Annual Meeting
This symposium session provided a current synthesis on the distribution, movement, biology, and life history of Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) inside and outside its native range. Blue Catfish are widely introduced outside their native range and have been stocked into many large reservoirs. They are growing in popularity with recreational and commercial fishers, and in... Read More
AFS scientists from across the country gathered for an exciting day centered on an understudied and historically undesirable taxa of sport fish, the gars and Bowfin (Holosteans). The symposium convened 15 speakers to share research, management, and personal experiences working with these “dinosaur fishes.” A day of presentations ranged from morphological and genetic approaches for... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Kansas City, MO (August 23, 2016) – At the American Fisheries Society (AFS) 146th Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo., AFS President Ron Essig recognized eight fisheries professionals named as AFS Fellows in 2016. AFS designates as Fellows of the Society certain members who have... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Joe Margraf of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has become the 132nd President of the American Fisheries Society. Margraf supervises the western Cooperative Research Units of the U.S. Geological Survey, but will be retiring from that role shortly. He assumed office on August 24, 2016 at the AFS... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Dick Dyrland of the U.S. Forest Service received the Presidents’ Fishery Conservation Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s plenary session. The Presidents’ Fishery Conservation Award is presented... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Mike Jones, the Peter A. Larkin Professor of Quantitative Fisheries at Michigan State University, received the William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Kurt Fausch, Ph.D. received the Award of Excellence from the American Fisheries Society (AFS) at its 2016 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s plenary session. The Award of Excellence is the society’s highest award for... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Mark Hudy of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) received the Presidents’ Fishery Conservation Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s Plenary Session. The Presidents’... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] Dr. Donald J. Orth of the Department of Fish and Wildlife at Virginia Tech received the Excellence in Fisheries Education Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson [email protected] American Fisheries Society (AFS) professional Gwen White received the Meritorious Service Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig presented the award at the meeting’s plenary session. The Meritorious Service Award, first presented in 1986, is... Read More
