The American Fisheries Society (established 1870 in New York City), is the "world’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources." It is a member-driven 501 nonprofit organization governed by an executive director, a governing board, and officers who are guided by the AFS's organizational documents, a constitution, and a set of rules. Their stated mission is "to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals." AFS publishes five peer-reviewed fish journals, books, and the magazine Fisheries, organizes seminars and workshops that promote scientific research and fisheries management, and encourages fisheries education through 58 university-based student subunits. AFS has 48 chapters comprising four geographic regions in North America — North Central, Northeastern, Southern, and Western — and includes two "bi‐national" chapters (the Atlantic International and Washington‐British Columbia chapters) and a Mexico chapter.
In addition to advising on important fisheries issues, AFS also partners with other fisheries-related entities to share science across political and geographic boundaries. Some of the AFS partnerships include: The World Council of Fisheries Societies International Council of the Global Environment Facility Global Conference on Inland Fisheries
What sustains a society for 150 years? Maybe it’s a compelling mission to conserve North America’s fisheries and aquatic resources. Perhaps it’s the strong community of like-minded professionals who enjoy sharing their life’s work with each other. Or maybe it’s a tradition of scientific excellence spanning the generations. The American Fisheries Society is proud to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2020 and you’re invited to participate!
OUR NOMINEE NR 1 IS: Alligator Gar
OUR NOMINEE NR 2 IS: Alligator gar
OUR NOMINEE NR 3 IS: American Eel
OUR NOMINEE NR 4 IS: American eel
OUR NOMINEE NR 5 IS: American Paddlefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 6 IS: American Paddlefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 7 IS: American Paddlefish, Spoonbill, Teaspoon (really small ones)
OUR NOMINEE NR 8 IS: American shad
OUR NOMINEE NR 9 IS: Apache Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 10 IS: Arapaima
OUR NOMINEE NR 11 IS: Arctic Grayling
OUR NOMINEE NR 12 IS: Atlantic Cod
OUR NOMINEE NR 13 IS: Atlantic Croaker
OUR NOMINEE NR 14 IS: Atlantic Flyingfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 15 IS: Atlantic hagfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 16 IS: Atlantic menhaden
OUR NOMINEE NR 17 IS: Atlantic Sturgeon
OUR NOMINEE NR 18 IS: Atlantic trumpetfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 19 IS: Atlantid salmon
OUR NOMINEE NR 20 IS: Banded Killifish
OUR NOMINEE NR 21 IS: Banggai Cardinalfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 22 IS: Barrens Topminnow
OUR NOMINEE NR 23 IS: Bigmouth Buffalo
OUR NOMINEE NR 24 IS: Black Bullhead
OUR NOMINEE NR 25 IS: Black Crappie
OUR NOMINEE NR 26 IS: Black Sea Bass
OUR NOMINEE NR 27 IS: Blue sucker
OUR NOMINEE NR 28 IS: Blue Sucker
OUR NOMINEE NR 29 IS: Bluefin Tuna
OUR NOMINEE NR 30 IS: Bluefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 31 IS: Bluegill
OUR NOMINEE NR 32 IS: Bluehead Chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 33 IS: Bluehead Chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 34 IS: Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 35 IS: Bonytail chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 36 IS: Bowfin
OUR NOMINEE NR 37 IS: Bowfin. Grinnel, Choupique, Swamp Musky, Beaverfish, Dogfish, Mudfish, etc
OUR NOMINEE NR 38 IS: Brook trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 39 IS: Brook Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 40 IS: trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 41 IS: Brown Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 42 IS: Bull Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 43 IS: bull trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 44 IS: Bull Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 45 IS: Bull Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 46 IS: Burbot
OUR NOMINEE NR 47 IS: Burbot
OUR NOMINEE NR 48 IS: Cahaba Shiner
OUR NOMINEE NR 49 IS: California Grunion
OUR NOMINEE NR 50 IS: Sheephead
OUR NOMINEE NR 51 IS: Capelin
OUR NOMINEE NR 52 IS: Caribbean Neon Goby
OUR NOMINEE NR 53 IS: Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer
OUR NOMINEE NR 54 IS: Madtom
