Abstract submission is now open for the 154th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawai'i. This year's meeting theme is, "Conserving Fishes and Fishing Traditions through Knowledge Co-Production." There are more than 100 symposium sessions accepting abstracts, with contributed papers and posters also welcome. See the session descriptions and read the instructions for submitting your abstract by April 26.

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AFS joined a group of hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations in urging the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries to advance the bipartisan Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act (H.R.6841). If enacted, the Act would revitalize the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP), renaming the program to the "Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program," reauthorizing funding to restore conservation practices, and recalibrating program language to address emerging challenges to coastal communities. It would also enable the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) to expand their research and data monitoring supporting local conservation and management.

Ecosystem-level reference points (ELRPs) are a fundamental concept in ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) that are not currently being used to their full potential. Given the challenges associated with managing fisheries in a changing climate, this paper highlights ELRPs as a tool to advance the field of EBFM in the United States and globally.

Authors describe a case study where fish survival and in-river performance differed markedly between fish that were tagged by two surgeons who followed the same surgical procedure. Moreover, the tagger effect was more pronounced for small fish and fish that were tagged during the morning (relative to the afternoon). The results remind researchers and managers using telemetry to always consider how handling procedures might influence results and inferences about the study population.

Donor stray percentages of hatchery-origin Chinook Salmon and steelhead were generally not higher than natural-origin donor stray percentages at larger spatial scales but were higher at smaller spatial scales, suggesting difficult management trade-offs.

Commercial fishers, fish processors, and regulatory agencies in the Great Lakes region have expressed interest in mentoring the next generation of the industry's workforce using structured, cross-discipline training curricula. A framework for an apprenticeship program for the Great Lakes region was developed using a regional online survey and in-person, semistructured focus group discussions with Anishinaabe fishers, multigenerational fishing families, and regulatory agency staff. 

Ten years ago, the first World Fish Migration Day was celebrated around the world. World Fish Migration Day is a 1-day event to create worldwide awareness of the connections that migratory fishes have with human and nonhuman species, lands, and waters. Migratory fishes need an awareness day. When rivers are freer to flow, migratory fishes connect water and land ecosystems, provide crucial links in food chains, underpin healthy and productive rivers, and support livelihoods for millions of people.