Continuing Education

Learn hands-on skills to boost your career

Continuing Education 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.

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Webinars

AFS is excited to announce a new educational offering! Webinars will cover a variety of subjects including career resources, policy, and diversity topics.

Upcoming Webinar:

Trout and Char of the World
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 1:00 pm EDT

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Past Webinars:

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Update
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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Navigating a Changing Fisheries Workplace
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

How Do I Choose the Best Title for This Talk? Structured Decision-Making as a Tool for All Occasions
Thursday, April 25, 2019

AFS Election: Meet the Candidates
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Policy Update – Waters of the United States (WOTUS)
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Connecting the Dots: Diversity, Inclusion, and Collaborative Networks in Fisheries
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Hatchery Design in Aquaculture
Thursday, January 31, 2019

AFS Annual Meeting Highlights: Using Electronic Tagging Data to Inform the Assessment and Management of Fishery Resources
Thursday, November 29, 2018
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Resources & Strategies for AFS Student Subunits
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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AFS Annual Meeting Highlights: American Eel Population Assessment, Restoration, and Monitoring
Thursday, October 18, 2018
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Promoting Fisheries Science via Social Media during #AFS148
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
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Chemistry to Conservation: Using Otoliths to Advance Fisheries Management
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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Annual Meeting Preview!
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
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AFS Units Webinar
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Getting Hired-What Students Need to Know
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Surviving Peer Review
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Fish Bioenergetics 4.0
Monday, March 5, 2018
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Support of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act – A Guide to Grassroots Advocacy
Thursday, February 22, 2018
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Using Bayesian Clustering Algorithms to Discover Population Genetic Structure
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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Verbal Judo! A Method to Improve Your Ability to Talk to Those Hostile to Conservation
Thursday, December 14, 2017
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2017 Policy Overview & 2018 Engagement Outlook
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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Upcoming Courses

2019 Planning & Executing Successful Rotenone & Antimycin Projects
September 9-13, 2019
Rome State Fish Hatchery
Rome, New York
Register now!

Recent Courses

Continuing Education Workshops – 2018 Annual Meeting
2018 Planning & Executing Successful Rotenone & Antimycin Projects
Continuing Education Workshops – 2017 Annual Meeting
2017 Planning & Executing Successful Rotenone & Antimycin Projects
Continuing Education Workshops – 2016 Annual Meeting

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: