American Fisheries Society

Join us for a new episode of the AFS Beneath the Surface podcast! In this episode, we're featuring the AFS Student & Early Career Professionals Subsection. https://bit.ly/4hA1dJb

Current AFS members, it's time to vote in this year's officer election! Check your email for voting instructions, and please check your spam folder if you don't see it. Read the candidate statements for Jeff Heindel: https://lnkd.in/gfAt_h4Y and Brent Nichols: https://lnkd.in/g96UjmP3 and cast your ballot by April 22. The officer elected this year will become AFS President in Fall 2028.

New in the Bookstore: Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico, by Thomas J. Kwak, Augustin C. Engman, Craig G. Lilyestrom, J. Wesley Neal, and María de Lourdes Olmeda. This Open Access book describes the diversity of fishes in Puerto Rico’s freshwater environments. It includes more than 50 native and nonnative species of fish from 22 families. Fishes of Puerto Rico is the result of decades of scientific research; however, it is intended to be accessible to all readers. Download a free electronic copy or purchase a hardcover version today: https://lnkd.in/gjSpyQc3

There's just 3 weeks left to recognize your heroes! AFS is currently accepting submissions for the 2025 Call for Award Nominations, including Annual Meeting travel award applications. All awards will be presented during the Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Please take note of a few changes this year to our conservation awards and Emerging Leaders Mentorship Award. The nomination deadline is April 1 - learn more: https://lnkd.in/eNZrNst

The AFS Beneath the Surface podcast just added a new episode! https://bit.ly/3DopGDa

Join AFS for our next webinar - Indigenizing Salmon Science and Management - on March 19th at 4 pm ET. Register now through the membership database: https://bit.ly/41I1Ewl

In the latest issue of #Fisheries (now hosted by our new publishing partner Oxford University Press): Hutton Junior Biologists gather in Georgia for summit, A collaborative Dungeness crab larval monitoring network in the Salish Sea, Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act: What does it mean for fisheries?, Lessons learned from a new online dashboard about the sociocultural aspects of marine recreational fishing in British Columbia, and much more! Read now at https://lnkd.in/gTxx_7Mz

In response to many requests, we're opening registration early for the #AFS155 2025 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in San Antonio, August 10-14. Hotel room reservation blocks are also now open! Register by June 4 to save with early bird rates at: https://lnkd.in/ewHCTBF.

Think you're a good fit to be the editor-in-chief of an AFS journal (or two)? AFS seeks an aquaculturist and fish health professional to serve as the inaugural EIC of North American Journal of Aquaculture (NAJA) + Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (JAAH)! See full details and contact info at https://bit.ly/43eZTYv

Amidst continued terminations in the nation's federal workforce, AFS joined forces with the Society of American Foresters, Society For Range Management, and The Wildlife Society to issue a statement in support of federal employees and their critical conservation work: https://lnkd.in/g6v5kwHE