Come join us in the Twin Cities!

Begin making plans to attend next year’s Annual Meeting in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, beautiful Minnesota.  The meeting focus is Fisheries Networks: Building Ecological, Social and Professional Relationships.  Conference attendees will have the opportunity to network with fisheries professionals and students, stay current on the latest in fisheries science, and enjoy the sights and scenes of the Twin Cities and beyond.

AFS President Bill Fisher; Meeting Co-Chairs Don Pereira, Brian Borkholder, and Ann Schneider; and Program Co-Chairs Peter Jacobson and Charles Anderson are pleased to invite you to the 2012 AFS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.  The Twin Cities have much to offer. The AFS Technical Program will be hosted at the RiverCentre in Saint Paul while other meeting events will take advantage of Minneapolis venues.  Located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the “City of Lakes”, the Twin Cities offers nearby recreational, entertainment, and educational opportunities.   Please take a look at our “Things to Do” page for more information.

The 2012 AFS Annual Meeting will bring professionals together to network and share knowledge in fisheries science and management.  Speakers will present a broad range of Fisheries topics at the plenary session, technical symposia and poster session as well as in continuing education courses.  See our Symposia link for the wide range of almost 50 topics.

Be a participant in the American Fisheries Society network by attending the 2012 Annual Meeting in Minnesota’s Twin Cities next August. Join us in expanding our ecological, social and professional relationships centered around our common interest in Fisheries.

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