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Seeking Nominees for Introduced Fish Section Officers
Introduced Fish Section Members, The Introduce Fish Section executive committee is now seeking candidates to serve as president-elect and treasurer. The term for each position is two years. After two years, the president-elect will serve the...
Special Travel Award Portland 2015
Introduced Fish Section of the American Fisheries Society Special Student Travel Award Sponsored by The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, in partnership with the Introduced Fish...
Fisheries Magazine – March 2015
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2015 IFS Symposium
Introduced Fish Symposium – Portland 2015 Working with Partners Across Large Landscapes: AIS Technology, Outreach and Management Sponsored By: Introduced Fish Section Once aquatic invasive species (AIS) become established, large aquatic ecosystems offer these...
Member Przemyslaw G. Bajer Paper Published in Hydrobiologia
Effects of common carp on phosphorus concentrations, water clarity, and vegetation density: a whole system experiment in a thermally stratified lake by Przemyslaw G. Bajer and Peter W. Sorensen Abstract Although numerous studies have...
Fisheries Magazine – February 2015
POLICY Roles for Everyone by Thomas E. Bigford VOTE Candidate Statements: AFS Second Vice President • Dale P. Burkett • Jesse Trushenski JOURNAL SUMMARIES • Diet Shifts Detected in Sandbar Sharks Using a...
Upcoming Symposium
Culture, Biology, and Management Of Asian Carps In North America.– The Introduced Fish Section, in conjunction with the Fish Culture Section is hosting the symposium entitled Culture, Biology, and Management Of Asian Carps In...
Participation in HAMAR (Hatchery-origin Animals in Management of Aquatic Resources)
For decades, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) has worked with leading aquatic resource scientists and natural resource managers to describe effective roles of cultured fishes in aquatic resource management. Approximately every 10 years, a...
Website and LISTSERV News
The section maintains a website and list serve. Thank you to Emily Haug who serves as the section’s web developer. The section has been successful in maintaining 200+ members, but only half are on...
Splitting Treasurer and Secretary Position Into Two
To enable us to better share information with the section, and to better meet the increased technological responsibilities of the section, we are now working on splitting the treasurer and secretary position into two. ...