American Fisheries Society
Alaska Chapter
The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is a professional organization of individuals interested in maintaining high standards for the fisheries profession and ensuring conservation of Alaska's fisheries. This web site is a source of current information regarding the Alaska Chapter and its activities.

History of Continuing Education Courses
Sponsored by the AK Chapter of the AFS

(Prepared from information provided by Toshihide "Hamachan" Hamazaki
please send corrections/updates to Hamachan at: hamachan_hamazaki@fishgame.state.ak.us

Year	Course(s)
1989	Fish Habitat Improvement Workshop (Reichmuth, Bisson, Koski) Craig, Ak – 3 days (mid Sept)
	Technical Writing  (Jud Monroe) Anchorage – (April)
1990	Technical Writing (Jud Monroe) – Anchorage (January)
	Russian 101 (Richard Goldstein) Anchorage – 21 hour courses (March – April)
	Russian 101 (Richard Goldstein) Anchorage – 18 hour courses (Nov, Dec).
	Nonparametric Statistics (Dave Bowden) Fairbanks – 5 days (mid May)
	Fish Habitat Improvement Workshop Anchorage – Tu-Th (mid July)
1996	Applications of Recruitment Models to Fisheries Data (James Geaghan and Barry Moser) Anchorage – 5 days
	(Beverton-Holt, Yield per Recruit, VPA and Cohort Analysis, estimation)
1997	Natural Resources Communication (Jan Hooper) Anchorage, Fall, 2.5 days
	SAS – Beginning, Eagle River, Fall, 5 days
	SAS – advanced, Eagel River, Fall, 5 days
1998	GIS (Anchorage)  March - 1 day
	Internet Applications (Anchorage) Spring -½ day
	Software (Anchorage) Spring - ½ day
1999	Resource Selection by Animals, Applications for GIS Data (Trent McDonald, WEST) Kodiak, Nov (Conference) 1 day
2000	Bootstrap Data Analysis: Concepts and Applications (Joel Reynolds) Fairbanks, Chapter meeting, ½ day
	Everything you wanted to know about genetics (Carol Kerkvliet, Jeff Olsen) Fairbanks meeting, ½ day
2001	Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), April, Anchorage
	Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), October, Fairbanks
	Data Visualization (for the graphically impaired) (Joel Reynolds), Sitka, Chapter meeting (1/2 day)
2002	Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), March, Juneau
	Remote Video Workshop (Ted Otis, Dave Daum, Dan Urban), Oct., Girdwood
	Telemetry Methods (John Eiler, NMFS/NOAA Auke Bay), Oct., Girdwood
	Human Factors (David Bella, Univ. Oregon), Oct. Girdwood
2003	Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), April, Anchorage
	Basic & Advanced GIS Techniques for Fish Biologists (Michael Porter), Fairbanks, Chapter meeting, weekend full day
	Basic ACCESS 2000 (Kim Gray), Fairbanks, Chapter meeting, 1/2 day
	Effective Communication with the Press and Public (Lisa Olson), Fairbanks, Chapter meeting, 1/2 day
2004	Scientific and Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), April, Anchorage
	Basic & Advanced GIS (Cherie Northon & Thomas Eley), Sitka, full day
	Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (Steve Fleischman, ADF&G) 1/2 day
	Roberts Rule (Joe Margraf, UAF) ½ day
2005	Technical Writing Workshop (Jud Monroe), March: Juneau, May: Kodiak