WA-BC Named Chapter of the Year!

Because we were selected as the Chapter of the Year for the Western Division, our application was automatically forwarded to the national level. the review process is complete, and the AFS Parent Society has deemed the WA-BC Chapter to be the best of the best – we won the 2010 Chapter of the Year Award [...]

AFS Gulf Oil Spill Response

AFS President Donald Jackson describes how AFS is responding to the devastating BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the July issue of Fisheries, including activities at the upcoming AFS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. AFS Fisheries Hook July 2010 Read the AFS Gulf Oil Spill Initiative: American Fisheries Society Oil Spill Initiative

Spring 2010 Newsletter is online.

Spring 2010 News

Update on Bristol Bay Resolution

The WDAFS membership passed the revised Bristol Bay resolution at the 2010 annual meeting. Bristol Bay Resolution Support Document for Bristol Bay Resolution 16 Mar 2010 The main revision was to state explicitly that the membership supported sending the final version of the resolution to the Parent Society Resolutions Commitee as that was one of [...]

2010 Call For AFS Volunteers: Get Involved; It Is Your Society!!!

Volunteers are the driving force of professional and scientific societies. The mission of AFS can be fulfilled through the time and knowledge volunteered by members just like you. Volunteer to serve on one of the society’s many committees! Committees serve a vital function in the advancement of AFS’s mission: they provide the technical leadership that [...]