News and Announcements

  • Southern Division AFS Conference Student Angles
    SECP Communication Committee member Jake Wolff attended the SDAFS conference this February. While at the conference, he took time to interview a handful of students about their experiences in AFS and fisheries sciences more generally. See below each student’s angle! Stephen O’Brien Stephen is originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. After spending...
  • New Student Angle in the Fisheries Magazine
    In the Fisheries Magazine, Volume 48, Issue 11, Daria Gundermann writes a student angle column entitled “Don’t be Fickle with Your Fish and Climate Change Literature Searches: Use FiCli!” Read about FiCli database to learn how you can save time by streamlining a literature review. “Was my pantsuit always this...
  • Subunit Spotlight: Quebec Student Subunit
    If there was a decent metaphor connecting boxing and AFS Student Subunits, the Quebec Student Subunit would be among the best pound-for-pound fighters in the game today. Perhaps, a better metaphor would high relate growth rates and theoretical maximum length parameters to the Subunit — which includes students from across...
  • Lian on her research and the Virtual Annual Meeting
    Lian Guo is the subject of our member spotlight this month. If you were a part of this year’s Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM), you may have caught her presentation, co-organized symposium, or seen her posts on the discussion channels in Slack – another option provided for students and professionals to...
  • Daily Themes
    Monday, Sept 14 Opening Plenary — Climate ChangeTuesday, Sept 15 Diversity and Inclusion DayWednesday, Sept 16 Plenary #2 — Science CommunicationThursday, Sept 17 Student and Early Career Professionals Day (direct to our tab on the workshop), SECP Business Meeting (4:10-5:10 pm EDT). Student awards are being given out live at...
  • Aaron and Deon host the Fisheries Diversity and Inclusion Podcast
    Racial injustices have plagued our world for a long time, and some recent events involving police brutality on members of the Black community have sparked a movement to put an end to these issues in America. Much like how the #MeToo movement brought about sweeping reform of sexual harassment and...
  • Cassidy Miles on Diversity and Inclusion in AFS
    Cassidy Miles (she/her) is a graduate student and the public relations and outreach coordinator for Western Illinois University’s student subunit of the Illinois AFS. She is passionate about matters of diversity and inclusion in fisheries science and started a fundraiser to support the Hutton Scholars program. Below is her experience...
  • Student and ECP workshop on fisheries careers
    The Student and Early Career Professionals Subsection is providing a virtual workshop titled, “Preparing future scientists of fisheries: how to become a more a-lure-ing candidate” at this year’s AFS Virtual Annual Meeting on Thursday, 17 Sept 2020. We need your help to gauge interest and participation by taking a survey...
  • Age Estimates in Stock Assessments Webinar
    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...
  • Ian Kelmartin on West Coast fisheries
    Ian Kelmartin is an early career professional in fisheries and a member of AFS. He highlights his professional position in West Coast fisheries and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted his job. I’m a biologist on the marine invertebrate management project for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. I...
  • Sam Schaick on Fisheries and the Covid-19 Quarantine
    Covid-19 has widely disrupted the nation’s sense of normalcy and the same is true for fisheries students and professionals. For a few its “business as usual” but for many people in fisheries, the environment in which they work has changed considerably. Graduate theses are being defended through online platforms and...
  • Travel awards for the AFS Annual Meeting
    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...
  • Meet the Candidates
    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...
  • AFS Virtual Spring Conference
    AFS Virtual Spring Conference COVID-19 has caused enormous disruptions to everyday life. Among the many personal and professional challenges we face, one has been the cancellation of several AFS chapter and division meetings. Fisheries scientists, managers, and students have constructed important talks to discuss their work with limited or no...
  • The Iowa State Student Subunit
    Author: Sam Grinstead, President of the Iowa State University Student Subunit             Spring Semester 2020 has been a busy and formative time for our subunit. Activities have included the Iowa Chapter meeting, bi-monthly scientific and professional guest speakers, and campus-wide club events. The Iowa State Student Subunit has endeavored to...
  • Fisheries Photo Competition with Prize!!
    Students and EC professionals, the Fisheries Info and Tech Section has an opportunity for you! Try your hand this year at taking a virtual reality photo showing your fisheries work! FITS is looking for the best photos to highlight in a virtual-reality experience, to be presented at the 2020 AFS...
  • Seeking Subsection Members for Symposium on Educational Technologies in the Classroom
    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...
  • Seeking a social media chair for the subsection
    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...
  • Paul DeRolf on the underappreciated fishes of the Midwest
    Paul DeRolf has been an active member of AFS since 2014. He has served as the President of the Ball State University’s (BSU) Student Subunit of AFS for the past year and is an active member of the Indiana Chapter and the North Central Division. In addition, he is in...
  • AFS Best Student Paper/Poster Symposium
    Interested in competing for two of the top student awards that AFS has to offer at this year’s Annual Meeting in Columbus? Apply to participate in the Best Student Paper/Poster Symposium! 150th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society August 31, 2020. The AFS Best Student Paper/Poster Symposium includes presentations...