Tune in Tuesday, June 23rd at 1 p.m. EDT for the webinar “How many candles on the birthday cake? The vital role of age estimates in stock assessments”. Click here to register. Age estimates for fishes provides vital information that is used in stock assessments, particularly those utilizing age-based models. Basic decisions such as...
The 150th Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio from August 30th to September 3, 2020 is still on. Abstract submission closes on Monday, April 20th! So if you haven’t submitted your abstract yet, you still have time but don’t delay. Full refunds will be offered up until the week before the...
Your voice matters! Next Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time AFS is holding a live webinar for members to meet the Candidates of the Second Vice President Election – Cecil Jennings and Julie Defilippi Simpson. These candidates will be running for the Second Vice President position, which involves a...
The Education Section is sponsoring a symposium on the use of educational technologies in the classroom and is looking for a couple members of our Subsection to present on the student or TA perspective of what has been successful, what falls short, and where we should put our efforts moving...
Are you looking to be more involved with AFS? Do you want to stay up-to-date on what’s going on with the Society? Do you enjoy social media? We are looking for a social media chair for our subsection who will moderate our Facebook page and keep it up-to-date with scholarship...
Graduate student opportunity available! The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) and the Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry (FACT) Network are partnering to sponsor a graduate student to examine how temperature affects fish movement patterns in south Florida marine ecosystems. The award is $12,800 and the anticipated start date is...
Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) is happy to announce that the 38th Annual Conference will be held in Santa Cruz, California March 31-April 3, 2020. Final descriptions of the conference field tours, workshops, and sessions are now posted to the SRF website. The final agenda packet and 2020 Conference poster are also posted online.You may register for the 2020 Salmonid Restoration Conference online or fill...
The Rutgers Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sustainability is proud to announce that the application for this summer’s course in Fisheries Populations and Ecosystem Dynamics is now open: https://eoas.rutgers.edu/research/affiliated-programs-centers/center-for-fisheries-and-ocean-sustainability/fisheries-course/. This is an immersive, two-week course (May 31st – June 13th, 2020) for undergraduates that presents the quantitative tools and field-based techniques used to sustainably manage...