The EDUCATION SECTION of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) is an association of AFS members whose goals are to:

• improve the quality of education for fisheries students and scientists

• promote exchange of education information, techniques, and materials among educators and among educational institutions

• foster improved communication and information exchange among fishery educators, employers, fisheries specialists, students, and the public.

In this website you will find information useful to educators, students, and other professionals interested in fisheries education. The website includes information on the background, governance, special activities, and functions of the EDUCATION SECTION, as well as many links of interest to fisheries educators and students.

If you are interested in joining AFS and the EDUCATION SECTION, simply follow the link on becoming a member.

For more information on AFS, visit the official AFS website at http://www.fisheries.org.

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Excellence in Fisheries Education Award call for nominations and application guidelines are now available online.

The latest edition of the AFS Education Section Newsletter (Volume 27, Number 1, June 2006) is now online.

The companion visuals for the second edition of Fisheries Techniques are now available! For each textbook chapter, a series of figures and a PowerPoint presentation were developed, and they can be viewed and downloaded online. We hope you will find these visuals useful for your teaching. This project was undertaken by a special committee of the Education Section, co-chaired by Trent Sutton and Steve Lochmann. Thank you to the co-chairs, and especially to all the chapter authors and individuals who provided the figures.

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Last Updated December 12, 2005