{"id":144,"date":"2017-03-08T20:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallearn.wpengine.com\/ifs\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:12:19","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/about-ifs\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The precursor of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) International Fisheries Section (IFS) was a Special Committee on AFS Internationalism, which was formed by Past President Cam Stevenson in 1975 to stimulate greater international communication via symposia, joint meetings, and articles in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society and Fisheries (see Box 1). This committee also considered the feasibility of forming an AFS international subunit, a more inclusive name for the Society, a Mexican chapter, publishing journal abstracts in Spanish and Portuguese, publication donations, sponsoring AFS memberships, and formal liaisons with other professional fisheries societies. In 1986, the Internationalism Special Committee focused on establishing an international fisheries section, discussing the feasibility of a world fisheries congress, establishing an international fisheries scientist award, and increasing communication with fisheries scientists in developing countries…read more in the full\u00a0Fisheries\u00a0<\/i>article.<\/a> Below is a quote from the 4th<\/sup> issue of Fisheries magazine in 1976. It comes from editor Carl Sullivan and gives us a glimpse into the storied history of the American Fisheries Society.<\/p>\n

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2021.<\/strong> Welcomed first recipients of the OLAF International Membership Award<\/a>
\n2020.<\/strong> Hosted Virtual conference and business meeting in response to COVID-19 travel restrictions
\n2020.<\/strong> Notified of successful bid to host the 2024 World Fisheries Congress Conference in Seattle
\n2019<\/strong>. Updated Low and Middle Income Country (LMIC) AFS membership category
\n2019<\/strong>. Welcomed first AFS International Chapter, Egypt
\n2019<\/strong>. Launched Country Profiles series in Fisheries
\n2016<\/strong>. Sponsored Collaborations in Managing and Conserving Large River Basin Fishery Resources and Environment at the Kansas City AFS Annual Meeting
\n2016<\/strong>. Sponsored NoWPaS International Wild Salmonid Research Workshop, Quebec
\n2016<\/strong>. Third International Fisheries Science Prize awarded to Ray Hilborn at the World Fisheries Congress in Busan, Korea
\n2015<\/strong>. Led the elimination of higher AFS membership fees for international scientists (except for those living in developing countries) and the provision for reduced AFS Annual Meeting registration fees for members from developing nations
\n2015<\/strong>. Sponsored Standard Methods for Sampling Freshwater Fishes: Opportunities for International Collaboration at the AFS Portland Annual Meeting
\n2015<\/strong>. Contributed to program planning for the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission\u2019s symposium on recreational fishing in Lillehammer, Norway
\n2014<\/strong>. Provided funding and trade show oversight for the Western Division annual meeting in Mazatlan
\n2014<\/strong>. Supported travel for international speakers in three symposia: Dam Impacts on Fishery Resources; Jawless Fishes of the World; and Reproductive Behavior and Recruitment in Marine Fishes at the Quebec City AFS Annual Meeting
\n2013\u20132015<\/strong>. Supported formal agreements and president exchanges between AFS and the Australian Society for Fisheries Biology, Brazilian Society of Ichthyology, China Society of Fisheries, Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, and Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science
\n2012<\/strong>. Second International Fisheries Science Prize awarded to Ian Cowx at the World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh, U.K.
\n2009<\/strong>. Sponsored Tag 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand
\n2008<\/strong>. First International Fisheries Science Prize awarded to Kurt Fausch at the World Fisheries Congress in Yokohama, Japan
\n2006<\/strong>. Established the International Fisheries Science Prize
\n2006<\/strong>. AFS Mexico Chapter formed, with support of Western Division and IFS
\n2005<\/strong>. Sponsored Science Bridging Five Nations: The Bering\u2013Aleutian Salmon International Survey with the Genetics Section at the AFS Anchorage Annual Meeting
\n2004\u20132005<\/strong>. Coordinated AFS Indonesian tsunami relief efforts
\n2004<\/strong>. Co-sponsored the World Fisheries Congress in Vancouver, BC, Canada
\n2004<\/strong>. Established the International (Developing Countries) Membership Fund
\n2004<\/strong>. Proposed reduced membership fees for persons from developing countries
\n2002<\/strong>. Led AFS Governing Board retreat: Devising a Strategy for AFS International Activities: Putting the Pieces Together
\n2001<\/strong>. Established the International Fisheries Endowment Fund
\n2001<\/strong>. Sponsored a variety of Mexican presentations integrated throughout the program at the AFS Phoenix Annual Meeting
\n2000<\/strong>. Sponsored International Conference on Wood in the World\u2019s Rivers in Corvallis, Oregon
\n1999<\/strong>. Organized first North America\/China symposium for the AFS Charlotte Annual Meeting
\n1997<\/strong>. Sponsored Biology of Fisheries for Sharks in the Mexican\u2013Pacific and Adjacent Areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean at the AFS Monterey Annual Meeting
\n1995<\/strong>. Sponsored three symposia assisting 75 individuals from Mexico, Cuba, and Central and South America to participate in the AFS Tampa Annual Meeting
\n1993<\/strong>. Sponsored Spotlight on Fisheries Resources of the North Pacific at the AFS Portland Annual Meeting
\n1993<\/strong>. Organized the Bridge to Mexico program to increase interactions among Mexican and other North American fishery scientists
\n1992<\/strong>. Organized State of the World\u2019s Fisheries: Report of the World Fisheries Congress at the AFS Rapid City Annual Meeting
\n1992<\/strong>. Led the formation of the first World Fisheries Congress, held in Athens, Greece
\n1992<\/strong>. Completed Directory of Mexican Fisheries Biologists and Ichthyologists
\n1991<\/strong>. Established the Sullivan Memorial Membership Award to assist AFS memberships and annual meeting participation by non\u2013 North American fishery scientists
\n1991<\/strong>. Sponsored Management of Highly Migratory Atlantic Swordfish and Mexican Fisheries: Exemplary Studies and Opportunities for Collaborations at the AFS San Antonio Annual Meeting
\n1990<\/strong>. Sponsored Pan-Caribbean Fisheries: The Needs and Opportunities for Communication at the AFS Pittsburgh Annual Meeting
\n1988<\/strong>. Organized Fisheries Management in Developing Countries: Problems and Opportunities for the AFS Toronto Annual Meeting
\n1987<\/strong>. International Fisheries Section formed
\n1975<\/strong>. AFS President Cam Stevenson established Special Committee on AFS Internationalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The precursor of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) International Fisheries Section (IFS) was a Special Committee on AFS Internationalism, which was formed by Past President Cam Stevenson in 1975 to stimulate greater international communication via symposia, joint meetings, and articles in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society and Fisheries (see Box 1). This committee also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd","first-child","last-child"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldunitsstaging.fisheries.org\/ifs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}