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10/6/2008 The Schedule-at-a-Glance page and Presenters Instructions have been posted, and the Continuing Education page has been updated (additional information about some of the courses). Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information.

Also of note:

The Scientific Presentation and Speaking Skills classes still have plenty of slots available and were brought back and expanded this year into an introductory and intermediate two-day class option because of the rave reviews from participants last year.  People who took the class last year can sign up for the second day session to improve on and expand their skills with material not offered last year in the one-day class.  Don't miss this great opportunity to improve your presentation skills and to get more comfortable speaking in front of groups. In order to ensure these two classes are well attended, the organizing committee has opted to offer this class to both members and non-members at the early registration rate of $250/day. So, even though the early registration has passed, you can still get into one or both of these classes at the pre-registration rate!

For those of you who pre-registered last week and paid, you should have received an automated statement via e-mail from the Alaska Chapter with your statement attached.  If you have not yet received such a statement, please send an e-mail to our Treasurer, Lee Ann Gardner, at rwjconsulting@ak.net so she can get your early registration statement to you. 

For those of you who missed the pre-registration deadline, you can STILL send your registration form and payment to Lee Ann up until Oct. 17 at the late registration rate.  After Oct. 17, registration will be on-site at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel. 
9/17/2008 The Continuing Education page has been updated (clarifying that one of the course offerings was two 1-day workshops), additionally the pre-registration form has been updated to separately identify each day of the workshop. Earlier this week a new session was added and is listed in a revised Second Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Alaska Chapter Conference, the deadline for submitting abstracts is still September 26, 2008. Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information and more as it develops.
9/15/2008 A new session has been added and is listed in a revised Second Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Alaska Chapter Conference, the deadline for submitting abstracts is still September 26, 2008. Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information and more as it develops.
8/24/2008 There has been another extension to the deadline as listed in the Second Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Alaska Chapter Conference (it is now September 26, 2008). Additionally, there is one new session added, updates on earlier announced continuing education opportunities, THE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM and more!!! Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information and more as it develops.
7/21/2008 There has been an extension to the deadline for the Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Alaska Chapter Conference. Additionally, there are new sessions added, updates on earlier announced sessions, continuing education opportunities, and more!!! Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information and more as it develops.
5/27/2008 The First Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Alaska Chapter Conference has been posted, along within information on Abstract Guidelines, Hotel reservations, and Continuing Education Courses. Check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this information and more as it develops.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest:

July 16-18, 2008: The Alaska Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) will hold its annual meeting at Chena Hot Springs Resort (near Fairbanks). The guest speaker will be Dr. James Ramsay of McGill University, an expert in functional data analysis and nonparametric statistical methods. More details about the speaker can be found on his web page: http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/faculty/ramsay/ramsay.html. Rooms at the resort have been reserved for the nights of the 15th-17th at the rate of $143.20 per night. You have to make reservations 45 days in advance (around May 31) to get this rate. Call 907-451-8104 for reservations and information. Contact Julie McIntyre at ffjpm@uaf.edu for more information or check out the information on the AK Chapter ASA web-site.

July 23–28, 2008: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Conference, This meeting, to be held in Montreal, Canada, will include the 24th annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, the 51st annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the 66th annual meeting of the Herpetologists’ League, and the 88th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. For more information, visit: http://www.dce.ksu.edu/conf/jointmeeting/.

July 28–August 1, 2008: 8th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, This meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The abstract deadline is April 1 and the webpage is: http://fishbiologycongress8.usgs.gov/.

August 17–21, 2008: American Fisheries Society 138th Annual will be held at the Ottawa Congress Centre and Westin Hotel in Ottawa, ON. The theme of this meeting is “Fisheries in Flux: how do we assure our sustainable future?” This meeting will feature 37 different symposia including sessions. Visit http://www.fisheries.org/afs08/ for details.
1/1/2008 Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest:
January 20-23, 2008: The 2008 Alaska Marine Science Symposium to be held at the Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, AK; visit http://www.alaskamarinescience.org for more details.

FEBRUARY 4-8, 2008: 15th Western Groundfish Conference will be held in Santa Cruz, CA; visit http://tundra.iphc.washington.edu/home.php for more details.

February 24–28, 2008: Advances in Tagging and Marking Technology for Fisheries Management and Research will be held in Auckland, New Zealand. Visit the website at http://www.fisheries.org/units/tag2008.

March 2–7, 2008: 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting with its theme of “From the Watershed to the Global Ocean,” is jointly sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the American Geophysical Union, The Oceanography Society and the Estuarine Research Federation and will be held in Orlando, FL. For more information visit the meeting website at http://aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/.

March 4–6, 2008: North Pacific International Chapter Annual General Meeting with its theme of: Sound Management: Mountains to the Sea, is being convened by Washington and British Columbia Chapters of AFS in cooperation of the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation and will be held at the Lakeway Inn in Bellingham, WA. The abstract deadline is January 15, 2008. Visit the Western Division website at http://www.wdafs.org/meet/meet.htm for more information.

April 6–13, 2008: National Shellfisheries Association, the 100th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association will be held in conjunction with the 37th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. The deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2008. For more information see either http://www.shellfish.org or http://www.benthicecology2008.uconn.edu.

May 4-9, 2008: Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society. The 2009 WD AFS meeting will be held in Portland, OR. The theme for the meeting is entitled Human Population Growth and Fisheries: The Western Challenge. See http://www.orafs.org/meeting2008/Annual2008.htm for more details.
Archived on 1/6/2008 - from Awards & Scholarship Page Call for 2007 Chapter Award Nominations

The Chapter is soliciting nominations for four awards, the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Chapter Service Award (CSA), the Almost Darwin Award, and the Wally Noerenberg Award for Fishery Excellence. We encourage all members to consider nominating deserving individuals. Please make your nominations by 31 July 2007 using the form available below . Award presentations will occur at the 2007 Annual Chapter Meeting.
11/8/2007 The Program Booklet (837 Kbyte PDF file), Instructions for Presenters have been posted and the Schedule-at-a-Glance has been updated on the 2007 Annual Conference of the Alaska Chapter to be held in Ketchikan at the Cape Fox Lodge, November 13-16 (next week!!!)
10/28/2007 The Final Call for Papers, as well as the registration form, and other informational items  for the 2007 Annual Conference of the Alaska Chapter to be held in Ketchikan at the Cape Fox Lodge, November 13-16, have been posted, also check the conference page for updates as they become available.
The Schedule-at-a-Glance, and other informational items  for the 2007 Annual Conference of the Alaska Chapter to be held in Ketchikan at the Cape Fox Lodge, November 13-16, have been posted, also check the conference page for updates as they become available.
9/15/2007 Cultural Diversity Travel Award

The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce the availability of a monetary award for an Alaska Native or other minority person, to cover travel expenses to attend the 2007 Annual Conference of the Alaska Chapter to be held in Ketchikan at the Cape Fox Lodge, November 13-16.