OUR NOMINEE NR 55 IS: Chain Pickerel
OUR NOMINEE NR 56 IS: Channel Catfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 57 IS: Chinook salmon
OUR NOMINEE NR 58 IS: Chum Salmon
OUR NOMINEE NR 59 IS: Cisco (lake herring)
OUR NOMINEE NR 60 IS: coelacanth
OUR NOMINEE NR 61 IS: Coho salmon
OUR NOMINEE NR 62 IS: Coho Salmon
OUR NOMINEE NR 63 IS: Colorado Pikeminnow
OUR NOMINEE NR 64 IS: Common Carp
OUR NOMINEE NR 65 IS: Crystal darter
OUR NOMINEE NR 66 IS: Cutthroat Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 67 IS: Deepwater sculpin
OUR NOMINEE NR 68 IS: Delta Smelt
OUR NOMINEE NR 69 IS: Desert Pupfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 70 IS: Dunkleosteus
OUR NOMINEE NR 71 IS: elderfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 72 IS: Fallfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 73 IS: Fathead Minnow
OUR NOMINEE NR 74 IS: Flathead Catfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 75 IS: Freshwater Drum
OUR NOMINEE NR 76 IS: Gila Topminnow
OUR NOMINEE NR 77 IS: Gila Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 78 IS: Golden Shiner
OUR NOMINEE NR 79 IS: Gray Triggerfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 80 IS: Green moray
OUR NOMINEE NR 81 IS: Green Sturgeon
OUR NOMINEE NR 82 IS: Gulf killifish
OUR NOMINEE NR 83 IS: Gulf Menhaden
OUR NOMINEE NR 84 IS: Hogchoker
OUR NOMINEE NR 85 IS: OUR NOMINEE NR 2 IS: Chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 86 IS: Humuhumunukunukuapuaa, Wedge-tail triggerfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 87 IS: Iowa Darter
OUR NOMINEE NR 88 IS: Kingklip
OUR NOMINEE NR 89 IS: Lake Sturgeon
OUR NOMINEE NR 90 IS: Lake Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 91 IS: Largemouth bass
OUR NOMINEE NR 92 IS: Lined Seahorse
OUR NOMINEE NR 93 IS: Lingcod
OUR NOMINEE NR 94 IS: Lionfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 95 IS: Logperch
OUR NOMINEE NR 96 IS: Longnose sucker
OUR NOMINEE NR 97 IS: Lumpfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 98 IS: Monkfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 99 IS: Mooneye
OUR NOMINEE NR 100 IS: Mummichog
OUR NOMINEE NR 101 IS: Musky
OUR NOMINEE NR 102 IS: Nassau Grouper
OUR NOMINEE NR 103 IS: Niangua Darter
OUR NOMINEE NR 104 IS: Northern Lampfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 105 IS: Northern Madtom
OUR NOMINEE NR 106 IS: Northern Pike
OUR NOMINEE NR 107 IS: Northern Red Snapper
OUR NOMINEE NR 108 IS: Ocean sunfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 109 IS: Orange Spotted Sunfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 110 IS: Oregon Chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 111 IS: oyster toadfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 112 IS: Ozark cavefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 113 IS: Pacific electric ray
OUR NOMINEE NR 114 IS: Pacific Halibut
OUR NOMINEE NR 115 IS: Pacific Lamprey
OUR NOMINEE NR 116 IS: Pacific Lamprey
OUR NOMINEE NR 117 IS: Pacific Lamprey
OUR NOMINEE NR 118 IS: Pacific mackerel
OUR NOMINEE NR 119 IS: Pacific sardine
OUR NOMINEE NR 120 IS: Batfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 121 IS: Peppered Shiner
OUR NOMINEE NR 122 IS: pirate perch
OUR NOMINEE NR 123 IS: Pumpkinseed
OUR NOMINEE NR 124 IS: Pygmy Whitefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 125 IS: Queen Parrotfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 126 IS: Rainbow Darter
OUR NOMINEE NR 127 IS: rainbow or steelhead trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 128 IS: Rainbow Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 129 IS: Razorback Sucker
OUR NOMINEE NR 130 IS: Red Drum
OUR NOMINEE NR 131 IS: Red grouper
OUR NOMINEE NR 132 IS: Remora
OUR NOMINEE NR 133 IS: Remora
OUR NOMINEE NR 134 IS: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
OUR NOMINEE NR 135 IS: Rio Grande Slivery Minnow
OUR NOMINEE NR 136 IS: Rockfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 137 IS: Round whitefish
OUR NOMINEE NR 138 IS: Roundtail Chub
OUR NOMINEE NR 139 IS: Sailfish
OUR NOMINEE NR 140 IS: Sandbar Shark
OUR NOMINEE NR 141 IS: Sea lamprey
OUR NOMINEE NR 142 IS: sergeant major
OUR NOMINEE NR 143 IS: Shoal Bass
OUR NOMINEE NR 144 IS: Shoal Bass
OUR NOMINEE NR 145 IS: Shovelnose Sturgeon
OUR NOMINEE NR 146 IS: Sickle Darter
OUR NOMINEE NR 147 IS: Silver Carp
OUR NOMINEE NR 148 IS: Sirajo Goby
OUR NOMINEE NR 149 IS: Slimy Sculpin
OUR NOMINEE NR 150 IS: Smallmouth Bass
