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Note: Also see the official candidate statement. Voting will open on May 15. Check your email for voting instructions and note that only members who have renewed for 2018 are eligible to
Note: Also see the official candidate statement. Voting will open on May 15. Check your email for voting instructions and note that only members who have renewed for 2018 are eligible to
BACKGROUND My understanding of diversity in fisheries started young; my grandmother taught me how to fish. I loved those youthful days at camp, fishing off the dock for hours, smelting late at
BACKGROUND I have been told that I am not the usual type of candidate for the American Fisheries Society (AFS). In many ways, this is true. I do not have
AFS seeks a scientist with a broad perspective on fisheries to serve as editor of our flagship journal Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (TAFS). Editor must be committed to
Starting in 2018, your AFS membership includes free online access to all five AFS journals and Fisheries magazine. You can sign up now for emailed content alerts to let you
Steve McMullin, Ph.D., has become the 133rd President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). He assumed office on August 23, 2017 at the 147th AFS Annual Meeting in Tampa, succeeding
The American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce that its suite of five journals and Fisheries magazine will be published by Wiley beginning in January 2018. The new agreement includes free
Brian R. Murphy, professor of fisheries at Virginia Tech, has won the 2017 election for AFS second vice president. According to the Society’s progression of officers, Murphy will become president
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
