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AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 13, 2020 Attendees: Kayla, Rebecca, Paul, Dan, Tiffany Old Business Rebecca has fixed the email/newsletter issue. Limited to one user on mailchimp and limits on sending emails Difficult to manage as a group MailPoet has been activated on the FITS Site. Action Item:... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes February 14, 2020 Attendees: Dan, Kayla, Rebecca, Paul Review of business meeting feedback Goals Filming continuing education workshops Host on a website, potentially charge small fee for non-members to watch or make access only for members of FITS (incentives for joining FITS). If... Read More
The Fisheries Information Technology Section is pleased to announce a symposium for AFS 2020 in Columbus centered around emerging challenges associated with processing, manipulating, and analyzing large data sets to inform fisheries and aquatic science or, broadly speaking, natural resource management. See the full abstract description below and contact Dan Weaver (daniel.weaver@maine.edu) or Paul Venturelli... Read More
**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED** Subject experts are needed to assist on several efforts. If interested please contact a FITS officer. These efforts are: Regulatory changes to the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act have been proposed that will have significant impacts to fisheries. We need NEPA experts to help review the proposed changes to identify concerns and provide information... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 10, 2020 Attendees: Dan, Kayla, Tiffany, Paul Discuss business meeting feedback Table discussion on meeting feedback for next meeting Please read over before next meeting AFS 2020 updates Big Data symposium (speakers, coordination, funding) (Dan) Reach out to AFS management section for help with... Read More
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is recruiting for a person to handle their IT infrastructure. The attached job description doesn’t highlight it well, but an individual with the outlined IT skills who also has a background and/or experience in fisheries data analysis would have a significant competitive advantage. Read More
Greetings FITS members: Are you a manager or researcher that uses large data sets? The FITS ex-comm is putting together a symposium for AFS 2020 in Columbus entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities of Using Big Data to Address Fisheries Management Issues.” We would like you to contribute! Here is a description of our symposium: Advancing technologies... Read More
The AFS journals app is now available for Apple and Android devices! Browse the latest science and download individual papers as well as full issues. Customize your app so you see only your favorite AFS titles. Search under “American Fisheries Society,” download, and sign in using your AFS member login. Read More
OFWIM 2019 is just around the corner! All abstracts for papers and the Hacker’s Ball (poster/demo session) are due by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. Get yours in today! Abstracts: https://www.regonline.com/ofwim19abstracts Register: https://www.regonline.com/2019OFWIM Read More
Kevin Oxenrider (WV DNR Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Leader) will be hosting OFWIM’s second workshop offering at the 2019 annual meeting: Herp Tracking and Technology! This is a perfect workshop for any biologist or information manager who wants to learn more about the tools used to collect spatial data and how these data are used... Read More
