Policy Update April 2017
As part of our new AFS approach to policy work, the Society recently spent a day in the halls of Congress. In response to on-going efforts to modernize the Endangered... Read More
As part of our new AFS approach to policy work, the Society recently spent a day in the halls of Congress. In response to on-going efforts to modernize the Endangered... Read More
...at the day’s plenary session. The Excellence in Fisheries Education Award recognizes excellence in organized teaching and advising in the field of fisheries. “We applaud the distinguished contributions of Daniel... Read More
present-day subsistence and native Alaskan fishing issues, habitat protection, and public participation in management voiced with particular significance. At the book discussion events and elsewhere, Alaskans emphasize the great abundance... Read More
...partial government shutdown and allow natural resource agencies that support important fisheries research and management to resume operations. The shutdown is negatively affecting many federal natural resource agencies, scientists who... Read More
...find better balance in these two extremes—protect and restore. At the heart of these actions is a choice. The options apply to fish habitat (the traditional bounds) but equally to... Read More
Credit: alaska.gov Beginning in 2008, small tax-exempt organizations, including AFS Subunits, who previously were not required to file a return, will be required to file an annual electronic notice, Form... Read More
...and included over 400 stakeholder meetings and an extended public comment period that produced over one million comments. There will only be a 30-day public comment period for this first... Read More
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minimal area covered at high daily expense. Working collaboratively with fishermen, we developed a video system that can be deployed in a commercial trawl net to improve the information on... Read More