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Congrats to our 2025 GLFC travel award winners: David Gallagher, Emily Tryc, and Kylee Wilson. Check out their talks at #AFS2025!

#Michigan students! Want to attend the #2025AFSAnnualMeeting in San Antonio (Aug 10–14) but need help getting there? Apply for the Student Travel Grant — two $1,000 awards available! Don't miss this chance to connect, learn, and grow in fisheries science! #HeadwatersToSaltwater

The 2025 Joint Meeting of the Esocid, Centrarchid, and Walleye Technical Committees is happening August 5–7 at CMU’s Biological Station on Lake Michigan. 🗓️ Abstracts due: June 15 🔗 Register here (deadline 06/30): forms.gle/N8MbZHSCQistsv… #AFSNCD #Esocid #Centrarchid #Walleye

🌿 New #MIAFSWorkshop Alert! Join us Aug 13 at MSU for a hands-on #AquaticPlant ID Workshop led by experts from MSU Extension and EGLE! 🔍 Learn to ID submerged & floating vegetation 📚 Includes a field guide + pizza lunch 💵 Students: $20 (5 FREE spots available!)

Our Center for Fisheries Technology & Collaboration offers you an opportunity to showcase your products and technology while meaningfully engaging with a diverse audience of fisheries professionals. Great booth locations are going fast! Learn more afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/exhibits/ #AFS155

This week we catch up with Ray Valley to discuss the brand new EcoFish layer at biobasemaps.com which will allow managers to explore fish density information in addition to the depth, vegetation, and bottom composition data previously available. fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/313-mapping-…

Travis was one of the students nominated for this competition by the Fish Culture Section. He also served as a FCS representative on the conference Student Activities Committee.

Have you signed up for content alerts from AFS Journals and Fisheries Magazine? Stay up to date with the latest issues and current articles. AFS members enjoy full journals online access. academic.oup.com/afspubs academic.oup.com/pages/using-th…

This week we are introduced to the newest host of The Fisheries Podcast: Conrad Pfalzgraf. The episode takes the listeners on a somewhat chronological retelling of Conrad's young but adventurous career so far. Welcome to the podcast, Conrad! fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/315-meet-the…

In the latest issue of #Fisheries: The Hudson River Eel Project: A community science framework for management and education (open access), Recovering the American horseshoe crab through a commitment to collaboration, San Antonio preview, and much more: academic.oup.com/fisheries/issu…

Just one week left to save with early registration rates for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio! We will not be able to offer any additional extensions due to food and beverage order deadlines. Register by Tuesday, July 8: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/registration/

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This week, Preston catches up with Steven Bardin, taking a deep dive and previewing the upcoming 2025 Black Bass Symposium that will be held in conjunction with the AFS meeting in San Antonio, Texas. We hope that you enjoy this episode! 🎧 Listen here: fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/316-previewi…

It's your last chance to take advantage of early registration rates for the #AFS155 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, August 10-14, 2025. We are unable to offer any further extensions, so be sure to register by 11:59 pm EDT tonight! Register here: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/registration/

Live well temperature variations stress out largemouth bass, found a study from College of ACES. Researchers recommend encourage anglers to aim for consistent temperatures, as close to surface water temperatures as possible. No ice needed! doi.org/10.1093/najfmt…

In our latest AFS Beneath the Surface podcast, we continue our Section Roundup with a look at the Invasive and Introduced Species Section: americanfisheriessociety.podbean.com/e/section-roun…

Bring home new skills from #AFS155 in San Antonio! "Side-Scan Sonar: Cutting-Edge Tools and Techniques for Managing Habitat and Fisheries" will demonstrate how to leverage the versatility of these systems with inexpensive and free software. Learn more: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/continuing-edu….

This week, Conrad spoke with Nick Haddad. They focus on his time with the International Game Fish Association and his current role as the Sustainable Fisheries Communications Manager, and his program Return ‘Em Right at Florida Sea Grant. Listen here: podbean.com/eas/pb-y97xj-1…

August 12 is Stakeholder Engagement Day at #AFS155! The AFS Cooperative Research with Stakeholders Section organizes this opportunity for commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture stakeholders to learn and participate. Apply by 8/6: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/stakeholder-en…

Don't wait! The hotel room block for our upcoming annual meeting in San Antonio closes this Friday, July 25th! Snag a great rate, free wifi, no resort fee, and MORE! Just steps from the meeting space, reserve your room today: bit.ly/4jLvR40 #fisheries #AFS155