See the link above for criteria for application. The deadline for application this year is October 22, 2007, the application form is available from the link above, or by contacting one of the Cultural Diversity co-chairs.
Spring & Summer  2007 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletter are available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest:

October 1-3, 2007: Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks, The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), announce a joint symposium to be held in Lisbon, Portugal. See http://www.nafo.int/symposium.html for more information.

October 9-12, 2007: Sustaining Wild Trout in a Changing World, The Ninth International Wild Trout Symposium will be held in West Yellowstone, MT. Visit the website at http://www.wildtroutsymposium.com for more information. For more information, contact Dirk Miller, Dirk.Miller@wgf.state.wy.us.

October 26–November 5, 2007: PICES 16th Annual Meeting, hosted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the theme of this meeting is: “The changing North Pacific: Previous patterns, future projections, and ecosystem impacts”. It will be held in Victoria, British Columbia. Abstracts are due July 1. The website is at http://www.pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES16/background.aspx.

November 4-8, 2007: Estuarine Research Federation Meeting. The ERF 2007 meeting will be held in Providence, RI. Workshops will focus on: Career Planning; Communicating Our Science & Management; and New and Emerging Tools & Technologies. Abstracts are due May 23, 2007, visit http://erf.org/newsletter/Sp06-ERF07-CFS.html.

 
4/9/2007 Call for 2007 Chapter Award Nominations

The Chapter is soliciting nominations for four awards, the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Chapter Service Award (CSA), the Almost Darwin Award, and the Wally Noerenberg Award for Fishery Excellence. We encourage all members to consider nominating deserving individuals. Please make your nominations by 31 July 2007 using the form available at the link above. Award presentations will occur at the 2007 Annual Chapter Meeting.
The First Call for Papers for the 2007 Annual Conference of the Alaska Chapter to be held in Ketchikan at the Cape Fox Lodge, November 13-16, has been posted, also check the conference page for updates as they become available.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest:

April 17, 2007: The Northwest Freshwater Mussel Research Workgroup, is holding its 4th annual conference in Vancouver, WA. Contact Molly Hallock, hallomh@dfw.wa.gov or see http://www.oregonwatersheds.org/events/conferences/musselsymp.

May 15-18, 2007: 5th International Fisheries Observer Conference. This conference, with its theme of “Building Better Fishery Monitoring Programs Through Partnerships Around the World” will be held in Victoria, British Columbia for more information, visit the website at http://www.fisheriesobserverconference.com.

June 6-8, 2007: NPIC AFS Annual Meeting. The theme of the AFS North Pacific International Chapter Annual Meeting will be “Fisheries and Development: Can They Co-Exist?” The meeting will be held in Tacoma, WA. For more information contact Eric Knudsen, ericknudsen@gci.net or (360) 424-5767, or visit the website at http://www.wdafs.org/npic/meetings.htm.

June 6-9, 2007: 4th North American Reservoir Symposium, Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems will be held in Atlanta, GA. See http://www.sdafs.org/reservoir/symposium for more information.

June 13-15, 2007: HTI Sonar Advanced Mobile Survey Hydroacoustic Workshop. This workshop, to be held in Yellowstone Park is intended to address shared challenges faced by biologists involved in freshwater hydroacoustic assessment applications. For more information, email Workshop2007@HTIsonar.com.

June 18-21, 2007: 2nd International Symposium on Diadromous Fishes. The Northeastern Division of the American Fisheries Society is sponsoring this meeting which will address “Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment,” to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia . See http://www.anacat.ca/  or contact Alex Haro, Alex_Haro@usgs.gov.

June 22-23, 2007: The 3rd North American Workshop on Rainbow Smelt. This workshop will follow the above meeting and will also be in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Check out http://myweb.dal.ca/ibradbur/home.htm for more information.

July 11-16, 2007: ASIH Annual Meeting. The joint meeting of the Ichthyologists and Herpetologists will be held in St. Louis, MO in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Elasmobranch Society, the Herpetologists’ League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The website is at http://www.dce.ksu.edu/jointmeeting/.

July 24-26, 2007: Alaska Chapter of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting. This meeting will be held in Anchorage and will consist of a two-day short course taught by Dr. George Casella, followed by a day of member talks and a short business meeting. Please contact Steve Fleischman, steve_fleischman@fishgame.state.ak.us, or 267-2388 for further information.

August 5-10, 2007: Ecological Society of America and Society for Ecological Restoration Joint Meeting.  “Ecological Restoration in a Changing World” will be held in San Jose, CA. The meeting website is http://www.esa.org/sanjose/

August 22-24, 2007: 2007 Salvelinus confluentus Curiosity Society Annual Meeting.  This meeting will be held at Perkins Lake, ID. Presentations on bull trout research and management, and workshops on electrofishing, snorkeling, and redd survey field work are planned. Contact Dan Kenney, dkenney@fs.fed.us for more information.

September 2-6, 2007: 137th AFS Meeting: The annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society will be held  in San Francisco, California. This year's theme Thinking Downstream and Down Current: Addressing Uncertainty and Unintended Consequences in Fish and Fisheries, Check out the meeting web site for more information as it develops at: http://www.fisheries.org/sf/.
3/11/2007 The Procedures Manual (2005 Version) has been posted.

At our 2006 Annual Conference held in Fairbanks the following Awards for 2006 were announced, Check out the recipients!!!

2006 Best Papers/Poster Awards
2006 Wally Noerenberg Award in Fisheries Excellence

Additionally, The Chapter's Meritorious Service Award, Alaska Chapter Service Award, and Almost Darwin Award were announced. Check out this year's and past Chapter Award winners at: History of Award Recipients, wherein the 2006 Cultural Diversity Travel Award winners are listed too!!!

