{"id":463,"date":"2025-12-01T19:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/?page_id=463"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:51:17","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the AFS Physiology Section"},"content":{"rendered":"

Becoming a member of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) does not automatically enroll you in the Physiology Section<\/strong>. To be part of the AFS Physiology Section community, you must specifically select the Physiology Section as an add-on during the membership process<\/strong> and pay the associated Section dues. Many AFS members in our community are unaware of this extra step, so please verify your selections when joining or renewing.<\/p>\n

New Members<\/h2>\n
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  1. \n

    Create an AFS Member Account<\/strong>
    i. Follow this link to create your account: Create an AFS Account<\/a>
    \nii. Under \u201cFirst Time User,\u201d select \u201cCreate a Profile,\u201d then enter your contact information and create a password.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Choose Your Member Type<\/strong>
    Review the available membership types and select the one that fits your status.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Add Your Section Membership<\/strong>
    This step is essential. Under AFS Sections<\/strong>, be sure to check the box for the Physiology Section<\/strong><\/span> to add it to your membership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Complete Payment<\/strong>
    Your membership and section selections become active once dues have been submitted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Renewing Members<\/h2>\n

    AFS launched a new membership system, so renewing members should log into the updated portal. During renewal, you must re-affirm your Physiology Section membership <\/strong>before submitting payment. Simply renewing your general AFS membership will not automatically renew your Physiology Section membership.<\/p>\n

    Membership Confirmation and Terms<\/h2>\n

    If you need to confirm what is currently on your account, log into your AFS profile<\/a> and review the \u201cMy Participation” or “My Dues and Subscriptions\u201d tabs to confirm active Physiology Section Membership. AFS memberships run on a calendar-year basis and expire each December 31. Anyone joining on or after September 1 receives the remaining months of the year at no additional charge, with the paid membership applied to the following calendar year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Becoming a member of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) does not automatically enroll you in the Physiology Section. To be part of the AFS Physiology Section community, you must specifically select the Physiology Section as an add-on during the membership process and pay the associated Section dues. Many AFS members in our community are unaware […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":315,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd","first-child","last-child"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/physiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}