Echoview is offering a free half-day workshop on Simrad EK80 wideband data processing in Echoview on Friday, March 31, 2023. The workshop is open to anyone who can attend in-person at the ICES Fisheries and Plankton Acoustics Symposium in Portland, Maine. ICES (the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) is hosting a four-day... Read More
Our CFT Partner Jonah Ventures has started creating dashboards for visualization and analysis of metabarcoding and qPCR time series data. Check it out! Many of our clients collect data over time and are in need of customize visualizations. At Jonah, we have begun creating new informative dashboards for our clients. Our JonahInsight Dashboard optimizes visualization and... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes February 14, 2023 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Paul, Chelsea, Patrick Old Business Bylaws changes Secretary/treasurer split- Action item: Kayla will send draft to ExCom to review, and Tiffany will include in updates. 2023 President-elect election We received two highly qualified candidates Election... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 12, 2023 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Paul, Chelsea, Patrick Old Business Bylaws changes Conflict of Interest statement “The Center for Fisheries Technology shall be maintained by a committee of members from the Section (hereafter, Committee). All members are eligible to serve... Read More
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Fisheries and Plankton Acoustics Symposium will be held on 27-30 March 2023 in Portland, Maine, USA. The theme is “From Echosounders to the Cloud: Transforming Acoustic Data to Information.” The 2023 Symposium marks the 50th anniversary since the first ICES sponsored Symposium on Fisheries Acoustics and... Read More
In case you missed all the cool stuff this year at Wildlife Computers, here’s a look back. Wildlife Computers Unveils the Future of SPLASH—we’ve incorporated researcher input to create a new line of SPLASH tags that offer greater flexibility and improved data throughput. The updated models will have the simpler name of SPLASH, without the... Read More
We want you to run for FITS President! Come join the vibrant team of leaders in FITS as we serve on the Governing Board of AFS, create exciting symposia, host advanced workshops, and award deserving individuals in the fisheries science profession. The election for the position is planned for March. The winner of the election... Read More
The holidays are always busy! Our Center for Fisheries Technology partners haven’t posted a lot of news recently, but we do have a nice series of “How-To” videos from both water chemistry monitoring partners in case you’re spending the winter hours in the lab maintaining equipment. Many thanks to our partners In-Situ and Eureka Water... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes October 17, 2022 Attendees: Tiffany, Kayla, Paul, Patrick, and Chelsea Old Business AFS Spokane Bylaws changes Conflict of Interest statement in by-laws (Rebecca had volunteered to draft proposed language) Bylaws change to remove requirement for 2 candidates for each election Add language that says two... Read More
Below you can find the minutes from 2022 FITS Business Meeting in Spokane 2022 FITS Annual Business Read More
