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The Data and Technology Section is calling on YOU to submit your abstract for our 4th annual &#8220;MacGyvering: Innovative Problem Solving in Fisheries Science&#8221; Symposium at the American Fisheries Society national conference in San Antonio 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to share your solutions to fisheries dilemmas with a wider audience of likeminded Fisheries MacGyvers?<\/p>\n<p>We want to hear about your successes and failures. Submit your abstract if you&#8217;d like to highlight your inventions, repurposed technologies\/analytical tools, and start some broader conversations that may spark research and development to further fisheries science.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The best way to beat a problem is to make it work for you, by submitting to the MacGyver symposium no later than <strong>April 22<\/strong>, 2025&#8243; &#8211; Angus MacGyver<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Submit your abstract here:<a href=\"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org\/call-for-abstracts\/\"> https:\/\/afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org\/call-for-abstracts\/<\/a><br \/>\nQuestions? email: datatechnologysection@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFSFITS\">Facebook<\/a>: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFSFITS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:\u00a0<\/strong>Fisheries scientists are often successful in \u201cMacGyvering\u201d innovative solutions to a question or problem. 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