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Recent Policy Statements

The American Fisheries Society has a long history of issuing policy statements to provide science-based, objective information for policy makers.

Recent policy statements include:

  • Statement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action against Human-Caused Climate Change, Based on Scientific Evidence
  • American Fisheries Society Position on Aquaculture
  • Statement of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and the Western Division AFS (WDAFS) About the Need to Breach the Four Dams on the Lower Snake River

See also:

  • Policy Letters
  • Archived Policy Statements
  • Climate Change
  • Future of the Nation’s Aquatic Resources
  • Magnuson-Stevens Act
  • National Fish Habitat Partnership
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  • Recent Policy Statements
    • Statement of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and the Western Division AFS (WDAFS) About the Need to Breach the Four Dams on the Lower Snake River
  • Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
  • Waters of the US
  • Archived Policy Statements
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    • Overview Policy on Man-Induced Ecological Problems — Human Population Growth and Technology
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    • Acid Precipitation
    • Coping with Point Source Discharges
    • Effects of Altered Stream Flows on Fishery Resources
    • Protection of Threatened and Endangered Aquatic Species
    • Beverage Container Legislation
    • Construction and Operation of Oil and Gas Pipelines
    • Effects of Surface Mining on Aquatic Resources in North America
    • Strategies for Stream Riparian Area Management
    • Introductions of Aquatic Species
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