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Continuing Education

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.

Virtual Courses

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2026 date to be announced!

Continuing Education -
2026 Annual Meeting

Continuing Education courses are half-, full-, and two-day courses on specific fisheries science/management and career development topics.

Proposal submission for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Columbus will open soon! 

Live/In person Course

2026 Planning & Executing Successful Rotenone & Antimycin Projects

Spring 2026 Rotenone course

May 18-22, 2026
Logan, Utah

Registration – now open!

Contact AFS at lmaza@fisheries.org for additional information.

Webinars & Fisheries Community Events

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. Fisheries community check ins are free for active AFS members and focus on updates from the Society and member Q&A.

Any and all AFS members are welcome to suggest a topic and/or host a session!

Upcoming Online Sessions

Webinar: Skin Cancer Risk and Outdoor Workers: Early Detection and Sun Protection Could Save Your Life
Monday, May 18, 2026
2 pm Eastern Time

Registration

Presented by:
Anna L. Chien, MD
Professor of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
The Skin Cancer Foundation Photobiology Committee Member

May Fisheries Community Check-in
Monday, May 18, 2026
WILL BE RESCHEULED!

Registration coming soon

Hosted by:
Jeff Kopaska – AFS Executive Director
Gary Whelan – 2025-2026 AFS President

 

Webinar: A Perpetual Franchise to Cultivate Oysters:
Corporate Oyster Gardens in Late 19th Century North Carolina


Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1 pm Eastern Time

Registration

Presented by:
David Bennett
North Carolina Maritime Museum System

AFS thanks the Fisheries History Section for hosting this webinar!

Webinar Library

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We Want to Know What You Us to Feature!

Does your company or organization host technical training? Do you know of great management courses? Tell us about them so we can work to include them in this list!

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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

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