Continuing Education (CE) is an important and growing member benefit provided by the American Fisheries Society, which fulfills the Society’s mission to help fisheries scientists develop professionally and learn continually.

Continuing Education -
2025 Annual Meeting
Continuing Education courses are half-, full-, and two-day courses on specific fisheries science/management and career development topics.
Submit your proposal for a continuing education course to be held at the 2025 Annual Meeting in San Antonio!
Upcoming Courses
2025 Planning & Executing Successful Rotenone & Antimycin Projects
Spring 2025 Rotenone course
May 19-23, 2025
Logan, Utah
Contact AFS at [email protected] for additional information.
Webinars
The AFS webinar series was started in November 2017; webinars cover a variety of subjects including career resources, policy, and diversity topics.
Webinars are currently free for active (national) AFS members and $25 for non-members.
Any and all AFS members are welcome to suggest a topic and/or host a session!
Upcoming Webinars
Applied Genetics for Fisheries Management
April 16, 2025
2:00 pm Eastern Time
Presenters:
Joe Buckwalter
Virginia Tech
John Hargrove
Idaho Fish and Game
Jared Homola
Michigan State University
Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail: Advancing Great Lakes fisheries science and stewardship through maritime history and heritage partnerships
May 13, 2025
2:00 pm Eastern Time
Presenter:
Brandon Schroeder
Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University Extension
Past Webinars
Online Resources
Leadership at All Levels of AFS – part 1
Leadership at All Levels of AFS – part 2
AFS Governing Board members present this workshop each year at the Annual Meeting. The links above are for recordings of the 2016’s presentation.
Additional Resources
Some resources are already available to you, including:
- Restoration Webinar Series (RWS) – this webinar series was created by a NOAA and FWS partnership
- A K-12 Guide to Education
- Professional PowerPoint Design Tutorial
Learn how to create professional, attractive and learner-friendly Power Points (via Fish Culture Section).