Spotlight on Members
In January, President Obama recognized AFS member Nathaniel “Than” Hitt, Ph.D. as one of 102 scientists and researchers to earn the Presidential Early Career Award, the highest award that the government gives to independent researchers in their early careers. Hitt is a research fish biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey at the Leetown Science Center in West... Read More
With the crack of two bottles of champagne and a blessing from a local priest, Florida’s newest research vessel, the R/V W.T. Hogarth, was christened and launched for the first time on May 23, 2017. The 78-foot vessel, named after William T. Hogarth, Ph.D, the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s former director and the former dean... Read More
Using tags surgically implanted into thousands of juvenile salmon, University of British Colombia researchers have discovered that many fish die within the first few days of migration from their birthplace to the ocean. “We knew that on average 10 to 40 million smolts leave Chilko Lake every year and only about 1.5 million return as... Read More
John Waldman is a professor of biology at Queens College, Queens, NY 11367. E-mail: [email protected] How did you get involved with the work you are doing now—what led you into this particular line of research? Though I grew up in the Bronx, I lived in walking distance of Long Island Sound. There I had an... Read More
Jeff Kopaska Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 1436 255th St., Boone, IA 50036. E-mail: [email protected] Recently, the Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society awarded a Fisheries Project Grant for the restoration of the original Maynard Reece fish prints housed at the Rathbun Fish Hatchery. The grant award will be used in conjunction with a... Read More
The Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship was established in 2007 to honor the memory of Steve Berkeley, a dedicated fisheries scientist with a passionate interest in integrating the fields of marine ecology, conservation biology, and fisheries science to improve fisheries management. Through this fellowship, Steve’s legacy lives on by supporting graduate student research in marine... Read More
by Lonnie Gonsalves, Marybeth Brey, and Cecilia Lewis – The Executive Committee for the AFS Equal Opportunities Section The AFS Equal Opportunities Section is dedicated to highlighting the value of diversity and increasing the participation of underrepresented groups within AFS and fisheries science. By sharing the stories of various groups, we are often able to see... Read More
At the University of Southern Mississippi, under the fine tutelage of professor—and AFS member—Dr. Andrew Evans, Elizabeth Jones was the runner up for her 3-minute thesis: Stingrays and Sharks on Steroids. When you think of the effects of steroid hormones, you probably imagine a muscle bound body builder, but steroids cause a broad range of... Read More
One of the hottest fisheries blog on the planet – if not the hottest – The FisheriesBlog.com – is run by 5 AFS Young Professionals: Dr. Steve Midway, Patrick Cooney, Dr. Dana Sackett (original members, see photo), Brandon Peoples, and Abby Lynch. Some of the most popular posts: Top 5 Most Poisonous Fish! Finding Nemo lied to... Read More
Much of the conservation effort is done in line with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which, among other things, establishes essential fish habitats and mandates that harvests remain sustainable. “It also says the act of harvesting can’t damage core components of the habitat that fish need,” Brad Harris, a professor at Alaska Pacific University and directs the... Read More
