The abstract submission deadline for the 154th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawai'i is approaching! This year's meeting theme is, "Conserving Fishes and Fishing Traditions through Knowledge Co-Production." There are more than 100 symposium sessions accepting abstracts, with contributed papers and posters also welcome. See the session descriptions and read the instructions for submitting your abstract by April 26.

Registration is now open for the 2024 Annual Meeting in Honolulu. As a reminder, you can always amend your registration at a later date to add events such as continuing education courses or the Spawning Run. Register by July 19 to save with early bird registration rates.

AFS joined a group of hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations in urging the Biden Administration to offer recommendations to address areas of concern with implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, the groups are calling for enhanced federal agency coordination, increasing staff capacity, grant process improvements, expanded use of NEPA reviews, and more communication of conservation success stories.

AFS also joined other organizations in approaching the Department of Transportation about potential improvements to the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program. The groups called for changes to make the grants process more accessible to smaller community-based organizations and Tribes. In addition, because the intent of the Culvert Program is to benefit fish passage, design criteria including minimum fish passage requirements and hydraulic design methodology that incorporates climate influence on hydrology should be required as part of project design funded through the program. 

Copper sulfate has a long history of use in aquaculture. While it is no secret that copper toxicity or other deleterious effects can happen, if used appropriately copper sulfate can be one of the most useful chemicals in aquaculture.

This is the first documentation of a successful Bull Trout translocation to fishless waters and one of only a few successful translocations attempts for this species. This information will assist decision making for future conservation translocations.

Across oceans globally, large plant-like organisms called kelps inhabit the coldwater coastlines of every continent except Antarctica. Kelps, a type of seaweed, are an important building block of marine ecosystems, providing food, shelter, and shoreline protection among many other services. The enduring cultural, ecological, and economic importance of kelps fuels an urgency to better understand and conserve kelp forest habitats globally.

Terminal lakes face conservation challenges due to consumptive water use and changes in climate. This study quantified the extent of the littoral and open water zones in 18 terminal lakes spanning five continents and show that lake level declines produce variable changes in littoral zone surface area.