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Fisheries IT position

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

Big Data Symposium

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

Plan Ahead for Easy Meeting Scheduling!

Did you know there will not be a printed scheduled for AFS Reno? Plan your meeting early by taking the following steps: Download the meeting app to your smartphone. Click here for Google Play or here for Apple. Set up multi-device sync on the app (see instructions below). Visit https://plan.core-apps.com/afs_tws2019/login and use the same credentials... Read More

Add a Workshop to Your Schedule!

FITS is proud to bring you the course Database Concepts, Designs, and Application in Wildlife and Fisheries Science, a relevant topic whether you are just starting out or have worked for a long time in the struggle to manage data well. We also encourage you to check out these great workshops and sign up if... Read More

What’s a Tech Talk?

A Tech Talk  is a fresh new way to check out solutions without the pressure that may come from walking through the trade show. FITS has worked closely with AFS Bethesda to identify a few vendors who wanted to share a really cool solution or product with you in a different way.  If you have any... Read More

Add these Symposia to your Schedule

Planned, sponsored, and supported by FITS, an overwhelming number of symposia this year focus on advanced technology applications in fisheries and wildlife science. Do not miss these! Click on a link to add it to your schedule on your browser or app. FITS-led Integrating Advanced Technologies into Fisheries and Wildlife Science FITS-sponsored Marking, Tagging, and... Read More