AFS Beneath the Surface
A deep dive into the programs and people at the American Fisheries Society
Episodes
Today's episode features a preview of the first open access book to be published by AFS! Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico authors Gus Engman and Wes Neal recently stopped by the podcast to recap the book's development and the authors' history of freshwater research in Puerto Rico.
Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico
Authors: Thomas J. Kwak Augustin C. Engman Craig G. Lilyestrom J. Wesley Neal María de L...
AFS is excited to announce the launch of Fishbook - a fisheries collaborate network! In this episode, we're visiting with Beth Beard, to learn about the Fishbook project and how to join this online community.
Episode guest: Beth Beard AFS Senior Communications Manager
Fishbook is now online at https://fishbook.fisheries.org!
Update: AFS Annual Meeting Early Bird Registration deadline: June 4, 2025
Questions, comments, and su...
Have you ever wondered how the AFS Second Vice Presidential candidates are selected each year? With the AFS election completed for 2025, we thought it would be a good time to reflect back on the candidate selection process. This week's guest is Eric Fetherman, who just completed his term as the Chair of the AFS Nominating Committee. Eric helps explain the candidate recruitment and vetting process for the AFS elections.
Episode gu...
In this episode, San Antonio local meeting chair, Shaun Donovan, joins the podcast to preview the 2025 Annual Meeting. Learn about conference sessions and events, San Antonio travel tips, and more!
Episode guest:
Shaun Donovan
San Antonio River Authority
Local Chair, 2025 AFS Annual Meeting
https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/
Interview recording date: April 2, 2025
2025 AFS Annual Meeting - abstract submission deadline:
Ext...
On today's episode, we're talking all about the AFS Awards program! Our guests are current AFS Awards Committee chairs - Jessica Mistak and Natalie Coash. Jess and Natalie stopped by to talk about current efforts to update to the awards program and this year’s schedule for announcing the 2025 award recipients. In addition, we spent a fair amount of time talking about how AFS committee leadership can positively impact ...
Join us for another stop on our tour of AFS Sections! In this episode, we're featuring the Student and Early Career Professionals Subsection of the Education Section. Hadley Boehm, the current president of the Subsection, joins Beneath the Surface to chat about the Subsection's projects, as well as the benefits of mentoring and getting involved with AFS.
Episode guest:
Hadley Boehm
President, Student and Early Career Professional...
Interested in fisheries history? It's time to highlight another AFS Section - the Fisheries History Section! Section President Jeff Jolley joins the podcast to share updates on how this Section is working to reestablish itself and plan for the future.
Episode Guest: Jeff Jolley
Updates and Deadlines:
2025 Awards nominations deadline: April 1
Spring webinars:
Indigenizing Salmon Science and Management: March 19
Part 2 of 2 in the Second Vice President Candidate series!
The 2025 AFS officer election will be held March 20-April 22. AFS members will receive information via email regarding how to vote.
Today on AFS Beneath the Surface, get to know Second Vice President candidate, Jeff Heindel. Jeff shares his professional background and past involvement with AFS, as well as some ideas for the future.
This episode is part one of a two-part series!
The 2025 AFS officer election will be held March 20-April 22. Today on AFS Beneath the Surface, get to know Second Vice President candidate, Brent Nichols.
Brent stopped by Beneath the Surface to share his background and experience, so that AFS members and voters had a chance to "meet" him via this podcast episode.
Send questions, comments, and future podcast topics to lmaza@fisheri...
Black Bass 2025 will be held in August in San Antonio, in conjunction with the 2025 AFS Annual Meeting. Today's episode features Dave Philipp, one of the conference chairs, who stopped by recently to share a preview of this summer's conference.
Episode guest:
David Philipp, Fisheries Conservation Foundation
Conference inquires: BlackBass2025@fishconserve.org
Additional content may be added to ...
What is AFS's role in policy? And honestly, what is policy anyway? To answer these questions, we're going back to the beginning of the AFS policy program and chatting with the first (but now retired!) AFS Policy Director, Tom Bigford.
Episode Guest: Tom Bigford
Updates: Data & Technology Section webinar
January 28, 1 pm Eastern Time
2025 AFS Annual Meeting - Call for Sessions
Closes January 24th
Today we're continuing our tour of AFS sections - this time we're highlighting the Science Communication Section. Join Sci Comm Section president Kamden Glade, as he shares the section's history and how to get involved!
Episode Guest: Kamden Glade, Science Communication Section President
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Science Communication Section Social Media:
Instagram: @afs_scicomm
Twitter: @AFS_SciComm
Bluesky: @...
Have you ever asked what the term development means to non-profit organizations? Is it grant writing/management, relationship management, or fundraising? (or all of the above and more?)
AFS Development Manager, Jenna Hanks, is today's guest; she joins the podcast to help explain development at the American Fisheries Society.
Episode guest:
Jenna Hanks
AFS Development Manager
AFS Development - Additional Information
Updates:
In today's episode, we're taking a deep dive into the AFS Education Section. Join us to learn more about this Section's current and upcoming projects!
Episode guest:
Martin Hamel
President, AFS Education Section
Associate Professor, Fisheries Management & Ecology, University of Georgia
https://warnell.uga.edu/directory/people/martin-hamel
Updates
Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024!
Upcoming Webinar hosted by the Fisherie...
Did you know that AFS has over 20 sections, which focus on specific interest areas within fisheries? In today's episode, we're providing an overview of the Fisheries Management Section (FMS).
Episode guest: Julie Carter
President, AFS Fisheries Management Section
Upcoming webinar:
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
November 19, 2024 2 pm Eastern Time
Each year during the Annual Meeting, AFS welcomes a new president to lead the organization. In this episode, meet 2024-2025 AFS President Miguel Garcia Bermudez! Miguel shares his background and involvement in AFS, as well as what he's looking forward to during his presidency.
Episode guest: Miguel Garcia Bermudez
Updates/links:
Best Student Presentations Webinar
Thursday, October 24, 2024
3 pm Eastern Time
...
Meet the 2024 Award of Excellence recipient, Francis Juanes in today's episode! Dr. Juanes talks about his current and future projects, as well as past involvement in AFS.
Guest:
Francis Juanes
Liber Ero Professor of Fisheries
University of Victoria
Lab website: https://juaneslab.weebly.com/
FishSounds: https://fishsounds.net/index.js
Updates from AFS:
AFS photo album (2024 Annual Meeting and more): https://www.f...
Today's episode features an conversation with Sara Cannon, a member of the Respectful Meetings Working Group. Sara shares updates on the Working Group's initiatives for the Honolulu meeting, as well as tips for being a respectful visitor to the Hawaiian Islands.
Sara Cannon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at the University of British Columbia.
Additional Resources:
This episode is a preview of the soon-to-be-published second edition of Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes! Join book's editors to learn about the book's development, what's new in the Second Edition, and more.
Guests:
Scott Bonar
Norman Mercado-Silva
Kevin Pope
Erin Tracy
Standard Methods description:
Second updated edition of an important, popular reference book that provides standard sampling meth...
Today's episode features a conversation with Ben West, who has served as a consultant for AFS and other organizations in the fisheries and wildlife space, specifically for projects focused on strategic development, continuing education, and communication. The conversation highlights a recent professional development retreat hosted by AFS. This retreat focused on identifying challenges faced by professionals across fisheries & w...
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