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Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, with concurrence from the White House, named Chris Oliver Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. The Texas native assumed his new position on June 19. As
This week, AFS staff attended Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), an annual conference convened by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Each year, CHOW brings together more than 600 national and
Years since the last AFS Annual Meeting in Florida (and the last AFS Annual Meeting on the coast in the South). Continuing Education Workshops, plus 3 other technical workshops
AFS is now accepting entries for our first ever video contest. Send in a self-made video using your phone or camera. Show us the science! Bring us on your boat,
Last week, President Trump announced the U.S. will exit the Paris Climate Agreement, prompting an outcry from business leaders, state and local governments, and the environmental community. The announcement followed
By Joe Margraf, AFS President. E-mail: jmargraf@alaska.edu If you’ve been following my column, you know I grew up on the water and fishing. I had fish in tubs in our
By Anthony R. Marshak and Stephen K. Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Science and Technology, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. E-mail:
Biological data collection and processing involves numerous steps, is time consuming, and is error prone. We developed the Voice Data Recording System (VDRS) that eliminates multiple steps in the traditional process by integrating voice recognition software with a normalized, relational database to capture data onto a laptop computer.
By Niall G. Clancy | Department of Ecology, Montana State University, 310 Lewis Hall, Bozeman, Montana 59717. E-mail: niallgc66@gmail.com Native fish populations have continued to decline worldwide despite advances in management
By Jonathan Mawdsley | Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 1100 First Street NE, Suite 825, Washington, D.C. 20002. E-mail: jmawdsley@fishwildlife.org; Davia Palmeri and Mark Humpert | Association of Fish and
