AFS Beneath the Surface

This week, we're making another stop on the tour of AFS Sections, and this time it's the Marine Fisheries Section (MFS). Susan Piacenza, the current president of the Section, stopped by the podcast recently to share updates about MFS activities - and to chat about her work with sea turtles! Episode guest: Susan Piacenza Oregon State University Marine Fisheries Section President https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu/users/susie-piacenza susan.piacenza@oregonstate.edu Marine Fisheries Section: https://mfs.fisheries.org/ AFS Updates and Links: AFS Membership - renewals and new members Upcoming online sessions include: Fisheries Community Check In - October 14 Invasive Species Database Webinar - October 28 Higher-Level Thinking online course - October 30 AFS Certification - online application overview - November 5 Fisheries Community Check In - November 6

The AFS Sections roundup continues today with an introduction to the Invasive and Introduced Species Section! Today's guest is Nathan Lederman, the Section's current president. Join us to learn about this section's history and current projects. To learn more, join their business meeting at the AFS Annual Meeting next month! Episode guest: Nathan Lederman nathaniel.lederman@wisconsin.gov Learn more about the American Fisheries Society and our upcoming Annual Meeting! Comments or suggestions? Submit via email to lmaza@fisheries.org

Today's episode features a preview of the first open access book to be published by AFS! Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico authors Gus Engman and Wes Neal recently stopped by the podcast to recap the book's development and the authors' history of freshwater research in Puerto Rico. Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico Authors:Thomas J. KwakAugustin C. EngmanCraig G. LilyestromJ. Wesley NealMaría de Lourdes Olmeda Episode guests: Gus EngmanUniversity of Tennessee Wes NealMississippi State University

Have you ever wondered how the AFS Second Vice Presidential candidates are selected each year? With the AFS election completed for 2025, we thought it would be a good time to reflect back on the candidate selection process.This week's guest is Eric Fetherman, who just completed his term as the Chair of the AFS Nominating Committee. Eric helps explain the candidate recruitment and vetting process for the AFS elections. Episode guest: Eric Fetherman 2024-2025 AFS Nominating Committee Chair Colorado Parks & Wildlife Updates: Fisheries Community Check-in May 7, 3 pm Eastern Time Join the session! Webinar - Great Lakes May 13, 2 pm Eastern Time Register Now Webinar suggestion form

On today's episode, we're talking all about the AFS Awards program! Our guests are current AFS Awards Committee chairs - Jessica Mistak and Natalie Coash. Jess and Natalie stopped by to talk about current efforts to update to the awards program and this year’s schedule for announcing the 2025 award recipients. In addition, we spent a fair amount of time talking about how AFS committee leadership can positively impact career development. Episode guests: Natalie Coash Missouri Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit Jessica Mistak Michigan Department of Natural Resources Updates: Annual Meeting: Abstract submission deadline: April 15Registration is now open! Upcoming Webinar: Applied Genetics for Fisheries Management: April 16 AFS Election: Now open through April 22, 2025 - members should vote via instructions sent through email Comments or questions? Email us at lmaza@fisheries.org

Interested in fisheries history? It's time to highlight another AFS Section - the Fisheries History Section! Section President Jeff Jolley joins the podcast to share updates on how this Section is working to reestablish itself and plan for the future. Episode Guest:Jeff Jolley Updates and Deadlines: 2025 Awards nominations deadline: April 1 Spring webinars: Indigenizing Salmon Science and Management: March 19 Applied Genetics for Fisheries Management: April 16 Annual Meeting: Abstract submission deadline: April 15Registration is now open! AFS Election: March 20 - April 22 - members will receive voting instructions via email

This episode is part one of a two-part series! The 2025 AFS officer election will be held March 20-April 22. Today on AFS Beneath the Surface, get to know Second Vice President candidate, Brent Nichols. Brent stopped by Beneath the Surface to share his background and experience, so that AFS members and voters had a chance to "meet" him via this podcast episode. Send questions, comments, and future podcast topics to lmaza@fisheries.org.

What is AFS's role in policy? And honestly, what is policy anyway? To answer these questions, we're going back to the beginning of the AFS policy program and chatting with the first (but now retired!) AFS Policy Director, Tom Bigford. Episode Guest:Tom Bigford Updates:Data & Technology Section webinar January 28, 1 pm Eastern Time 2025 AFS Annual Meeting - Call for Sessions Closes January 24th

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

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:Julie Carter President, AFS Fisheries Management Section https://fms.fisheries.org/ Upcoming webinar: Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management November 19, 20242 pm Eastern Time Register Now!

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 juanes@uvic.ca 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

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/