Two New Chapter Officers were elected recently:

Toshihide "Hamachan" Hamazaki was elected as Chapter Vice President
Lee Ann Gardner was elected as Chapter Treasurer

The rest of your Executive Committee is now comprised of the following officers:

Scott Maclean is Past President
Jamal Moss advanced to the President position at the 2006 annual conference
Bert Lewis advanced to the President-Elect position at the 2006 annual conference
Steve Zemke is the Chapter's Secretary

Additionally some vacancies and new committee chairs have recently been made. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page.    
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest:

April 2-4, 2007: Marine Habitat Mapping Technology Workshop for Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant and North Pacific Research Board are holding this workshop in Anchorage, AK.
 Additional information available at the Workshop website

http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2007/benthic/index.html

for more information about the conference contact Jennifer Reynolds, (907) 474-5871, jreynolds@guru.uaf.edu. To be added to the workshop mailing list, contact meeting coordinator Sherri Pristash, Alaska Sea Grant, fnsap@uaf.edu or (907) 474-6701.

April 3-5, 2007: Oregon Sea Grant Conference, Sustaining Pacific Salmon in a Changing World will be held in Portland, OR. See http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/resilience/ for more information.
Winter 2007 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletter is available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
Check out the Spring 2007 Seminar Schedule (PDF file) for the UAF Campus group of the AK Student subunit!!!
A Fisheries Technology Coordinator is being recruited by the University of Alaska Southeast to be located in Ketchikan, Alaska, check out the details on the Jobs page.
11/6/2006 Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest (additions and revisions on 11/6/2006, also past due dates have been 'grayed-out'):

November 9–12, 2006: Western Society of Naturalists, the 87th Annual Meeting of WSN will be held in Redmond, WA. Visit the website at http://www.wsn-online.org/index.html for more information.

November 29–30, 2006: Tenth Flatfish Biology Conference. Sponsored by NOAA and the Southern New England Chapter of AFS, this meeting will be held in Westbrook, CT. See http://www.mi.nmfs.gov/flatfishbiologyworkshop.html for more information.

December 4–6, 2006: 57th Annual Northwest Fish Culture Conference, Northwest Fish Culture for a Sustainable Future, sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will be held in Portland, OR. Check out the website at http://www.fws.gov/nwfcc2006/ for more information.

December 9–13, 2006: The 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Forging the National Imperative for Restoration will be held in New Orleans, LA, visit the website at http://www.estuaries.org/?id=4 for more information.

January 21–24, 2007: Alaska Marine Science Symposium, The North Pacific Research Board and its partners announce the 2007 Alaska Marine Science Symposium, to be held in Anchorage, AK. Visit the website at http://www.alaskamarinescience.org/index.htm for more information.

February 4–9, 2007: ASLO 2007 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, the 2007 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography meeting Water Rocks! will be held in Santa Fe, NM, see the website at http://aslo.org/meetings/santafe2007. 

February 12–17, 2007: American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium, Future of Fisheries Science in North America will be held in Seattle, WA, check the meeting website at http://www.smast.umassd.edu/AIFRB.htm.

February 26–March 2, 2007: 98th Annual NSA Meeting The 2007 National Shellfish Associated annual meeting will be held in conjunction with AQUA 07 in San Antonio, TX, for details, check out the meeting website at http://www.was.org/meetings/ConferenceInfo.asp?MeetingCode=AQ2007.
10/13/2006 October 31-November 2, 2006 a NATIONAL FISHERIES DATA SUMMIT is being hosted by the AFS's Computer User's Section --- check it out at the link above.
Announcing a Grant Opportunity Application Deadline: November 1, 2006 check out the details on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan web-site at: http://www.fishhabitat.org/
10/6/2006 Updated the Officers for the Fairbanks campus of the Student Subunit for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Fall 2006 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletter is available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
Announcing an MS Graduate Student Assistantship at the University of Washington for resident's of Alaska, check out the details at the Jobs page.
2006 Chapter Officer Elections-VOTE ON-LINE
You can VOTE on-line for this year's Officer Elections.  November 7, 2006 is the deadline for voting. Candidate biographies and a mail-in ballot are being mailed-out to all Chapter members in good-standing in the Fall 2006 Chapter Newsletter --- look for it in the mail --- OR CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR PROCEDURES TO VOTE ON-LINE!!!.
9/28/2006 'Belatedly' announcing the 2006 Molly Ahlgren Scholarship that went to Sonya Weihl this last spring, check the link for details.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest (additions and revisions on 9/25/2006, also past due dates have been 'grayed-out'):

October 31-November 3, 2006: The 24th Lowell Wakefield Symposium entitled Resiliency of Gadid Stocks to Fishing and Climate Change will be held in Anchorage, AK. For more information, visit the sea grant website at: http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Conferences/gadids/index.html or contact the symposium coordinator Sherri Pristash at fyconf@uaf.edu.
9/7/2006 Summer 2006 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletter is available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest (additions and revisions on 9/4/2006, also past due dates have been 'grayed-out':

September 10-14, 2006: AFS 136th Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society will be held  in Lake Placid, New York. The theme of the meeting is Fish in the Balance and it will explore the interrelation between fish, aquatic habitats and man. Check out the meeting web site for more information as it develops at: http://www.afslakeplacid.org.

September 18–21, 2006: 3rd International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: The symposium will be held in Seattle, Washington. Visit the website at http://www.searanching.org or contact info@searanching.org.

September 23–27, 2006: The Wildlife Society’s 13th Annual Conference & Trade Show will be held in Anchorage, AK. on The conference will be held in downtown Anchorage at the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center. For more information visit the website at: http://www.wildlife.org/conference/index.cfm
5/19/2006 The Final Report for the 2005 Annual Meeting of AFS Held in Anchorage  (5.03 Mbyte PDF file) has been posted, and included in the Chapter's Alaska Chapter Meeting Index. Also posted the 2005 AFS Meeting Program Booklet  (14.4 Mbyte PDF file)
A number of scanned copies of previously unavailable past annual business meeting minutes for the AK Chapter have been posted to the Business Mtg Minutes
Spring 2006 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletter is available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
Select Meetings or Workshops of Interest (additions and revisions on 5/19/2006, also past due dates have been 'grayed-out'):

June 1-3, 2006: PICES will hold an intersessional workshop in Seattle, Washington entitled: Integration of ecological indicators for the North Pacific with emphasis on the Bering Sea. For more information visit: http://www.pices.int/projects/Bering_Indicators/bering.aspx.or contact the PICES secretariat at: secretariat@PICES.int

June 27-30, 2006: WNAR/IMS Meeting-The joint meeting of the Western North American Region (WNAR) of the International Biometric Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) will be held at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.  The theme of this year’s meeting is Enhancing biomedical and environmental sciences through statistics. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Contributed paper abstracts accepted through April 30, 2006. To register for the conference and for more detailed and updated information, visit the conference website http://www.math.nau.edu/wnar. Advanced registration ends May 27, 2006. Late mail-in/call-in registration will be allowed until June 20 subject to an additional $20 fee.

