Dear Western Division AFS members,

First Call for Oral and Poster Presentations for the 2018 Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, “Change, Challenge, and Opportunity in Fisheries: Fishing for Solutions”

The 2018 Western Division American Fisheries Society annual meeting will be hosted by the Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society and will be take place May 21-25 2018 at the Egan Center in Anchorage, Alaska.  Oral and poster presentation abstract submissions are now open and are due by March 5, 2018.

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are limited to 300 words or less.  Detailed guidelines, recommendations, and the link to submit an abstract can be found at: http://wdmtg.fisheries.org/1344-2/.

Symposia presenters: During your submission you will have the option to identify your symposium.

Contributed oral presentations: Please select “Contributed Paper” from the list of Symposia during the submission process.  Alternatively, if you feel your abstract fits into one of the pre-determined symposia topics please check the appropriate box.  Note: assignment of contributed papers to symposia will be at the discretion of the Program Committee and Symposia Chairs.

If you have any questions about contributed papers and posters for the upcoming WDAFS meeting, please contact Lisa Stuby at: lisa.stuby@alaska.gov

Any questions re. meeting symposia, please contact your respective chairperson.

All of your 2018 Western Division/Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting lodging, program, and entertainment information needs can be found at http://wdmtg.fisheries.org/.

See you in May!