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S3E37 AFS Executive Director - 2025 in review and 2026 preview
Today's podcast guest is AFS Executive Director, Jeff Kopaska. Jeff provides a recap of his first year in his position with the American Fisheries Society. Join as we look back at 2025 and forward to…
S3E36 Meet the 2025-2026 AFS President!
Today's guest is Gary Whelan, 2025-2025 AFS President. Gary stopped by the podcast recent to share insights on his plan of work for the coming year and offer advice for students and early-career…
S3E35 AFS Section Roundup: Marine Fisheries Section
This week, we're making another stop on the tour of AFS Sections, and this time it's the Marine Fisheries Section (MFS). Susan Piacenza, the current president of the Section, stopped by the podcast…
S3E34 2025 Excellence in Public Outreach Award recipient David Shiffman
AFS is back with a new "Beneath the Surface" episode! This time, we're highlighting 2025 Excellence in Public Outreach honoree, David Shiffman. David shares insights on social media best practices…
S2E33 AFS Section Roundup: Invasive and Introduced Species Section
The AFS Sections roundup continues today with an introduction to the Invasive and Introduced Species Section! Today's guest is Nathan Lederman, the Section's current president. Join us to learn about…
S2E32 AFS Emerging Leaders (ELMA) program
What's an ELMA? To find out more, I went to Drew Holloway and Patrick Cooney, who are both former participants in the Emerging Leaders Mentorship Awards (ELMA) program. Drew and Patrick are currently…
S2E31 Book preview - Fishes of Puerto Rico
Today's episode features a preview of the first open access book to be published by AFS! Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico authors Gus Engman and Wes Neal recently stopped by the…
S2E30 AFS Fishbook - Coming Soon!
AFS is excited to announce the launch of Fishbook - a fisheries collaborate network! In this episode, we're visiting with Beth Beard, to learn about the Fishbook project and how to join this online…
S2E29 AFS Nominating Committee - candidate solicitation and vetting
Have you ever wondered how the AFS Second Vice Presidential candidates are selected each year? With the AFS election completed for 2025, we thought it would be a good time to reflect back on the…
S2E28 2025 AFS Annual Meeting Preview
In this episode, San Antonio local meeting chair, Shaun Donovan, joins the podcast to preview the 2025 Annual Meeting. Learn about conference sessions and events, San Antonio travel tips, and…
S2E27 AFS Awards Program - committee updates and career development
On today's episode, we're talking all about the AFS Awards program! Our guests are current AFS Awards Committee chairs - Jessica Mistak and Natalie Coash. Jess and Natalie stopped by to talk about…
S2E26 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…
S2E25 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…
S2E24 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…
S2E23 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…
S2E22 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…
S2E21 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…
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…
S2E19 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…
S2E18 AFS Sections Roundup: Education Section
In today's episode, we're taking a deep dive into the AFS Education Section. Join us to learn more about this Section's current and upcoming projects! Episode guest: Martin Hamel President, AFS…
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