July 16-21, 2006: IBC2006: XXIII International Biometrics Conference-The International Biometrics Conference, sponsored by the International Biometric Society, is held every two years and brings together statisticians and bioscientists interested in the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods for the biological sciences, will be held this year at Montréal, Québec, Canada. Check out the conference web-site at: http://www.ibc2006.org

July 18-20, 2006: The Alaska Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) will hold its annual meeting in Juneau. Associated with this meeting, the AK ASA Chapter will be offering a short course to be taught by Dr. Jennifer Hoeting and Dr. Geof Givens, both professors of statistics at Colorado State University and authors of the book Computational Statistics. This short course is geared towards Bayesian analysis, and will follow corresponding chapters in the book. Software used in the course will be the statistical package R, a powerful but free package available for download off the internet. If space permits, this short course is open to anyone interested. Neither the short course nor the meeting is limited to strictly biological statistical applications. Contact Randy Mullen at randy_mullen@fishgame.state.ak.us for more information or check out the information on the AK Chapter ASA web-site.

July 30-August 4, 2006: The Fifth International Conference on Stickleback Behavior and Evolution will be held in Anchorage. The deadline for early registration has passed (May 1, 2006), regular registration deadline is July 15, 2006, and late registrations will be accepted after that date (additional $50 fee). Please visit the website at http://fish.uoregon.edu/sb/stickleback2006 or contact Frank von Hippel at: affvh@uaa.alaska.edu for more information.

August 6-10, 2006: The 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) will be held in Seattle, WA. The JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Statistical Society of Canada. Attended by over 5500 people, activities of the meeting include oral presentations, panel sessions, poster presentations, continuing education courses, exhibit hall (with state-of-the-art statistical products and opportunities), placement service, society and section business meetings, committee meetings, social activities, and networking opportunities. JSM 2006 offers a wide range of possibilities for sharing time with friends and colleagues. Registration - Early Bird Deadline: June 29, 2006 (fees increase after that date). For information check out the JSM web-site: http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2006.

September 10-14, 2006: AFS 136th Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society will be held  in Lake Placid, New York. The theme of the meeting is Fish in the Balance and it will explore the interrelation between fish, aquatic habitats and man. Check out the meeting web site for more information as it develops at: http://www.afslakeplacid.org.

October 31-November 3, 2006: The 24th Lowell Wakefield Symposium entitled Resiliency of Gadid Stocks to Fishing and Climate Change will be held in Anchorage. For more information, visit the sea grant website at: http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Conferences/gadids/index.html or contact the symposium coordinator Sherri Pristash at fyconf@uaf.edu.
4/13/2006 Meetings or Workshops of Interest:

May 15-19, 2006: The Western Division of AFS will hold its annual meeting in Bozeman, Montana. The symposium theme is: Natives and Newcomers and it will explore ramifications of encroaching development in the West on fisheries. For more information visit the symposium website at: http://www.fisheries.org/AFSmontana/2006AFSWesternDivisionAnnualMeeting.htm or contact: Leanne Roulson at lhroulson@garciaandassociates.com.
4/11/2006 2006 John E. Skinner Memorial Fund Award

The John E. Skinner Memorial Fund was established in memory of John Skinner, former Chapter and Western Division American Fisheries Society President. The fund provides monetary travel awards for deserving graduate students or exceptional undergraduate students to attend the American Fisheries Society (AFS) annual meeting. The 2006 meeting will be held in Lake Placid, New York from September 10-14.

Any student who is active in fisheries or related aquatic disciplines is eligible to apply. Awardees are chosen by a committee of the AFS Education Section. Selection is based on academic qualifications, professional service, and reasons for attending the meeting. Travel support up to $600 per award will be made available to successful applicants. Award winners will also receive a one year paid membership to the American Fisheries Society.

Completed applications must be received no later than May 12, 2006. Limit all answers to the space provided. Additional material will not be considered in evaluating applicants. Click here for the 2006 Application form.

Cultural Diversity Travel Award (corrected link on 4/12/2006)

The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce the availability of a monetary award for an Alaska Native or other minority person, to cover travel expenses to attend the 2006 Annual Chapter Conference from November 14-16 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Applicants must be Alaskan Native or a minority (woman, black, Hispanic, or other ethnic minority) in a field of fisheries science or a related discipline AND must be in an entry level position or student involved with natural resources. The deadline for application this year is October 13, 2006, the application form is available from the link above, or by contacting one of the Cultural Diversity co-chairs.
The Student Subunit's main web-page has been updated to include some new additions revisions, including (but not limited to) the following)::

The 2005-2006 Annual Report of the Fairbanks Campus Group has been posted.
4/6/2006 Call for 2006 Chapter Award Nominations

The Chapter is soliciting nominations for three awards, the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Chapter Service Award (CSA), and the Wally Noerenberg Award for Fishery Excellence. We encourage all members to consider nominating deserving individuals. Please make your nominations by July 31, 2006 using the form available from the link above. Award presentations will occur at the 2006 Annual Chapter Meeting.
The Western Division of the AFS (WD AFS) is losing their web master. Mary Whalen must resign from her position immediately. If you have any skills with websites, or want to develop them, the Division needs you. The Division also desperately needs a newsletter editor. As you may have observed from the last issue, we have now gone electronic. This makes the job much easier, less expensive, and more creative. Both of these critical positions are excellent ways for building your resume, communicating your ideas, and contributing to the Division.

If you want to know what is involved with being a webmaster or editor, please contact Mary at mary_whalen@usgs.gov as soon as possible. The WD is losing its ability to communicate with its members at a very critical time.

