President's Corner March 2013

I hope this email update finds everyone doing well. I wanted to take this time to thank our past president, Tim Barrett for a great meeting at Jekyll Island. The Oysters and Shrimp were delicious thanks to his wife, Tricia!

Many of you were able to attend our 21st annual meeting. Thanks to all that participated and presented a talk at the meeting. Thanks to the bright leaders of the past few years, we as a chapter have taken many important steps in an effort to grow and become a motivating force in Fisheries Research and Management in the Southern Division.

In my opinion, transitioning back to the three-day format has enabled the leaders of the chapter to make our meetings much more exciting and marketable to outside fisheries vendors.

There were many significant happenings that occurred at this year’s meeting. Fellow WRD Fisheries Biologist, Patrick O’Rouke was voted in as president-elect. In addition, we have 2 new raffle coordinators: Paula Marcinek and Jason Wisniewski.

Continued...

Tim Bonvechio
Chapter President

Welcome to Georgia AFS

The Georgia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (GA-AFS) was formed in 1986. Prior to that time, fisheries professional in Georgia were organized as the Georgia Fisheries Workers Association (GFWA). GA-AFS, like the GWFA before it, is the premiere fisheries professional organization in the State of Georgia.

With over 100 members annually, GA-AFS is dedicated to the promotion of sound fisheries science and development of our fisheries professionals. Our members come from throughout the Southeast, ranging from natural resource managers, aquaculturists, researchers, conservationists, and numerous biological disciplines; and representing state and federal government, academia, private consulting, industry, and recreational fishing interests. Together, we work towards the common goal of improving the fish and aquatic resources of Georgia.

 

GA-AFS Annual Meetings

Please stay tuned for information about our 2014 GA-AFS Annual Meeting to be held in Athens, GA!

The 2013 GA-AFS Annual Meeting was a huge success with over 25 presentations; six of the presentations were made by students from the University of Georgia Athens, Auburn University, and Harris College! For more information, download the 2013 Meeting Program and Abstracts.

 

Congrats to our 2013 Award Recipients!

Career Contributions Award, Jimmy Evans.   Fishery Worker of the Year, Donald Harrison.  
Jimmy Evans
Career Contributions Award
  
Donald Harrison
Fisheries Worker of the Year Award
  

 


Last updated: March 14, 2013