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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 19, 2025CONTACT: Dan Morgan, TRCP | dmorgan@trcp.org | 802.399.1631 New Report Shows Conservation Is a High-Return Investment for Communities, Jobs, and Growth Investments to conserve, restore, and
An ambitious new digital series that examines the pressing challenges facing fisheries in North America and around the world and highlights the work being done to protect these precious ecosystems and the communities that rely on them.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2025 CONTACT: Beth Beardbbeard@fisheries.org(301) 453-5818 Steve Midway Named Editor-in-Chief of Transactions of the American Fisheries Society April 23, 2025 – Bethesda, MD: After an international
Amidst the continued terminations in the nation’s federal workforce, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) joined forces with the Society of American Foresters (SAF), Society for Range Management (SRM), and The
The American Fisheries Society is the world’s oldest and largest professional society dedicated to fisheries and aquatic species and we represent thousands of professionals and students that have dedicated their
Content With Purpose (CWP) is partnering with the American Fisheries Society (AFS) to create an innovative digital series that explores fisheries science, and showcases advanced conservation efforts that are
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 17, 2024 Contact: Beth Beard301-453-5818bbeard@fisheries.org STAN ALLEN OF THE PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION RECEIVES THE STANLEY A. MOBERLY FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION AWARDFROM THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 17, 2024 Contact: Beth Beard301-453-5818bbeard@fisheries.org FRANCIS JUANES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA RECEIVES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY (Honolulu) September 17, 2024 – Francis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 16, 2024 Contact: Beth Beard301-453-5818bbeard@fisheries.org COURTNEY CAROTHERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS RECEIVES CARL R. SULLIVAN FISHERY CONSERVATION AWARDFROM THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY (Honolulu) September 16,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 16, 2024 Contact: Beth Beard301-453-5818bbeard@fisheries.org APACHE TROUT RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION TEAM RECEIVES CARL R. SULLIVAN FISHERY CONSERVATION AWARDFROM THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY (Honolulu) September 16, 2024 – The
