American Fisheries Society • Alaska Chapter

51st Annual Meeting • March 17–21, 2025 • Ketchikan, AK

Schedule-at-a-Glance

Meeting Schedule

 

(subject to changes and adjustments)

Ted Ferry Civic Center Facility Map

 
Date/Time
Activity
Location
 Sunday March 16 
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMAlaska Native Lamprey WorkshopTed Ferry Civic Center or virtual
   
 Monday March 17 
8:00 AM – 12:00 PMIntroduction to Plotting Data in ggplotTed Ferry Civic Center
1:00 PM – 5:00 PMEcotoxicology 101 for Fish BiologistsTed Ferry Civic Center or virtual
6:15 PM – 9:00 PMWelcome Social (Registration desk open)Cape Fox
 Tuesday March 18 
8:00 AM – 12:00 PMConference Welcome – Land Acknowledgement 
8:30 AMPlenary Speaker – Randy BrownTed Ferry Civic Center
9:15 AMCoffee Break – Mentorship Mixer (45 min)Ted Ferry Civic Center
10:00 AM – 12:00 PMSession 1 – Pervasive, Evasive, Invasive, and Interdisciplinary SymposiumTed Ferry Civic Center
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch -Our Land and Sea Traditional Food Potluck hosted by RAETed Ferry Civic Center
1:00 PM – 2:30 PMSession 2 – Bright Scales, Bright FuturesTed Ferry Civic Center
2:30 PM – 3:00 PMCoffee Break – Affinity group: 1st generation college studentTed Ferry Civic Center
3:00 PM – 4:30 PMSession 2 – Bright Scales, Bright FuturesTed Ferry Civic Center
5:00 PM – 7:00 PMFilm FestivalDiscovery Center
6:30 PM – 9:00 PMTriviaAnnabelle’s Chower House
 Wednesday March 19 
7:00 AM – 7:45 AMPast Presidents BreakfastLocal Grounds Café
8:00 AMWelcome Message and daily agendaTed Ferry Civic Center
8:30 AM – 10:30 AMSession 3: Collaboration and innovation in shellfish/groundfish research and management & Session 4: Salmon Round 2Ted Ferry Civic Center
10:30 AM – 11:00 AMCoffee Break – Affinity group: Mental Health, Chronic Illness, and People with DisabilitiesTed Ferry Civic Center
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMSession 3: Collaboration and innovation in shellfish/groundfish research and management & Session 4: Salmon Round 2Ted Ferry Civic Center
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch – Women in Fisheries LunchTed Ferry Civic Center
1:00 PM – 3:00 PMInvasive European Green Crab Early Detection MonitoringTed Ferry Civic Center
2:30 PM – 3:00 PMCoffee break – Affinity group: Dependent CaregiversTed Ferry Civic Center
3:00 PM – 4:30PMSession 4: Bridging the gap between fish passage and fish habitat in Southeast Alaska  & Session 6: Muscling Mussels to Rusting Rivers, a Diverse Array of PresentationsTed Ferry Civic Center
5:00 PM – 6:00 PMSpawning Run 5kKetchikan Fire Department
5:30 PM – 7:30 PMInvasive European Green Crab Early Detection MonitoringDiscovery Center
 Thursday March 20 
8:00 AM – 8:30 AMWelcome and agendaTed Ferry Civic Center
8:30 AM – 10:30 AMPoster SessionTed Ferry Civic Center
10:30 AM – 11:00 AMCoffee Break – Affinity group: LGBTQIA2S+Ted Ferry Civic Center
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMSession 5: Look what you made me do, data and technology, reimagining data collection and data visualizationTed Ferry Civic Center
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch : Business MeetingTed Ferry Civic Center
1:00 PM – 3:00 PMSession 5: Look what you made me do, data and technology, reimagining data collection and data visualizationTed Ferry Civic Center
2:00 PM – 2:30 PMCoffee Break – Affinity group: BIPOCTed Ferry Civic Center
2:30 PM – 5:00 PMSession 6: Freshwater Resident Species Research in AlaskaTed Ferry Civic Center
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMAwards Ceremony and BanquetTed Ferry Civic Center
 Friday March 21 
10:00 AM – 12:00 PMWhitman  Lake Hatchery Tour (shuttle from Cape Fox at 9:30 AM)Whitman Lake Hatchery
1:30 PM – 3:30 PMOceansAlaskaOceansAlaska Hatchery

Our Collective Land and Sea: Weaving Fish, Habitat, and People

51st Annual Meeting of AFS - Alaska Chapter
Ketchikan, AK

THANKS TO OUR AMAZING SPONSORS!!!

Doug Molyneaux