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Recording: Resources & Strategies for AFS Student Subunits

Resources & Strategies for AFS Student Subunits from fisheries on Vimeo.

November 15, 2018 No Comments

Policy Letters

AFS and Other Groups Request Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Hearing in Senate Committee

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act entitled, “Examining Funding Needs for Wildlife Conservation, Recovery, and Management” on Thursday, November

November 9, 2018 No Comments

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Webinar on November 14: Resources & Strategies for AFS Student Subunits

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 2:00 pm Eastern Time Presented by Lisa Izzo, University of Vermont President AFS Student & Early Career Professionals Subsection Heather Stewart, McGill University President-Elect, AFS Student

November 1, 2018 No Comments

Renewing the Vision for AFS Journals

D. Derek Aday, Daniel J. Daugherty, Debra J. Murie In 2017, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) conducted a publications survey and convened a special committee in Reno, Nevada, (hereafter referred

October 30, 2018 No Comments

Announcements

Book Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Missouri Chapter

The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future -Teddy Roosevelt What Teddy said about knowing the past to prepare for the future also

October 30, 2018 No Comments

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Lame Duck Session Offers Opportunity for End of Year RAWA Co-Sponsor Push

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is gaining momentum in Congress. The House bill, introduced last December, now has over 100 co-sponsors. The corresponding Senate bill, introduced in July, is expected

October 25, 2018 No Comments

Magnuson-Stevens Act

AFS Experts Share MSA Recommendations with NOAA Fisheries and Key Hill Staff

On October 11, AFS Policy Director Drue Winters shepherded marine fisheries experts, Drs. Tom Miller and Cynthia Jones, around D.C. for robust discussions with NOAA Fisheries and Congressional staff on

October 16, 2018 No Comments

Aquaculture Update

On Monday, Sept. 24, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo ruled in favor of environmental, public interest and fishing groups who filed suit against the national Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),

October 5, 2018 No Comments

Fisheries Abstracts

Evaluating a Stakeholder‐Driven Bass Regulation Change in Florida: Agency Staff and Stakeholder Perspectives

We evaluated stakeholder engagement aspects of a statewide Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides regulation change in Florida. Staff from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) who worked on the project and

October 4, 2018 No Comments

Offshore Wind Energy Impacts on Fisheries: Investigating Uncharted Waters in Research and Monitoring

Offshore wind energy development is poised to rapidly expand in the United States, with the mid‐Atlantic region as the epicenter of development of this renewable energy resource. This provides the

October 4, 2018 No Comments

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