries and aquatic resources and the people who manage them need the support of a strong scientific community. Together we’ve seen the benefits of our
Now Available – PDF downloads (complete book or individual chapters) of the acclaimed and widely-used Fisheries Techniques, third edition. Available since 2013 (previously in hard copy only), Fisheries Techniques is
10 Key Accomplishments of AFS in 2016 and Why You Need to be an AFS Member if You’re Not Already! Published key report on the Future of the Nations Fisheries
