The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
The American Fisheries Society (AFS), founded in 1870, is the oldest and largest professional society representing fisheries scientists and managers. AFS promotes scientific research and enlightened management of resources for optimum use and enjoyment by the public. It also encourages a comprehensive education for fisheries scientists and continuing on-the-job training.
AFS publishes some of the world's leading fisheries research journals and books. AFS organizes scientific meetings where new results are reported and discussed. In addition to these primary functions, the Society has many other programs in areas such as professional certification, international affairs, public affairs and public information. More than 100 chapters, divisions, student subunits, and sections carry out the mission of the society at the local, regional, and special interest level.
Mary C. Fabrizio
PresidentMary Fabrizio
Dept of Fisheries Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
P.O. Box 1346 , Gloucester Pt. , VA 23062
TEL: (804) 6847308, FAX: (804) 684 - 7327
mfabrizio@vims.edu
Mary C. Fabrizio is an associate professor in the Department of Fisheries Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. She graduated Summa cum Laude in biological sciences from Fordham University (1978) and completed her Ph.D. in biological oceanography at the University of Rhode Island (1985). Fabrizio worked with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and as a fisheries consultant at the EPA lab in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Between 1991 and 2000, she worked as a research biologist and section chief at the Great Lakes Science Center and held an adjunct faculty appointment at Michigan State University. She has also served as the Chief of the Behavioral Ecology Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Highlands, New Jersey. Her interest in fish population dynamics focuses on research motivated by natural resources issues, particularly conservation issues. Fabrizio has published more than 30 peerreviewed publications and 26 technical reports. She is a fellow with the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, and a National Research Council post doctoral advisor.
Bill Franzin
President ElectFisheries And Oceans Canada
501 University Crescent
Winnipeg, BC Canada
R3T 2N6
Bill obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) in zoology from the University of British Columbia in 1967, and then moved to the University of Manitoba and earned a M.Sc. in fish biochemical genetics (1970) and a Ph.D. in lake whitefish zoogeography (1974). Bill has been an active research scientist at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg since 1975. As an adjunct professor in the University of Manitoba Zoology Department since 1985, He has supervised or cosupervised 10 graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels. His broad interests have included the effects of heavy metal pollution on aquatic ecosystems, fish genetics, walleye stocking, instream flow issues, invasive aquatic species, and species at risk. He has authored or coauthored 45 published papers and reports, made dozens of presentations at scientific meetings, edited numerous scientific papers, and contributed to countless departmental submissions and reviews.
Don Jackson
First VicePresidentMS State University
Box 9690
Department Wildlife and Fisheries
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Donald C. Jackson is a professor with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University. He received his B.S. (1973) andM.S. (1977) from the University of Arkansas. Following two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, Jackson began doctoral studies, receiving a Ph.D. from Auburn University in 1985. He spent one year at the University of Alaska on a postdoctoral teaching appointment before joining he Mississippi State University faculty. His primary professional interests are river fisheries and international development. He is probably best known for his work with floodplain rivers and catfishes. Jackson has advised 1 4 M.S. and 8 Ph.D. students, and is author or coauthor of over 60 peer reviewed publications.
Wayne Hubert
Second VicePresidentU.S. Geological Survey
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
University of Wyoming, Department 3166
Laramie, WY 82071
Wayne A. Hubert is the leader of the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and a professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming. He received his B.S. (1969) from Illinois State University, M.S. (1972) from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech (1979). He served as an aquatic biologist with the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1972 to 1979 and as the assistant leader of the Iowa Cooperative Fisheries Research at Iowa State University from 1979 to 1982. He became the assistant leader-fisheries at the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 1982 and leader of the unit in 2005. His research has focused on relationships between fishes and their habitats, particularly in lotic systems of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. He has advised or co-advised over 80 graduate students and authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Jennifer Nielsen
Past PresidentUSGS/AK Science Center
1011 East Tudor
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 7863670
jennifer_nielsen@usgs.gov
Jennifer Nielsen received her bachelor's in environmental science in 1987 from The Evergreen State College. She obtained a master's in fish behavior (1990) and a Ph.D. in molecular genetics (1994) from the University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer is currently a supervisory fisheries research biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center in Anchorage. She currently holds adjunct/associate faculty positions at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Science Institute, UAF School of Fisheries and Oceans, University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Biology, and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife of Oregon State University. She has over 100 peerreviewed publications and technical reports. Jennifer gives frequent national and international presentations on fish conservation, behavior, evolution, and genetics. Her current research includes studies on ocean carrying capacity, critical marine salmonid habitats, global change, and new archival tag technologies for Pacific salmon and halibut.