Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | Volume 1, Issue 2 |
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From the President by Bernard A. Megrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Student AFS Memberships from the Carl R. Sullivan International Membership Program Continue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Carl R. Sullivan International Membership Endowment Program was established to grant full American Fisheries Society memberships to scientists, biologists, and mangers from english speaking countries.
Benefits include full paid membership in AFS for 3 years, a choice of one hardcopy or two electronic journals,
the monthly AFS magazine Fisheries, and discounted purchase of books and journals.
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Reciprocal Membership Agreement with the Australian Society of Fish Biology Established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recently the International Fisheries Section
entered into a reciprocal agreement with the
Australian Society of Fish Biology (ASFB) to exchange
memberships for students. |
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AFS Book and Journal Donations to China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As part of its ongoing journal donation program, the IFS is preparing to donate a long list of AFS titles to the Shanghai Fisheries
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GET INVOLVED! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Expect to see this part of Enotes
on a permanent basis. All section activity is accomplished through the hard work
of a group of volunteers and there are numerous areas where the section could use some assistance.
We are currently looking for volunteers to maintain
the section web page and/or serve as newsletter editor
serve
on a nominating committee
people
to run for office
coordinate
journal donations
serve on the International Endowment Committee Also, please feel free to let us know activities or areas you think might be worthwhile for the section to get involved or opportunities you see that are relevant to the section. |
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Recent Article on Global Fisheries Declines Still in the News | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the last issue
of Enotes we reported a recent article which indicated that declines in global
fisheries resources are masked by over-reporting of catches.
This article has
received a lot of press as of late.
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More Chinese Fisheries Books Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More hard to find books on Chinese fisheries are available for purchase. Click here or here to visit the publishers. Or click here to see the most recent list |
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AFS/IFS Looks to Mexico for Expanded Membership and Scientific Interaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In April 2002 I will be visiting fisheries laboratories and institutions in LaPaz Mexico where I hope to make contact with our scientific colleagues to the south. I plan to present a seminar on the benefits of joining AFS and hope to give away several memberships to Mexican scientists. I'll be reporting more on the outcome of this visit in later issues. |
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IFS President visits Japan to promote AFS and the World Fisheries Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In January 2002 I had the privilege of visiting Japan for a North Pacific Marine Science
Organization (PICES)
international modeling workshop. While there on "official" business I took the opportunity to acquaint
Pacific Rim scientists from Japan, Korea, Russia and China with AFS and the upcoming World Fisheries
Congress. Visited were the Nemuro Fisherman Research Institute in the City of
Nemuro on the northern island of Hokkaido, Hokadate Fisheries University, and the Frontier
Research Institute for Global Climate Change in Yokohama. While in Tokyo I had a wonderful experience visiting the
world famous Tsukiji Central Wholesale Fish Market, where bluefin tunas are auctioned off at $30,000 per fish!!! On
January 5, 2001, the first auction of the year, a 444 lb bluefin was auctioned off for $174,000US.
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 International Endowment Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I'm extremely happy to report that contributions to the newly
established International Endowment Fund have been
accumulating at quite a rapid pace. As of the date of this version of Enotes,
the Fund has almost quadrupled from the original $1,000 seed money
contributed by the International Fisheries Section. Here is a summary of subunit
support to date:
Sincere thanks to all who have supported the Fund. Because of high level of support and keen interest expressed by AFS, I feel it is appropriate to repeat some background information on the goals of the fund from the last issue of Enotes. The International Endowment Fund will provide long-term future opportunities for the Society and the International Fisheries Section (IFS) to support international fisheries activities that support the Society's long term international goals. Currently, international members are not subsidized by American Fisheries Society (AFS) dues pass back to Divisions or Chapters. The Endowment Fund is a way to "payback" the international members who have and will continue to support the Society. AFS members have wanted for many years to provide a source of funding support for international activities. This fund will help the Society meet its Strategic Plan goals for international programs. This endowment will be managed by the AFS and when sufficient investment revenues become available, proceeds will be administered by a committee, established by the International Fisheries Section, and used for a variety of international programs and projects. The committee will prepare guidelines, protocols, and related administrative tasks. We see proceeds from the fund being used to support activities such as sponsoring international memberships, purchasing books and journals, supporting speakers here and abroad, providing seed money for international conferences, symposia and workshops, and to helping to publish articles and books. We are planning on targeting students, biologists, managers and scientists during the early stages of their career as recipients of grants and awards. At the 3rd World Fisheries Congress the International Fisheries Section Executive Committee voted to contribute $1,000 to start the fund. The IFS presented a proposal to establish the fund at the 2001 midterm AFS governing board meeting. The proposal was approved by the Governing Board. The IFS offers this contribution as a challenge to other AFS subunits to begin building for our Society's future in international fisheries. All AFS subunits will be encouraged to participate and support the fund's activities. Also 50% of the raffle proceeds from the next AFS meeting will be devoted to building the fund. More information on the fund and this project can be found section web page. Please note that the International Section is looking for people to serve on a committee to develop a charter, terms of reference and selection criteria (see below). More information can be found on the section web page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the News | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Items presented here were collected from internet news feeds and information portals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If you have any questions, comments or suggestion please contact me
at (206) 526-4147. Or e-mail me
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Well, based on many comments returned to me via email, it looks like the
response to Enotes is extremely
positive! Thanks to all who took the time to express their feelings.
On November 12-13, 2001, the 4th World Fisheries Congress Program Committee met for the first time on the
University of British Columbia Campus in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. I participated in the
meeting along with IFS and International Steering Committee members Max Stocker and Vidar Wespestad.
A provisional program was put together including topic sessions and a preliminary list of keynote speakers.
These are being circulated to International Steering Committee members and others for comment. 
