Membership Business
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021 Contact: Beth Beard E-mail: [email protected] Leanne Roulson Becomes President of American Fisheries Society (Bethesda, MD) – Leanne Roulson, F-PC, a fisheries biologist and environmental policy specialist with Salus Resources, Inc., in Bozeman, Montana, became the 137th President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) at a virtual meeting of the AFS... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2021 Contact: Beth Beard E-mail: [email protected] Miguel Garcia-Bermudez Elected Second Vice President of American Fisheries Society (Bethesda, MD) – Miguel Garcia-Bermudez, Ph.D., Fish and Wildlife Administrator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Application Program (U.S. Caribbean), was elected Second Vice President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). This vote... Read More
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Here is our 5 question “conversation” with Miguel Garcia-Bermudez! This is your chance to learn more about Miguel as a Second Vice President Candidate and potential AFS Officer. Reminder: Voting opens the week of May 24th – current AFS members will receive voting instructions by email. View Miguel’s official candidate statement and register for our live, online... Read More
Today we’re posting a 5 question “conversation” with Brad Parsons. This is your chance to learn more about Brad as a Second Vice President Candidate and potential AFS Officer! Reminder: Voting opens the week of May 24th – current AFS members will receive voting instructions by email. View Brad’s official candidate statement and register for our live,... Read More
AFS members: Voting instructions will be emailed to you. BACKGROUND I was fortunate to grow up in southern Wisconsin very near the top of a watershed of a clear, beautiful, and largely undeveloped lake. I used to spend hours walking the shoreline, swimming, and fishing at that lake. Combined with family vacations to beautiful northern... Read More
AFS members: Voting instructions will be emailed to you. BACKGROUND I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, a territory where resiliency has come to form part of our everyday lifestyle. As a son of an elementary school teacher and a policeman, I learned at an early age the value of service to the greater... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2020 Contact: Beth Beard [email protected] Tel. 240-687-3761 BRIAN MURPHY BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY BETHESDA, MD — Brian R. Murphy, Ph.D., has become the 136th President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). He assumed office on September 22, 2020, during the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society.... Read More
To be silent is to be complicit. George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor have been added to the long list of Black victims of racism and inequities in our Nation. The American Fisheries Society recognizes the pain and anger that people feel in response to these recent events. We stand in solidarity with the... Read More
The American Fisheries Society is proud to announce that Cecil Jennings, Ph.D., has been elected as our next Second Vice President. He will take office at the AFS Business Meeting to be held virtually in September 2020. Jennings is a Fisheries Research Biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. His work addresses an assortment of fish... Read More
