- Vision [1]
- The members of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) envision a future where world-wide fisheries production is optimized and
sustained while structural and functional conditions of marine, freshwater, and estuarine ecosystems are maintained. AFS will
be the premier organization of fisheries-related professionals that: 1. Supports recruitment, training, and retention of fisheries
professionals with a diverse array of technical skills to meet the needs for workforce continuity and adaptability. 2. Promotes
sound, science-based research, management, and aquaculture practices for the conservation of fisheries populations, aquatic
communities, and their habitats. 3. Functions as an intermediary for evaluation, interpretation and transfer of high quality
fisheriesrelated information using the best available communications technology. 4. Prepares and positions fisheries information
to inform society on how social, economic, and political decisions alter the world’s rivers, lakes, estuaries, and oceans,
and the fisheries resources that depend on those habitats. 5. Provides forums for effective discourse contributing to the
identification of science-based solutions to local, national and global fisheries-related issues. 6. Supports an integrated
network of AFS Units that collaborate to fulfill the Society’s mission. 7. Promotes diversity in the natural resources workforce
to reflect the broad range of perspectives and skills needed to address complex fisheries issues. 8. Builds partnerships with
other natural resource professional and scientific organizations to achieve common goals. 9. Supports adequate and stable
funding for fisheries research and management.
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