American Fisheries Society
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES SECTION
Annual Business Meeting
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
5-7pm, Atlantis, Emerald B/C

 

• Determination of Quorum and Call to Order (Patrick Cooney)

• Bern Megrey Endowment Award announcement (Bob Hughes; 5 min.)
  • Catfish 2020: 3rd International Symposium, February, Little Rock, Arkansas (Ben Neely; 5 min.)

• World Fisheries Congress updates
  • WFC 2020, Adelaide, Australia, October 11-15 (Bronwyn Gillanders; 5 min.)
  • WFC 2024 bid (Barb Knuth; 5 min.)

•  World Fisheries Migration Day Planning: May 16th, 2020 (Herman Wanningen; 5 min.)
  
• AFS President’s Remarks (Jesse Trushenski; 5 min.)
  
• Introduction of 2019-2020 Executive Committee (Steve Cooke)
  • • New members (Karin Limburg; Paul Simonin)
    • President-Elect’s Proposed Work Plan (Patrick Cooney)
    • Open Discussion
      • IFS programmatic initiatives
      • 2020 conferences: AFS (Columbus, Ohio, USA); WFC (Adelaide, Australia)
• Adjourn to Atlantis Hotel for Reception (All)