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.
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| Date of Posting |
# NEWS ITEMS # |
| 10/19/2008 |
The following updates to the 2008 Annual
Conference pages have been made: the Schedule-at-a-Glance page has been
updated and
the FIRST DRAFT of the Program Booklet has been posted, check the main Annual Meeting Link above for this
information. Also of note: The pre-registration deadline has passed, you will need to register on-site at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel if you missed that deadline. |
| 10/6/2008 | The Student Subunit page has been updated with the new officers for the Fairbanks AND the Juneau campus groups for the 2008-2009 academic year. Also posted a link to the Fairbanks campus group's on-line Blog. Check it out!!! |
| 8/24/2008 | The Summer 2008 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. |
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Select Meetings or Workshops of
Interest: October 23–November 2, 2008: PICES 17th Annual Meeting. This meeting with its theme of: “Beyond Observations to Achieving Understanding and Forecasting in a Changing North Pacific: Forward to the FUTURE,” will be held in Dalian, China. For more information, see: http://www.pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES17/background.aspx for details. November 17–20, 2008: AWRA 2008 Annual Water Resources Conference. The annual meeting of the AWRA will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information visit: http://www.awra.org/meetings/NewOrleans2008/index.html. November 23-25, 2008: International Symposium on the Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Surveys (BASIS): Climate Change, Production Trends, and Carrying Capacity of Pacific Salmon in the Bering Sea and Adjacent Waters to be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA. Visit http://www.npafc.org/new/basis_home.html for details. December 3–4, 2008: 11th International Flatfish Symposium. This meeting will be held at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook, Connecticut. Further information can be found on the symposium website: http://www.mi.nmfs.gov/flatfishbiologyworkshop.html. |
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| 7/21/2008 |
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 2008 Annual AFS Chapter Conference during October 27-30, 2008 in Anchorage, Alaska. See the link above for criteria for application. The deadline for application this year is September 26, 2008, the application form is available from the link above, or by contacting one of the Cultural Diversity co-chairs. |
| 5/27/2008 | The Spring 2008 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. |
| 2/11/2008 |
Just a few updates and additions to the 1/7/2008
News Items:
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| 1/7/2008 |
Just a few updates and additions to the 1/1/2008
News Items:
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| 1/1/2008 | Table of Contents for 1/1/2008 News Items (older items moved to Archives or updated above) |
This past year, the
Chapter's Executive Committee drafted and sent a “letter of concern” to
the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) regarding a proposed
stocking of McDonald Lake. ADF&G responded to this latter shortly
thereafter. Electronic copies of the letters are posted for our member's
information:
Also posted for reference purposes is a copy of the Request the AFS received from attorneys for the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez case, Baker v. Exxon Mobile Corp. (20 Kbyte PDF File), are seeking amicus support in regard to the Supreme Court's review of the Exxon Valdez oil spill punitive damages award, as previously communicated to Chapter members via the Chapter's email distribution list (on 12/17/2007). |
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At our 2007 Annual Conference held in Ketchikan the following Awards for 2007 were announced, Check out the recipients!!!
Check out this year's and past Chapter Award winners at: History of Award Recipients! |
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Two New Chapter Officers were elected recently:
The rest of your Executive Committee is now comprised of the following officers:
Additionally some vacancies and new committee chairs have recently been made. Check out the new contact information in the Officers & Committees page. |
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| Molly Ahlgren Scholarship Update - with the current closure of Sheldon Jackson University, procedures have been changed for awarding this scholarship, check out the link for details provided in the Awards/Scholarship page. | |
| 11/8/2007 | One correction to the contact information for the Fairbanks campus group for the Student Subunit's web-page has been made, |
| 10/28/2007 | Table of Contents for 10/28/2007 News Items (removed older items to Archives, newer items to items above) |
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The Fall 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. |
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The Student
Subunit's main web-page has been updated to include some new additions
revisions, including (but not limited to) the following):
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| 3/11/2007 | A "Letter of Concern" was sent to Alaska Governor Palin on January 5, 2007 regarding the previous administrations transferrence of the the authority to protect anadromous fish habitat and maintain fish passage from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. A copy of the letter is posted here: AK AFS Habitat_Letter_to_Governor (PDF file) |
| 4/6/2006
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Mixing
Zone Letter and
Spring 2006 Mixing Zone Update-Environmental Concerns Committee A mixing zone is an area in a water body where pollution levels exceed state water quality standards. In January of 2006, the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society went on record with a letter in opposition to allowing mixing zones in freshwater fish spawning habitats. This was in response to proposed regulatory amendments by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). The letter has been posted here (on the Chapter website - see link above). The "update" above is an HTML document version of the update that will be published in the Spring 2006 Chapter newsletter. |
| See the Archives for older news items. | |
Please send comments, corrections, questions to:allen.bingham@alaska.gov