AFS Beneath the Surface

AFS Sections Roundup: Student & Early Career Professionals Subsection

Join us for another stop on our tour of AFS Sections! In this episode, we're featuring the Student and Early Career Professionals Subsection of the Education Section. Hadley Boehm, the current president of the Subsection, joins Beneath the Surface to chat about the Subsection's projects, as well as the benefits of mentoring and getting involved with AFS.
 
Episode guest:
Hadley Boehm
President, Student and Early Career Professional Subsection
https://students.fisheries.org/
Email: hadley.boehm@state.mn.us
 
Updates and Deadlines:
2025 Awards nominations deadline: April 1
 
Spring webinars:
Applied Genetics for Fisheries Management: April 16
 
Annual Meeting:
Abstract submission deadline: April 15Registration is now open!
 
AFS Election:
Now open through April 22, 2025 - members should vote via instructions sent through email

AFS Sections Roundup: Fisheries History Section

Interested in fisheries history? It's time to highlight another AFS Section - the Fisheries History Section! Section President Jeff Jolley joins the podcast to share updates on how this Section is working to reestablish itself and plan for the future. 
Episode Guest:Jeff Jolley
 
Updates and Deadlines:
2025 Awards nominations deadline: April 1
 
Spring webinars:
Indigenizing Salmon Science and Management: March 19
Applied Genetics for Fisheries Management: April 16
 
Annual Meeting:
Abstract submission deadline: April 15Registration is now open!
 
AFS Election:
March 20 - April 22 - members will receive voting instructions via email

Part 2 of 2 - Meet Second VP Candidate Jeff Heindel

Part 2 of 2 in the Second Vice President Candidate series!
The 2025 AFS officer election will be held March 20-April 22. AFS members will receive information via email regarding how to vote.
Today on AFS Beneath the Surface, get to know Second Vice President candidate, Jeff Heindel. Jeff shares his professional background and past involvement with AFS, as well as some ideas for the future.
 
Send questions, comments, and future podcast topics to lmaza@fisheries.org.
 
Editor's note: I added a new feature this week - "chapter" markers, which should help separate the different sections of the audio file.

Part 1 of 2: Meet AFS Second VP Candidate, Brent Nichols

This episode is part one of a two-part series!
The 2025 AFS officer election will be held March 20-April 22. Today on AFS Beneath the Surface, get to know Second Vice President candidate, Brent Nichols. 
Brent stopped by Beneath the Surface to share his background and experience, so that AFS members and voters had a chance to "meet" him via this podcast episode.
 
Send questions, comments, and future podcast topics to lmaza@fisheries.org.
 
 

Black Bass 2025 - symposium preview

Black Bass 2025 will be held in August in San Antonio, in conjunction with the 2025 AFS Annual Meeting. Today's episode features Dave Philipp, one of the conference chairs, who stopped by recently to share a preview of this summer's conference.
 
Episode guest:
David Philipp, Fisheries Conservation Foundation
Conference inquires: BlackBass2025@fishconserve.org
Black Bass 2025
AFS Annual Meeting
 
Additional content may be added to this episode when more conference details become available!

AFS Policy - the whos, whats, and whys

What is AFS's role in policy? And honestly, what is policy anyway? To answer these questions, we're going back to the beginning of the AFS policy program and chatting with the first (but now retired!) AFS Policy Director, Tom Bigford.
 
Episode Guest:Tom Bigford
 
Updates:Data & Technology Section webinar
January 28, 1 pm Eastern Time
 
2025 AFS Annual Meeting - Call for Sessions
Closes January 24th
 

AFS Sections Roundup: Science Communication Section

Today we're continuing our tour of AFS sections - this time we're highlighting the Science Communication Section. Join Sci Comm Section president Kamden Glade, as he shares the section's history and how to get involved!
 
Episode Guest:Kamden Glade, Science Communication Section President
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
 
Science Communication Section Social Media:
Instagram: @afs_scicomm
Twitter: @AFS_SciComm
Bluesky: @afs-scicomm.bsky.social

Introduction to Development at AFS

Have you ever asked what the term development means to non-profit organizations? Is it grant writing/management, relationship management, or fundraising? (or all of the above and more?)
AFS Development Manager, Jenna Hanks, is today's guest; she joins the podcast to help explain development at the American Fisheries Society.
 
Episode guest:
Jenna Hanks
AFS Development Manager
AFS Development - Additional Information
 
Updates:
Call for Submissions for symposia and continuing education courses for the 2025 Annual Meeting!
Membership Renewals