Robert M. Hughes (Hughes.Bob@epamail.epa.gov), President-elect, Western Division AFS.

Three New Chapter Officers were elected recently:

Jamal Moss was elected as Chapter President-Elect
Bert Lewis was elected as Chapter Vice President
Steve Zemke was elected as Chapter Secretary

The rest of your Executive Committee is now comprised of the following officers:

Hal Geiger is Past President
Scott Maclean advanced to the President position at the 2005 annual conference
Lee Ann Gardner is the Chapter's Treasurer

Additionally some vacancies and new committee chairs have recently been made. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page.   
Summer & Fall 2005, and the Winter 2006 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletters are available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.

At our 2005 Annual Conference held in Anchorage the following Awards for 2005 were announced, Check them out!!!

2005 Best Papers/Poster Awards

Check out this year's and past Chapter Award winners at: History of Award Recipients.
The final 2004 Business Meeting Minutes for our conference in Sitka have been posted.
11/6/2005 2005 Chapter Officer Elections-VOTE ON-LINE
You can VOTE on-line for this year's Officer Elections.  December 5, 2005 is the deadline for voting. Candidate biographies and a mail-in ballot are being mailed-out to all Chapter members in good-standing in the Fall 2005 Chapter Newsletter --- look for it in the mail --- OR CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR PROCEDURES TO VOTE ON-LINE!!!.
Announcing a  New Oncorhynchus Editor

John Thedinga recently edited his last edition of the Oncorhynchus newsletter. He notes that it’s been a wonderful experience editing the newsletter for the past six years, and he appreciated the opportunity to have been able to serve the Chapter as Editor.

Please welcome the next newsletter editor, Gretchen Bishop, and remember to send her your articles for the Oncoryhnchus. Send articles for the Winter 2006 newsletter to Gretchen, Gretchen_bishop@fishgame.state.ak.us.

11/6/2005 (date archived)

Volunteers Still Needed!!!

We need lots of help at the upcoming 2005 AFS 135th Meeting to be held in Anchorage, September 11-15, and volunteers are also needed for activities building up to the meeting, especially starting on Thursday thru Saturday before the meeting. Come have fun and help make this a successful and a memorable meeting for all. There’s a job, either big or small, for everyone. We need volunteers in the following categories: AV tech support, registration, packet stuffing and name tags, raffle and door prizes, recycling, transportation coordinator, ADA coordinator, T-shirts, media office, cell phones, general coordination, etc., etc., etc.

Please send us your name, phone, email, and interest to:
afsvolunteer2005@yahoo.com 
8/3/2005 Announcing Alaska Native Cultures, a short course to be taught by Polly Wheeler on the Saturday before the American Fisheries Society 135th Annual Meeting.  The course should benefit those with interest in either history or culture, and would also benefit field biologists working in rural Alaska .  Folks can register at the 2005 AFS 135th Meeting website.

Alaska Native Cultures 
Instructor: Polly Wheeler, (907) 786-3645 
Time & Day: Saturday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 
CEUs: NA 
Tuition: $80 (students), $100 (members), $120 (non-members)

This course is designed to provide participants with a general understanding of the traditional and contemporary cultures of Alaska ’s indigenous people. Each of the large cultural areas will be reviewed along with additional thematic topics about economics, and political and social organization. A special emphasis of the class is on participants gaining an understanding of the historic and political context of subsistence and how this affects fisheries management

[Webmaster note: this course was subsequently canceled due to insufficient number of applicants]
7/25/2005 The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce the availability of a monetary award for an Alaska Native or other minority person, to cover travel expenses to attend the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society September 11-15, 2005 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Check out the Application Page for forms.

Applications must be received by August 26, 2005.

7/19/2005 Sheldon Jackson College Hatchery is seek a Fish Culturist, click on link for details
6/8/2005 The business meeting for the Alaska Chapter of AFS will be held on September 14 in the Dillingham-Katmai Room in the Hilton Hotel. This year the Alaska Chapter annual meeting is being held in conjunction with the Parent Society meeting in Anchorage . The business meeting is scheduled from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM and all Alaska AFS members are invited to attend. A lunch will be served at this meeting by the Hilton Hotel at a cost of $5.00 to Chapter members. The true value of the meal is approximately $20.00, but to encourage your attendance, the balance of the cost is being supplemented by the AFS. 

Please notify Ray Hander of your intention to attend and make payment prior to Sept. 1, 2005 . You can not sign up for this meal through the Parent Society registration process. We must notify the Hilton Hotel of the number of meals that need to be prepared and your attendance it welcomed and recommended. Besides you won’t find a better lunch in Anchorage for $5.00.

To notify Ray Hander --- and signup/pay for the lunch at the meeting, fill-out and follow the instructions in the following MSWord Document: (right-click to download)  Alaska Chapter of the AFS Business Meeting.
5/24/2005 One more 2004 annual report for the AK Chapter's committees have been posted in the Committee Reports page. Also updated the Officers & Committee Chairs page to reflect one new committee chair.
5/16/2005 Posted the Program Booklet (709 Kbyte PDF File) from the 2004 Annual Conference in Sitka.
Updated the Jobs Page, mainly to correct out-of-date links.
5/6/2005 Meeting Announcements/Links:

September 11-15: 2005 AFS 135th Meeting Joint Meeting of American Fisheries Society (AFS),
Western Division of AFS, AK Chapter of AFS, and Lowell Wakefield Symposium to be held in Anchorage, Alaska

 
5/5/2005 The Student Subunit's main web-page has been updated to include some new additions revisions, including:
5/4/2005 The Directory of Fishery Educators is now available as a PDF or MSWord file.
A "Continuing Education History" has been posted with a listing of courses sponsored by the Chapter in the past.
Informational Item from the Fisheries Communication and  Education Committee: Check out the Fishing, Boating, and Aquatic Stewardship Web Directory An on-line directory of over 2,000 fishing, boating and aquatic stewardship education resources at: http://www.rbff-education.org/(Link updated 5/6/2005)
Alaska AFS Chapter President Molly Ahlgren Passes Away

There is an empty space in the Alaska Chapter of AFS and in fisheries education in Alaska. Our colleague and friend, Molly Ahlgren, died in a boating accident on November 30, 2004, just 3 days after her 47th birthday. A certified Emergency Medical Technician, Molly was responding to an EMS call with the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department .--- Brenda L. Norcross (Read the full article from our Newsletter here).

