Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting

“Change, Challenge, and Opportunity in
Fisheries: Fishing for Solutions”

The annual Western Division American Fisheries Society will be hosted by the Alaska
Chapter American Fisheries Society and will take place during 21-25 May 2018 at the
Egan Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Contributed paper and poster submissions will open
January 21, 2018 and abstracts will be due by March 5, 2018.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WD2018_abstractsubmission

Included in this link will be a list of symposia. Please look through and select if you think your oral presentation fits into one of the symposia themes. Poster presentations will not have this option, although, the Poster Chair will try to group posters into “themes” prior to the Poster and Trade Show Social on May 22, 2018.

Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations must not exceed 300 words.

Oral and Poster presentation guidelines and recommendations can also be found at http://wdmtg.fisheries.org/instructions-for-presenters/  If you have any questions about contributed papers and posters for the upcoming WDAFS meeting, please contact Lisa Stuby at: [email protected] or your respective session chair.

Annual Meeting, May 2018

Submit Symposium Proposal

Symposium Title: Limit to 150 characters or less.

Organizer(s): Name, affiliation, and contact information including email and phone number.
Please indicate who the primary contact should be. Include no more than 5 organizers.

Summary: Description of the suggested symposium. When drafting their summary, organizers
are encouraged to consider how their symposium description might compliment the meeting
theme, “Change, Challenge, and Opportunity in Fisheries: Fishing for Solutions”. Please limit
summary word count to 200 words or less.

Length of Symposium: Half Day (approximately 10-12 presentations), Full Day (approximately
20 presentations), or Multiple Days (please indicate number of anticipated presentations)

List of potential speakers for this symposium: Prior to submitting the proposal, please
communicate with potential presenters that they are being included in this symposium proposal.

Submit Workshop Proposal

Workshop Title: Limit to 150 characters or less.

Organizer(s): Name, affiliation, and contact information including email and phone number.
Please indicate who the primary contact should be.

Summary: Description of the suggested workshop. Be sure to include any special instructions for
participants (e.g., need laptop with MS Excel). Limit word count to 200 words or less.

Registration Fee: Please indicate an anticipated or typical registration fee. Fees will be agreed
upon and finalized by the General Meeting Organizers.

Estimated number of Students: Min Number to Max Number

Length of Workshop: Half or Full Day or Multiple Days*

Format of Workshop: Indicate the structure of the workshop setting. Be sure to include any
workshop needs (e.g., class room setting with the ability to move furniture for an open floor
plan) here.

*Workshops will be held on Monday, May 21 st 2018 at the Egan Center, unless special
arrangements or multiple days are needed. Please include this information in the Format of
Workshop.

Call for Symposia and Workshops

Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting

“Change, Challenge, and Opportunity in Fisheries: Fishing for Solutions”

May 21-25, 2018
Egan Center
Anchorage, Alaska

Symposia and Workshop Proposal DEADLINE: January 5, 2018 First Call for Contributed Paper and Poster Abstracts will occur in mid-January

Please find instructions and submission form for Symposia and Workshop Proposals online at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018SymposiaWorkshop
(Please note: if you submitted Symposia or Workshop ideas during the First Call in October,
you must officially submit your proposal online by the deadline.)

For more information, please contact the Program Committee.
Symposia: Peter Westley, [email protected]
Workshops: Sara Miller, [email protected]
General Program Information: Jackie Watson, [email protected]
or Mike Daigneault, [email protected]

Of special interest is The Memory of Fish, an award winning documentary on the restoration of the Elwha River in Northwest Washington State. Advertised as “a portrait of one man, the wild salmon he loves, and his fight to free a river, ” this is a moving tribute to the river, its fish, and the people who love and fight for them. Dick Goin and his family subsisted on Elwha River salmon after moving to the Olympic Peninsula over eighty years ago. Since then he has never forgotten his debt to the fish, including the ‘hog’ Chinook salmon that began disappearing after the Elwha and Glines Canyons dams were built in the first quarter of the last century. A pulp mill worker and master fisherman turned salmon advocate, Dick has used his memories and persistent battle for the biggest dam removal project in U.S. history to achieve his goal. His goal: bring the salmon home.

Check the WDAFS meeting program for the line-up of movies and times they’ll be shown on Wednesday. See you at the movies!

Early registration is now closed, we hope you got in early! If you didn’t don’t fret, there is still plenty of time to register before the meeting begins.

As you are making your travel arrangements and planning events, please visit our Interactive Walking Map and make sure you take advantage of this great Do-It-Yourself Brew Tour!

Schedules are being updated frequently so make sure to check back for the most up to date info. We look forward to seeing you in Missoula soon.

We look forward to seeing you soon in Missoula!

We have secured room blocks at two locations, for detailed info on how to make reservations look here.

Note – both locations will be honoring the group rate for three days prior and three days after the room block dates, but you may need to call the hotel directly to get the group rates for those dates.

Don’t delay!