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Homer Meeting Wrap

A huge thank you to our meeting sponsors- UAF, ASMI, Kintama Research, St. Hubert Research Group, Cook InletKeeper, LGL Alaska, Matt Nemeth and Mari Reeves, Icicle Seafoods, R2 Research, and Cook Inlet Aquaculture. And of course, to our host, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The meeting was a great success, Read More

Native Fish of Alaska Series T-Shirt!

Based on voting tallied at the 2014 AK Chapter meeting in Juneau, the newest t-shirt in the Fishes of Alaska AFS series is the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker! Men and women’s shirts will be available at the Homer meeting. Designed by Karen Lybrand, who lived in Alaska for 22 years before returning to her home state... Read More

Juneau Meeting a great success

This was the largest Alaska Chapter meeting ever with 437 attendees and co-hosted with AWRA and SEAKFHP with 215 oral presentations and 47 posters. The First Annual Alaskan Film festival occurred at the welcome social and was hosted by SEAKFHP with 25 fishery & habitat related films. Banquet speaker was Travis Rummel the film maker... Read More

Over $6,300 raised for Student Travel Fund

Over $6,300 was raised for the Student Travel Fund through the 2014 silent and call out auctions! THANK YOU to everyone who bid, your contributions will enable the chapter to continue to offer students the opportunity to attend our Chapter Meetings for free or at reduced rates. Read More