The Fisheries Information and Technology Section of the American Fisheries Society encourages you to submit abstracts to present in the following two symposia at the American Fisheries Society Conference in Spokane, Washington, August 21-25, 2022. “MacGyvering”: Innovative Problem Solving in Fisheries Science We want to hear from all you tinkerers, inventers, and repurposers…the “MacGyvers” of... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes March 14, 2022 Attendees: Tiffany, Paul, Patrick, Kayla Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) Table until next meeting Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Required steps – membership involvement to identify new name, bylaws change, membership approval to bylaws and then... Read More
FITS annual membership renewal giveway is a way for FITS to give back to it’s members by covering the renewal fee of a FITS section membership for the next year. Congratulations to our lucky winners who were randomly selected and notified last month. The following lucky members will receive an automatic Section renewal for 2022:... Read More
We are looking for FITS members who would like to get more involved and learn about FITS and AFS! List of Opportunities: Center for Fisheries Technology and Collaboration (CFTC)- Contact Rebecca Krogman (Rebecca.Krogman@dnr.iowa.gov) FITS Awards committee- Contact Kayla Key (kayla.key@tn.gov) This committee will manage the three following award programs: Partnership travel award https://units.fisheries.org/fits/awards-and-recognition/partnership-travel-award/ Two open... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes February 18, 2022 Present: Chelsea Myles-McBurney, Paul Venturelli, Tiffany Hopper Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions Chelsea sent email for “are you still interested in” Need to investigate why messages are going into spam Chelsea ran spam test Results: 6.7/10 Revisit... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 19, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany, Patrick Old Business Mail poet Update from Chelsea Looking at options for code to automatically update list “It’s been a while” e-mail has been drafted and will send out this week. Revisited discussion of paying to upgrade in... Read More
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 15, 2021 Attendees: Kayla, Paul, Tiffany, Patrick, Chelsea AFS Baltimore Review “COVID Effects” Symposium (Tiffany) Small group of presenters, but it was very well attended. Great talks and great discussions! Annual Business Meeting SWOT Analysis Follow Up (Tiffany) Strengths-keep going with these Weakness- specific... Read More
The Fisheries Information and Technology Section Annual Business Meeting is set for November 9th from 12:15 to 1:45pm (EDT) in the Hilton’s Tilghman Room. Please review the minutes from last year & the Secretary/ Treasurer Report as we will only cover highlights from these documents. Both can be found on our website at the following links 2020 FITS... Read More
The Fisheries Information and Technology Section Annual Business Meeting is set for November 9th from 12:15 to 1:45pm in the Hilton’s Tilghman Room. Light refreshments will be provided. More information coming soon! Read More
Thanks to our wonderful member Sarah Grasty (former Communications Chair) and her co-authors, the latest issue of Fisheries Magazine includes a great look at tech being used monitoring and studying fish passage! Here’s a sneak peek: Over the past several decades, technological innovation has advanced so rapidly that it is hard for many of us... Read More