A Molly Ahlgren Scholarship Fund has been set up at Wells Fargo Bank in trust with the American Fisheries Society, Alaska Chapter. Donations will be used to establish a scholarship in Molly’s name to help the students to whom Molly was so dedicated. Please make contributions payable to: Molly Ahlgren Scholarship Fund. You may send your donation to: American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter, c/o Ray Hander, Treasurer, 101 12th Ave., Room 110, Fairbanks, AK 99701, Phone: 907-456-0402.
Fall 2004, and the Winter & Spring 2005 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletters are available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
 Most of the 2004 Annual Reports for the AK Chapter's committees have been posted in the Committee Reports page. Also note that some of the 2003 Annual Reports have been updated as well (reports that had not been previously posted on the web-site), check them out at: 2003 Committee Reports.

Two New Officers were elected for 2004-2005:

Scott Maclean  was elected as our new Chapter Vice-President
Ray Hander was elected to another term as Chapter Treasurer

The rest of your Executive Committee changed at the 2004 Annual Business meeting held on November 17, 2004 as well:

Tim Joyce is now Past President
Molly Ahlgren advanced to the President position at the meeting, and served until her untimely death on November 30, 2004
Hal Geiger advanced to the President-Elect at the annual business meeting
Bob Piorkowski continues into his second-year of a two-year term as Secretary

Following Molly's death, the following changes to the Executive Committee occurred:

Tim Joyce remains Past President
Hal Geiger advanced to the President position
Scott Maclean advanced to the President-Elect position
Carol Kerkvliet (2003-2004 Past President) volunteered to serve as Acting Vice President pending a special election to fill this vacancy

Additionally some vacancies and new committee chairs have recently been made. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page. 

At our 2004 Annual Conference held in Sitka the following Chapter Awards for 2004 were announced, Check them out!!!

Check out this year's and past year Chapter Award winners at: History of Award Recipients.
11/8/2004 The draft (1-15-2004) AK Chapter of AFS Financial Plan is posted for review, in two different formats:

Also added the Financial Plan committee to the Committee page and to the Officers & Committee Chairs page.
11/3/2004 Some additional updates to the Student Subunit's main web-page have been made to include two more announcements regarding the Fairbanks campus group for events of interest scheduled for November 10-12, 2004 time period.
10/28/2004 Announcing the second Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium will be held September 29-October 1, 2005, at Fort Worden State Park, near Port Townsend, Washington. Sponsors include the Oregon, North Pacific International, Alaska, and Humboldt AFS chapters, as well as the Fish and Wildlife Service and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.  The objectives of the Symposium are to update coastal cutthroat trout information presented during the 1995 Coastal Cutthroat Trout symposium; enhance knowledge on all facets of life history and ecology; provide current assessment of the status of populations coast-wide; and encourage development of a coordinated, coast-wide conservation plan.  Session topics include Biology, Status and Trends, Management, and Conservation Planning.  Low-cost registration, lodging, and meal fees will be available to Symposium attendees, including free student lodging.  Bring your whole family and enjoy the Olympic Peninsula and beautiful Port Townsend.

For more information, please visit the Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium homepage at http://www.orafs.org/cutthroat.html.  Or contact the Program Committee chair (Tim Cummings, Tim_Cummings@fws.gov), or Arrangements Committee chair (Doug Young, Doug_Young@fws.gov). See the symposium flyer at: http://www.orafs.org/pdfdocs/cctsymposium2005.pdf.

2004 Chapter Annual Conference:
   Sustaining Alaska’s Fisheries: Visions for the Future
   Sitka, 16-18 November 2004

Newly posted - Schedule-at-a-Glance and Program Agenda --- check it out at the link above!!!!!
The Student Subunit's main web-page has been updated to include some new additions revisions, including:
  • A seminar by Melissa Robinson titled: Linking Western and traditional ways of knowing regarding humpback whitefish in Interior Alaska will be sponsored on November 10, 2004 by the Fairbanks Campus Group of the Student Subunit, check out the details here.
  • Officers for the 2004-2005 NEW Anchorage (UAA) campus group have been posted.
  • Officers for the 2004-2005 for the Fairbanks-UAF, Juneau-UAS, and Sitka-Sheldon Jackson campus groups have been posted.
  • Also listed the meeting schedules for the Anchorage and Sitka campus groups.
10/14/2004 Listed the 2004-2005 Officers for the Fairbanks Campus section of the Student Subunit.
10/6/2004 The AFS Guidelines for Authorship

... that were developed by the Publications Overview Committee (M. Fabrizio, Chair) and approved by the AFS Governing Board, 19 August 2000, St. Louis, MO are available on the AFS's web-site (check the link above). A "permanent" link to the guidelines is provided from our Procedures Manual page.
2004 Chapter Officer Elections-VOTE ON-LINE
 You can VOTE on-line for this year's Officer Elections.  November 5, 2004 is the deadline for voting. Candidate biographies and a mail-in ballot are being mailed-out to all Chapter members in good-standing in the Fall 2004 Chapter Newsletter --- look for it in the mail --- OR CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR PROCEDURES TO VOTE ON-LINE!!!.
9/30/2004 Updated the Officers & Committee Chairs page (corrected some addresses and updated one Committee Chair)
Listed the 2004-2005 Officers for the Juneau Campus section of the Student Subunit.
8/10/2004 2003 Version of the Chapter's Procedures Manual has been posted (previous manuals have been archived)
The 2003 Business Meeting Minutes for our conference in Fairbanks have been posted.
8/3/2004 AFS 2005 - 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
   Anchorage, Alaska, 11-15 September 2005

Excerpted from the page at the link above (check there for the most up-to-date information):

