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)
• Roll Call: members, special guests, and officers (Erin Loury)
• Treasurer’s Report (Danielle Reich)
• President’s Remarks (Abigail Lynch, remotely; Steve Cooke, in person)
  • Work plan progress
  • 2019 achievements
  • Carl Sullivan Award Recipients
  • Upcoming IFS opportunities
• Editorial Assistance Program (Julie Claussen; 5 min.)
• Report-out on IFS-sponsored symposium (Erin Loury; 5 min.) “Migratory Freshwater Fishes: Global Status Update and Swimaway Initiative”
•  Fisheries Society of the British Isles Exchange Program (Mary Fisher) ○ AFS IFS fellow (Thiago Sanches 12 min.) ○ FSBI fellow (William Perry; 12 min.)
• 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 programme initiatives
• 2020 conferences: AFS (Columbus, Ohio); WFC (Adelaide, Australia)
• Adjourn to Presidential Suite for Reception (All)