Student & Early Career Professionals Subsection of the Education Section of the American Fisheries Society
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...
2020 Undergraduate Travel Assistance Award
Click here for the application. The application can be submitted online or emailed to [email protected]
Graduate student funding to study how temperature affects fish movement patterns
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 38th Annual Conference
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...
Fisheries Magazine – January 2020
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Fisheries Populations and Ecosystem Dynamics Summer Course
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...
Montana AFS Student Subunits hold a joint fish marking and tagging workshop hosted by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
The Montana State University and University of Montana American Fisheries Society Student Subunits held a joint fish marking and tagging workshop on January 24, 2020 at the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery in Anaconda, Montana. Students from the subunits drove a little over 100 miles each way from either Bozeman (MSU)...