President’s Commentary

In my October column, I offered a simple definition for the term “fisheries”: humans catching or rearing fish, with the caveat that it also involves humans interacting with fish, taking into account indirect interactions between people and aquatic life.

A key tenet of the AFS mission is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems. Toward that end, AFS uses a variety of communications approaches

Serving as an American Fisheries Society (AFS) officer is an honor and a privilege that comes with many responsibilities. One of these that I wanted to shed some light on

We are all aware that professional certification and licensing are required for practitioners in fields like medicine, law, and engineering. Although not as well known and not typically required for

By Gary Jackson ([email protected]) and Ron Essig AFS is a lot more than a United States fisheries society. Of course, North America has been at the forefront, but AFS has

Variety in membership is what keeps AFS strong and vibrant and provides many opportunities for engagement in Society business on a voluntary basis at a number of different levels. The

We’ve probably all experienced the following scenario. An idea surfaces during lengthy discussion in a meeting that could move a group forward. Several meeting participants agree that the idea is