AFS President Steve McMullin<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text animation=”right-to-left”]The 148th<\/span>\u00a0Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society will take place August 19-23 in Atlantic City, NJ. We expect more than 1,500 fisheries professionals to network and share information related to the meeting theme, \u201cCommunicating the science of fisheries conservation to diverse audiences.\u201d The meeting theme reflects the three main priorities of my plan of work:<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Increasing diversity within the fisheries profession.<\/em><\/li>\n
2. Communicating fisheries science to professional and nontechnical audiences.<\/em><\/li>\n
3. Revising the AFS strategic plan for the period 2020-2024.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   What have we accomplished relative to those priorities?\u00a0 A few of the highlights include…<\/em>Read more<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”Accomplishing Our Mission – 2017 Highlights” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%231f4477″ google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][vc_basic_grid post_type=”page” max_items=”6″ orderby=”title” order=”ASC” item=”5679″ initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1534553822436-1511916b-4cf5-6″ exclude=”5665, 5674, 10, 5642, 5642, 15, 23, 5810, 5767, 5822″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/annualreport.fisheries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/06\/KanalkuFallsAK-1.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” video_loop=”false” min_height=”600″ full_width=”true” padding_top=”25″ margin_bottom=”20″ animation=”fade-in” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”100″][vc_custom_heading text=”Subscribe to our
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   Executive Director Doug Austen<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text animation=”right-to-left”]There were many reasons to be grateful in 2017.\u00a0 Society membership numbers were up from the previous year. Folks told us that making all of our journals accessible online for free was a momentous benefit. Not only did they find out that they had free access to five journals, plus <\/em>Fisheries, but they saw publications with a new look and a more dynamic social media presence. For example, working with our new publisher, Wiley, we planned collective, interactive issues that will become a regular \u201cgift\u201d to our fisheries science students and professionals well into the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

   President Steve McMullin and the Governing Board focused on a number of issues to move the Society .<\/em>.…<\/em>Read more<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/annualreport.fisheries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/06\/true-blue-background.jpg” bg_color=”#81d742″ bg_stretch=”true” video_loop=”false” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”76″][vc_custom_heading text=”AFS By the Numbers” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1528381126907{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/annualreport.fisheries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/06\/true-blue-background.jpg” bg_color=”#81d742″ enable_3d=”true” video_loop=”false” min_height=”203″ full_width=”true” padding_top=”80″ padding_bottom=”40″ top_shape_color=”#ffffff” bottom_shape_color=”#ffffff” first_page=”false” last_page=”false” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/4″][mk_milestone icon=”mk-li-book” icon_size=”large” align=”center” icon_color=”#ffffff” stop=”347″ text=”Peer-reviewed articles published in 2017″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_size=”36″ font_family=”Dosis” font_type=”google” font_weight=”300″ desc_size=”18″][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][mk_milestone icon=”mk-li-users” icon_size=”large” align=”center” icon_color=”#ffffff” stop=”1624″ text=”Attendees at the Annual Meeting in Tampa” text_color=”#ffffff” text_size=”36″ font_family=”Dosis” font_type=”google” font_weight=”300″ desc_size=”18″][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][mk_milestone icon=”mk-li-mortarboard” icon_size=”large” align=”center” icon_color=”#ffffff” stop=”76″ text=”Hours of CE classes in Tampa” text_color=”#ffffff” text_size=”36″ font_family=”Dosis” font_type=”google” font_weight=”300″ desc_size=”18″][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][mk_milestone icon=”mk-li-apeaker” icon_size=”large” align=”center” icon_color=”#ffffff” stop=”19707″ text=”Social Media Followers” text_color=”#ffffff” text_size=”36″ font_family=”Dosis” font_type=”google” font_weight=”300″ desc_size=”18″][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_color=”#ffffff” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”Program Updates” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%231f4477″ google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][vc_masonry_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”12″ gap=”15″ orderby=”title” order=”ASC” item=”5677″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1534553822455-3372601e-1f3c-2″ css=”.vc_custom_1528384369996{background-color: #cccccc !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/annualreport.fisheries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/06\/AAdams-0282-full.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” video_loop=”false” min_height=”352″ full_width=”true” js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”40″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”Support Your Society” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1469490961001{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Ffisheries.org%2Fabout%2Fdonate%2F|title:Support%20Your%20Society||”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=”Donate Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffffff” custom_text=”#1f4477″ shape=”square” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffisheries.org%2Fabout%2Fsupport-afs%2F|title:Donate%20Now||”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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