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Introduction: Founding Fellows

The American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB) is a professional organization established in 1956 to promote conservation and proper utilization of fishery resources through the use of fishery and…

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Briefs – the Official Newsletter of AIFRB

BRIEFS is the newsletter of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists.  It is published six times a year, and is intended to communicate the professional activities and accomplishments of…

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Introduction

The American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists offers multiple awards for our members.  We believe our members should be recognized for their hard work, their research, their contributions, etc., from the…

AIRFB new member and fisheries research biologist at GMRI - Lisa Kerr

Meet New AIFRB Member—Lisa Kerr

Lisa Kerr recently joined the GMRI’s (Gulf of Maine Research Institute) science team. Her expertise includesa number of methods for gaining insight into fishes’ life history by analyzing their ear…

AIFRB-new fisheries biologist member William Hoffman

Meet New AIFRB Member — William Hoffman

William Hoffman is an aquatic biologist for the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, where he manages the commercial fisheries sampling project (the Special Projects Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Field Station…

Marine Ecologist

The Marine Ecologist is a senior applied scientist who provides technical and scientific leadership for The Nature Conservancy’s marine conservation projects in Washington, and fisheries-related projects undertaken in a joint…

Environmental Scientist III

The incumbent will monitor American shad and river herring populations in the Nanticoke River using electrofishing techniques and supervise all hatchery activities at the Nanticoke Shad Hatchery (e.g. brood stock…

Don Jackson asks WHY we care as Research Biologists for AIFRB

Member Don Jackson Asks The Question “Why?”

I sit at my desk this green and squishy spring day, looking out my office window.  It is final exam week at my university and extremely quiet in the halls. …

AIFRB-website-jesse-trushenki

Proposed Cut to Critical Fish and Wildlife Service Program—What AIFRB Members Can Do Now

From new AIFRB member, Jesse TrushenskiWildlife Service (USFWS)’s Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership (AADAP) program. The AADAP program provides critical and unduplicated services to the fisheries community, and efforts are…

Steve Cadrin, President of AIFRB

President’s Message – April 2013

Our new BRIEFS editor recently asked the Board if we can include controversial topics in the newsletter, and I was happy to hear a resoundingly positive reply. The Institute not only…