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December Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 4, 2020 Attendees: Tiffany, Rebecca, Paul CFTC Development (Rebecca) Have a reasonable number and diversity of products. Can use this to send targeted letters to specific vendors. Rebecca to draft a letter Member volunteers to recruit vendors and encourage reviews (Kayla) Call to student... Read More

November Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes November 13, 2020   Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany Virtual Annual Meeting reflection/discussion FITS-related symposia Letter of appreciation and shout out in newsletter and social media (Paul) Vendors/CFTC Need Volunteers to help recruit vendor and encourage product reviews (Kayla) FITS Volunteers needed Reach out to student... Read More

Missed the Symposium? Here’s what you missed in “Merging Data Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science to Solve Big Problems”

The FITS-sponsored symposium organized by Daniel Weaver and Paul Venturelli drew ten quality presentations at the AFS Virtual Annual Meeting. Many thanks to our organizers for making this happen in such a chaotic meeting year, and many thanks to our speakers for contributing to this great collection of papers!! You can read the abstracts here... Read More

Link to FITS Business meeting Sept 17th 4-5pm EDT

One last reminder of our annual business meeting on Thursday, September 17th from 4-5pm! We hope to see you there! Link to the meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/944560733 2020 FITS Business Meeting Agenda 2019 Reno FITS Business Meeting Minutes 2020 Secretary/Treasurer’s Report  Thank you, Your FITS ExCom Paul Venturelli, President Tiffany Hopper, President-Elect Rebecca Krogman, Past President Kayla Key,... Read More

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES 2020

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes September 11, 2020 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Rebecca, Tiffany, Dan Virtual AFS meeting FITS Related Symposia Action Item (Paul): Send reminder to members about FITS related symposia Big Data symposium (Dan) “Merging Data Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science to Solve Big Problems” No live session... Read More

The “must-see” symposia at AFS 2020!

Dear FITS members, AFS 2020 is upon us! Here is a list of FITS organized and/or sponsored symposia that you do not want to miss: – Merging Data Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science to Solve Big Problems (https://afs.confex.com/afs/2020/webprogrampreliminary/Session9352.html) – Angler Reporting and Data Validation (https://afs.confex.com/afs/2020/webprogrampreliminary/Session9365.html) – Marking, Tagging, and Tracking (https://afs.confex.com/afs/2020/webprogrampreliminary/Session9391.html) – Bayesian Inference:... Read More

Need fisheries equipment? Nets? Software solutions?

Check out the brand new Center for Fisheries Technology and Collaboration, a searchable online warehouse of fisheries products and services! This is designed to be a one-stop shop for fisheries professionals and students. Brought to you by the Fisheries Info and Tech Section, American Fisheries Society, and its partners, the CFTC is a free service... Read More