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Each year the Cal-Neva Chapter award individuals and entities for their professional achievement, service, and contributions to fisheries science and the profession. Please consider recognizing a worthy person or group for one of the Cal-Neva Awards. To nominate an individual or group for one of the awards, please provide a one-page summary of the contributions... Read More
Be a moderator for a contributed paper session. One of the best ways to develop your professional network is to act as a session moderator at a conference in your field. Not only does this associate your name with a topic area, but you’ll also have the opportunity to connect with your peers and meet... Read More
School up, young fishheads! Show off your fisheries smarts at the Quiz Bowl during the AFS-TWS Annual Meeting! Impress your professors, earn bragging rights, and compete for a Grand Prize. The winning team will compete against the TWS Quiz Bowl Champion for a Grand Championship! Initiate your team registration by emailing: [email protected]. Register interest by... Read More
Happy New Year, Cal-Neva Chapter! As we dive into 2019, it’s hard for me to fathom that I’m already nearly a third of the way through my term as President. Past-President Laurie Earley told me while I was developing my to-do list and preparing to take the reins that a year sounds like a long... Read More
How can you get even more out of the annual AFS meeting? Using social media (e.g., Twitter) during a conference can be an excellent way to connect with old friends, discover new colleagues, hear about new topics, get the key points from a talk you were unable to make, or learn about an event that... Read More
The workshop will feature a half-day symposium starting a 2 pm on Friday (the 7th) and tours of local restoration sites on Saturday, exploring the ecology and conservation of fish native to the Tahoe Basin and eastern Sierra regions of California and Nevada. Tentative speakers include Dr. Mary Peacock, Dr. Sudeep Chandra, Tom Taylor, Gary Scoppettone, Theresa Cody,... Read More
Applications are being accepted for the AFS California-Nevada Chapter (Cal-Neva) Semi Annual Travel Awards. The Chapter provides monetary awards for deserving students or young professional applicants to support their attendance of conferences, annual meetings, or workshops. Any member of the AFS who is active in fisheries, environmental sciences and management, or related aquatic disciplines is eligible to apply.... Read More
This workshop, jointly hosted by the Cal/Neva Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, will focus on one of California’s most enigmatic species: the Northern tidewater goby (Eucylogobius newberryi) and the recently named Southern tidewater goby (Eucylogobius kristinae). Our instructors will discuss natural history, mitigation, restoration, and survey... Read More
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North American (SETAC) 39th Annual Meeting will be at the Sacramento Convention Center this year and they are looking for abstract submissions. A note from the session chairs: We invite abstract submissions in the session “Assessing Contaminant Effects in Ecosystems with Multiple Stressors with a Focus on the California Bay-Delta” [details... Read More
Over the past three years, the Santa Cruz-Monterey Area Subunit of the American Fisheries Society (SCMBAS) has sent a large contingent of students to the California-Nevada Chapter Annual Meetings. This year was no exception, with ten SCMBAS members making the journey to San Luis Obispo to present their work, network with other students and professionals,... Read More
