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.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The latest edition of the AFS Education Section Newsletter (Volume 29, Number 2, November 2008) is now online.
Survey Results: Assessing AFS Student Needs and Desires
The Incredible Skinner Challenge: An Investment in our Future
The American Fisheries Society and fisheries students seek your help in bolstering our AFS John E. Skinner Memorial Fund. The Skinner Award provides travel support for undergraduate and graduate students to attend the annual AFS parent society meeting. The Fund and Award are administered by the Education Section, but it is an AFS society award. In recent years, we have been granting awards to 8-10 outstanding students (up to $800), depending on the yield from the endowment fund. The Skinner is among the most prestigious, popular, and competitive student awards.
The Education Section recently passed a motion to augment the Skinner Endowment by $25,000 with Section Funds. We further voted to initiate a matching cost-challenge to all other AFS units to further enhance the fund.
*The Education Section will match all contributions to the Skinner Fund up to a total of $25,000!
View the Minutes of the 2007 Annual Business Meeting.
View the revision of the process for judging student presentations at the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society.
The Excellence in Fisheries Education Award 2008 call for nominations and application guidelines are now available.
The Student Subsection of the Education Section of the American Fisheries Society has a new website. Click here to view (optimized for Windows Internet Explorer).
View the background material and the resolutions of the American Fisheries Society concerning the teaching of alternatives to evolution.
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 September 29, 2008