Make plans now to come to the 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, co-convening with the annual meetings of the Western Division AFS and the Alaska Chapter AFS along with the 23rd Lowell Wakefield Symposium on Pacific Rockfishes! The meeting is at the Egan Convention Center and Performing Arts Center in Anchorage, 11-15 September 2005. The meeting’s theme will be Creating A Fisheries Mosaic: Connections Across Jurisdictions, Disciplines, and Cultures. A “mosaic” represents a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We expect you will find the collection of events, symposia, and contributed papers in Anchorage to be a stimulating mosaic of fishery and aquatic science, culture, and adventure. Anchorage will be an outstanding venue to advance your professional networking and to keep current on emerging ideas in fisheries science and management, with the added bonus of an opportunity to experience some of Alaska’s scenery, wilderness, and recreational adventures. The meeting theme reflects President Barbara Knuth’s Program of Work for her year in office, emphasizing the notion of “connections.” World-renowned fisheries artist Ray Troll has designed a stunning and inspiring meeting poster in keeping with this theme, and will speak about the convergence of his art and fisheries science as one of the meeting’s plenary session speakers. Other plenary speakers will address the relationship of indigenous knowledge with western science and fisheries management (Patricia Cochran, Alaska Native Science Commission), and emerging partnerships between business and non-profits for promoting sustainable commercial fisheries and educating consumers about the importance of making appropriate seafood choices (Heather Tausig, New England Aquarium). We encourage symposia that build on these themes, and other themes of connections across jurisdictions, disciplines, and cultures. The First Call for Symposia and Papers is now available.

Meeting Update (from the Local Arrangements Chair) --- If you're going to Madison later this month to attend the AFS 2004 Meeting (see below) and want to help get the word out about the Alaska-AFS 2005 meeting contact Bill Wilson (bill.wilson@noaa.gov or 907-271-2809).

Winter, Spring, and Summer 2004 Chapter Oncorhynchus newsletters are available for download/viewing
The most recent newsletters have been posted on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view them.
The 22nd Annual Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop will be held at the West Coast Cape Fox Lodge, Ketchikan, Alaska, February 23-25, 2005. Check the link above for more information on the meeting
 2004 Chapter Annual Conference: Second Call for Papers, Accommodations, and More!!!
   Sustaining Alaska’s Fisheries: Visions for the Future
   Sitka, 16-18 November 2004
 134th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society    Madison, Wisconsin, 21-26 August 2004

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) will convene its 134th Annual Meeting at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, check-out the details at the link above.

11/26/2003 Two New Officers have been elected for 2003-2004:

Hal Geiger  is our new Chapter Vice-President
Bob Piorkowski is our new Chapter Secretary

The rest of your Executive Committee has changed as well:

Carol Kerkvliet  is now Past President
Tim Joyce is now President
Molly Ahlgren is now President-Elect
Ray Hander continues into his second-year of a two-year term as Treasurer.

Additionally some vacancies and new committee chairs have recently been made. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page. 

At our 2003 Annual Conference held in Fairbanks the following Chapter Awards for 2003 were announced, Check them out!!!

Check out this year's and past year Chapter Award winners at: History of Award Recipients.
Most of the 2003 Annual Reports for the AK Chapter's committees have been posted in the Committee Reports page. 
Posted the program booklet for the 2003 Annual Conference held in Fairbanks, in the archived 2003 Chapter Annual Conference page, get to them directly here:
Archived on 11/26/2003 Item Archived from the Environmental Concerns Committee section:
  • The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has sent a "Letter of Environmental Concerns" to Governor Murkowski, with copies to legislators and other interested parties in regards to the filing of an Executive Order to transfer habitat permitting function from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR) A copy of the letter is available here as an Adobe PDF file (ConcLetterfinal.pdf).
10/29/2003 2003 Chapter Officer Elections-VOTE ON-LINE
 You can VOTE on-line for this year's Officer Elections.  November 20, 2003 is the deadline for voting. Candidate biographies and a mail-in ballot are being mailed-out to all Chapter members in good-standing in a Special Election Issue 2003 of the Chapter Newsletter --- look for it in the mail --- OR CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR PROCEDURES TO VOTE ON-LINE!!!.
10/27/2003

2003 Chapter Annual Conference: Posted one new information page and also updated the noted pages below:
   Ecological and Sociological Linkages in Fisheries
   Fairbanks, 2-6 November 2003

Program Agenda - The program agenda (w/o abstracts) has been posted, please note that this agenda is NOT the final agenda that conference registrants will receive on-site.
Continuing Education Courses page updated to indicate that the GIS courses have been filled, along with instructions as to how to get on the wait-list!!!
Schedule "At-a-Glance" Updated to match with Program Agenda.
10/1/2003

Made updates to contact information in Student Subunit  pages --- Specifically listing the Officers and new Faculty Advisor for the newly active Sitka campus group, additionally, the Juneau campus group has an new "Acting" Faculty Advisor!!!

Fall 2003 Newsletter
The Fall 2003 newsletter is on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view it. Read about "Energy Linkages", the 2003 Annual Chapter Conference, the Wild Trout VIII Symposium, the 21st Lowell Wakefield Symposium, and More!!!

Note that the FAX # in the pre-registration form for this newsletter has since been REVISED as noted in the link above!!!

A new web site: The Western Division of the American Fisheries Society has moved their site to a new location on the web at: http://www.wdafs.org Links on the Chapter website have (mostly) been updated --- don't forget to update your favorites/bookmarks/etc.
The Cultural Diversity Committee has a new Co-chair, check it out!!!

Also note that the Committee has issued an Application Form for the 2003 Travel Awards for Alaska Natives and Minorities in Fisheries --- Application deadline is 17 October 2003!!!

9/16/2003 2004 Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society
      Joint meeting with the Colorado/Wyoming and Bonneville Chapters of AFS and The Whirling Disease Foundation
   Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 February-4 March 2004

First Call for Papers - see web-link above to WD AFS's 2004 Annual Meeting for submission details, note the following deadlines:

  • Final deadline for symposia proposals is 1 October 2003
  • Final deadline for submitting an abstract is 10 January 2004
134th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
   Madison, Wisconsin, 22-26 August 2004

First Call for Papers has been issued - see the September 2003 Issue of Fisheries for submission details, note the following deadlines:

  • Final deadline for symposia proposals is 22 December  2003 (additional deadlines apply for symposia-see Fisheries)
  • Final deadline for submitting a contributed paper/poster abstract is 19 January 2004
8/22/2003 Contact information for the Fairbanks campus of the Student Subunit their 2003-2004 officers has been updated (current as of 4/30/2003), check out the subunit page for details.
Deadline Extended!!!  The Chapter is STILL soliciting nominations for the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Chapter Service Award (CSA) and the Wally Noerenberg Award (WNA) for Fishery Excellence. Details regarding nominations and a nomination form for the 2003 awards are available as an Adobe PDF file - 2003 AK AFS Award Nominations. The extended deadline for submitting nominations is September 19, 2003!!!.
4/29/2003 Posted the 2001 Annual Business Meeting Minutes held in Sitka, AK and 2002 Annual Business Meeting Minutes held in Girdwood, AK in the Business Meeting Minutes page.

