Professional Awards The New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is offering professional and student awards to attend their annual meeting, February 6-8th, 2024. The meeting’s theme is “Fisheries Management in an Ever-Changing Environment: From Inlands to Ocean”. Please read the award descriptions below to nominate a deserving professional or student. Nomination applications can... Read More
NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 2024 ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 6-8, 2024 The Otesaga Resort Hotel REGISTATION IS NOW OPEN! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and thinking about the NY American Fisheries Society 2024 Meeting! To make sure everyone is able attend and share their exciting work, please read some... Read More
Diversity Travel Award The New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is offering two diversity-based “travel” awards to attend the annual meeting, including free meeting registration, workshop attendance, two nights of hotel accommodations for Chapter meeting, NY Chapter and AFS 1 year memberships The awards are designed to encourage recipients from underrepresented groups within... Read More
Klumb-Spindler Student Travel Awards The New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is offering student travel awards to attend their annual meeting, February 6-8th, 2024. The meeting’s theme is “Fisheries Management in an Ever-Changing Environment: From Inlands to Ocean”. These awards are given to promote student research and facilitate student interaction with the fish... Read More
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NY AFS ANNUAL MEETING 2024 The Otesaga Resort Hotel – February 6 – 8, 2024 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – The deadline for Abstract submission (oral presentations and poster presentations) is January 12th 2024. This year’s theme is “Fisheries Management in an Ever-Changing Environment: From Inlands to Oceans” We are looking forward to receiving your... Read More
Dr. Margaret Murphy, longtime NYAFS member and Fish Program Manager for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, has been elected as second vice president of the American Fisheries Society. Murphy was officially installed as an officer at the Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids that took place in August 2023, and will serve as president of the Society in... Read More
The NY Chapter of AFS is pleased to announce the 2024 Annual Meeting. Meeting Info: https://newyork.fisheries.org/annual-meeting/ Theme – “Fisheries management in an ever-changing environment: From inlands to oceans” Dates – Tuesday February 6th to Thursday February 8th, 2024 Location – The Otesaga Resort Hotel (Click to view map) Workshop – February 6, 2024 12:30PM-4:30PM Ice... Read More
The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and NYSDEC are looking to hire a post-doctoral data scientist. As part of an ongoing multi-partner effort to reconceptualize and re-design fisheries and ecosystem monitoring in the Hudson River, we invite applications for a position at the intersection of fisheries management and data science. The successful applicant will analyze... Read More
Contributed by Scott George, Posted 8/29/23: During June and July 2023, the USGS New York Water Science Center partnered with Smith-Root and the USGS READI-Net Program to pilot the use of a new prototype robotic eDNA sampler. This robot was installed inside the USGS streamgage at the Hudson River in Troy, NY. The robotic sampler... Read More
Contributed by Doug Carlson and Jim Haynes, Posted 8/3/23: Studies of Northern Sunfish (Lepomis peltastes), a Threatened Species in New York, in waters near Buffalo were most active from 2004-2014. An encompassing reporta of the findings was published by Dr. Jim Haynes (SUNY Brockport) and coauthors, and it concluded that this fish had become extirpated... Read More
