Today we're continuing our tour of AFS sections - this time we're highlighting the Science Communication Section. Join Sci Comm Section president Kamden Glade, as he shares the section's history and how to get involved!

Episode Guest:

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Science Communication Section Social Media:

Instagram: @afs_scicomm

Twitter: @AFS_SciComm

Bluesky: @afs-scicomm.bsky.social

Have you ever asked what the term development means to non-profit organizations? Is it grant writing/management, relationship management, or fundraising? (or all of the above and more?)

AFS Development Manager, Jenna Hanks, is today's guest; she joins the podcast to help explain development at the American Fisheries Society.

Episode guest:

Jenna Hanks

AFS Development Manager

AFS Development - Additional Information

Updates:

Call for Submissions for symposia and continuing education courses for the 2025 Annual Meeting!

Membership Renewals

In today's episode, we're taking a deep dive into the AFS Education Section. Join us to learn more about this Section's current and upcoming projects!

Episode guest:

Martin Hamel

President, AFS Education Section

Associate Professor,  Fisheries Management & Ecology, University of Georgia

https://warnell.uga.edu/directory/people/martin-hamel

Updates

Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024!

Upcoming Webinar hosted by the Fisheries Management Section

Conservation Milestone: Apache Trout Delisting

December 4th at 1:30 pm

The Call for Submissions for 2025 Annual meeting symposia and continuing education courses opens on December 6th.

Did you know that AFS has over 20 sections, which focus on specific interest areas within fisheries? In today's episode, we're providing an overview of the Fisheries Management Section (FMS). 

Episode guest:

President, AFS Fisheries Management Section

https://fms.fisheries.org/

Upcoming webinar:

Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

November 19, 2024

Register Now!

Each year during the Annual Meeting, AFS welcomes a new president to lead the organization. In this episode, meet 2024-2025 AFS President Miguel Garcia Bermudez! Miguel shares his background and involvement in AFS, as well as what he's looking forward to during his presidency.

Episode guest:

AFS Officers' Bios

Updates/links:

Best Student Presentations Webinar

Thursday, October 24, 2024

3 pm Eastern Time

Committee Volunteer Interest Form

Meet the 2024 Award of Excellence recipient, Francis Juanes in today's episode! Dr. Juanes talks about his current and future projects, as well as past involvement in AFS.

Guest:

Francis Juanes

Liber Ero Professor of Fisheries

University of Victoria

[email protected]

Lab website: https://juaneslab.weebly.com/

FishSounds: https://fishsounds.net/index.js

Updates from AFS:

AFS photo album (2024 Annual Meeting and more): https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanfisheriessociety/albums

Best Student Papers webinar: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a599dcba-811b-4191-be87-fef5c9eec9a1@ea04981a-ce57-48f5-96aa-0b09f880fa48

Today's episode features an conversation with Sara Cannon, a member of the Respectful Meetings Working Group. Sara shares updates on the Working Group's initiatives for the Honolulu meeting, as well as tips for being a respectful visitor to the Hawaiian Islands.

Sara Cannon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at the University of British Columbia.

Additional Resources:

Respectful Visitor Guide on the Annual Meeting website

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA)

Send comments, questions, and future episode ideas to [email protected].

This episode is a preview of the soon-to-be-published second edition of Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes! Join book's editors to learn about the book's development, what's new in the Second Edition, and more.

Guests:

Scott Bonar

Norman Mercado-Silva

Kevin Pope

Erin Tracy

Standard Methods description:

Second updated edition of an important, popular reference book that provides standard sampling methods recommended by the American Fisheries Society for assessing and monitoring freshwater fishes in North America. Involves contributions from over 500 fisheries scientists from almost 200 agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations.

Preorders are being accepted now! https://fisheries.org/2024/05/now-accepting-bulk-pre-orders-for-standard-methods-for-sampling-book/

Today's episode features a conversation with Ben West, who has served as a consultant for AFS and other organizations in the fisheries and wildlife space, specifically for projects focused on strategic development, continuing education, and communication. The conversation highlights a recent professional development retreat hosted by AFS. This retreat focused on identifying challenges faced by professionals across fisheries & wildlife careers and began discussions to help solve these challenges.

Ben West is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the founder of Risora Consulting.

Note: Ben mentioned Drive by Daniel Pink; additional information about this book can be found at https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/.

Send podcast questions and suggestions to [email protected].

AFS launched the Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program in 2001, to stimulate interest in fisheries and aquatic sciences among underrepresented groups in the fisheries profession.

This episode featured Kathy Guindon, chair of the Hutton Program, for an introduction to the program, tips for Hutton mentors, and stories about past Hutton students.

Thank you to all Hutton Committee members and the Hutton application review team!

For more information: hutton.fisheries.org

Send questions and comments to Lauren Maza - [email protected].