The Fairbanks campus of the Student Subunit has new officers for 2003-2004, check out the subunit page for details.

Spring 2003 Newsletter
The Spring 2003 newsletter is on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view it. Read about Mapping Coastal Habitats in Southcentral Alaska using the ShoreZone Technique, Volunteer to help with the 2005 National AFS Meeting in Anchorage, Continuing Education Announcements, and More!!!

2/19/2003

Updated the Student Subunit page to correct the officers for the Fairbanks campus of the Student Subunit.

Updated the Committee Reports page to include the 2002 report for the Fish Key committee, along with a few other committee reports.

The US Forest Service (Thorne Bay Ranger District, Tongass National Forest) is recruiting for Fisheries Technicians (GS-0404-04/05) for next summer, Students Take Note - Check out the details on the Jobs page!!!
2/16/2003

The Chapter is soliciting nominations for the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Chapter Service Award (CSA) and the Wally Noerenberg Award (WNA) for Fishery Excellence. Details regarding nominations and a nomination form for the 2003 awards are available as an Adobe PDF file - 2003 AK AFS Award Nominations. Deadline for submitting nominations is July 31, 2003.

Most of the 2002 Annual Reports for the AK Chapter's committees have been posted in the Committee Reports page. 

Announcing the 2002 Best Paper/Poster Awards for the recent annual AK Chapter conference held in Girdwood. Also check-out the 2002 Cultural Diversity Travel Award, 2002 Meritorious Award, and 2002 Wally Noerenberg Award winners as well. Check them out!!!

Winter 2003 Newsletter
The Winter 2003 newsletter is on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view it. Read about Studying Run Characteristics of Chinook Salmon in the Yukon River Basin, 2002 Annual AK Chapter of AFS Conference highlights, Officer election results, 2002 Committee reports, and More!!!

The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society has sent a "Letter of Environmental Concerns" to Governor Murkowski, with copies to legislators and other interested parties in regards to the filing of an Executive Order to transfer habitat permitting function from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR) (see http://www.state.ak.us/local/eo107.pdf).  

At present, ADF&G has permitting responsibility for projects that may affect fish habitat while ADNR has responsibility for resource development.  The only way the Executive Order can be prevented is by the Alaska Legislature taking action to reject it before April 10.

You can find information about "advocacy" on the web sites for the Parent Society and for the Alaska Chapter in the Appendix of the Procedures Manual. More information will be included in the next issue of the Chapter's newsletter. If you have other questions, you can send Email queries to: akafs@hotmail.com.

A copy of the letter is available here as an Adobe PDF file (ConcLetterfinal.pdf).

12/19/2002

Annual Business Meeting Minutes are now available in the newly created Business Meeting Index page (currently incomplete at this time).

Made some updates and corrections to the History of Meeting Locations and Chapter Officers

Made some corrections to contact information in the Officers & Committees and the Student Subunit pages

Archived on 12/11/2002

The Continuing Education and Membership Committees ask you to fill out their LINK Disabled since survey is passed.

12/11/2002

Posted a corrected version of the Chapter's Bylaws  

2003 Chapter Annual Conference:
   Ecological and Sociological Linkages in Fisheries

Mark your calendars for November 3-6 to meet in Fairbanks. Further details will be posted later.

A New Officer has been elected for 2002-2003:

Molly Ahlgren  is our new Chapter Vice-President

Additionally,

Ray Hander has volunteered to serve as Treasurer taking over for Bob Ourso due to health issues.

The rest of your Executive Committee has changed as well:

David Wiswar is now Past President
Carol Kerkvliet is now President
Tim Joyce is now President-Elect

Additionally some new committee chairs and some new committees were formed. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page. 

The Juneau campus of the Student Subunit has new officers for 2002-2003, check out the subunit page for details.

10/18/2002

2002 Chapter Officer Elections
 You can VOTE on-line for this year's Officer Elections, November 22, 2002 is the deadline for voting. Check out the details in the Special Edition 2002 newsletter.
10/11/2002 The Program Booklet (Ebook resolution PDF File - 613 Kybtes) for the 2002 Annual Conference has been posted!!!!

10/8/2002

The Program Agenda for the 2002 Annual Conference has been posted!!!!
10/7/2002 The Fairbanks campus of the Student Subunit is having a meeting on October 16, 2002, also check out the announcement on their page regarding plans for the upcoming Chapter meeting in Girdwood.

Also posted the 2002-2003 Fairbanks Campus officers.
The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCB) is recruiting for two Fisheries Biologist positions. Check out the details on the Jobs page (Revised the contact information 12/11/02)
9/17/2002 Fall 2002 Newsletter
The Fall 2002 newsletter is on line in PDF format and you will need Adobe reader to view it. Read about the Last Call for Papers for the 2002 Annual Conference including the Plenary Speakers and Meeting Sessions, Improvements in Stock Assessment of Chinook Salmon in Southeast Alaska, and More!!!

2002 Chapter Annual Conference:
    Applied Research in Managing Alaska’s Fisheries

Mark your calendars for October 21-24 to meet in Girdwood at the Alyeska Prince Hotel for the 2002 Annual Conference of the AFS Chapter. We have some exciting sessions being developed and continuing education courses are planned. Further details are available in the link above.

Posted information on Abstract Guidelines (submission deadline of 20 September 2002!!!)and announced the 2002 Travel Award for AK Natives and Minorities in Fisheries (along with application forms) (submission deadline for the award is 4 October 2002) on the 2002 Chapter Annual Conference.
9/13/2002 Posted information on Accommodations and Transportation page on the 2002 Chapter Annual Conference.
9/9/2002 Last Call for Papers and Registration Form (corrected link to the 2002 form) newly posted along with an updated Continuing Education page on the 2002 Chapter Annual Conference.
Summer 2002 Newsletter
The Summer 2002 newsletter is on line in PDF format and you will need