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The American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce that its suite of five journals and Fisheries magazine will be published by Wiley beginning in January 2018. The new agreement includes free
The new Science Communication Section (SCS) will serve as a home for members interested in learning new knowledge and skills, sharing their talents and success stories, and expanding ways to
On August 1, the Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard held the first of a series of hearings on the successes and challenges of the
COLUMNS President’s Commentary Getting More Out of Your AFS Dues Policy Rivers and Fish, Not Rivers Versus Fish Transitions Interactions between Politics and Natural Resource Organizations Photo Diary Raja Ampat: A Biodiversity Hot
Kevin D. E. Stokesbury | Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA Steven X. Cadrin, Nick Calabrese, Emily Keiley, Travis
David Chagaris | University of Florida, IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, Gainesville, FL Samantha Binion-Rock and Alex Bogdano | North Carolina State University, Morehead City, NC Kristen Dahl | University
Brooke E. Penaluna, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Paci c Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Je erson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331. E-mail: bepenaluna@fs.fed.us Ivan Arismendi, Department of Fisheries and
Aaron Adams, Bone sh and Tarpon Trust and Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. E-mail: aaron@bone shtarpontrust.org A dart-tagged Bonefish ready for release in the Bahamas. Photo credit: Bonefish
Scott A. Bonar, AFS Second Vice President, E-mail: scott_bonar@msn.com Jesse Trushenski, AFS First Vice President, Eagle Fish Health Laboratory, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Eagle, ID Regardless of nationality,
Andrew K. Carlson, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 115 Manly Miles Building, 1405 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48824. E-mail:
