Today's episode features an conversation with Sara Cannon, a member of the Respectful Meetings Working Group. Sara shares updates on the Working Group's initiatives for the Honolulu meeting, as well as tips for being a respectful visitor to the Hawaiian Islands.

Sara Cannon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at the University of British Columbia.

Additional Resources:

Respectful Visitor Guide on the Annual Meeting website

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA)

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Today's episode features a conversation with Ben West, who has served as a consultant for AFS and other organizations in the fisheries and wildlife space, specifically for projects focused on strategic development, continuing education, and communication. The conversation highlights a recent professional development retreat hosted by AFS. This retreat focused on identifying challenges faced by professionals across fisheries & wildlife careers and began discussions to help solve these challenges.

Ben West is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the founder of Risora Consulting.

Note: Ben mentioned Drive by Daniel Pink; additional information about this book can be found at https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/.

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AFS launched the Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program in 2001, to stimulate interest in fisheries and aquatic sciences among underrepresented groups in the fisheries profession.

This episode featured Kathy Guindon, chair of the Hutton Program, for an introduction to the program, tips for Hutton mentors, and stories about past Hutton students.

Thank you to all Hutton Committee members and the Hutton application review team!

For more information: hutton.fisheries.org

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Today's guest, Tim Grabowski, joins us from Hawaii! We're talking about the Honolulu Annual Meeting, the AFS Pacific Islands Chapter, and Hawaii travel tips.

Tim Grabowski is the AFS Pacific Islands Chapter President and local chair for the 2024 Annual Meeting. Tim is the Unit Leader for the U.S. Geological Survey Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo.

Honolulu Annual Meeting: https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/

Grabowski lab: https://www2.hawaii.edu/~tbg/people.html#

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This week, we are meeting with Abigail Archer, the chair of the AFS Membership Committee, to talk a bit about the committee's mission and current projects.

Episode guest:

Abigail Archer, AFS Membership Committee Chair

Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & Woods Hole Sea Grant

Link(s) mentioned in this episode: 2024 AFS Annual Meeting: https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/

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Lauren Maza lmaza@fisheries.org

This episode is an introduction to the AFS Climate Ambassadors Program (CAP), which offers communication skills training focused on climate change. Join us for a conversation about the origin of the program, program structure/content, and other CAP and AFS related stories!

Episode Guests:

Julie Claussen

Fisheries Conservation Foundation

Climate Ambassadors Program Steering Committee

Leah Baumwell

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Climate Ambassadors Program 2021-2022 Cohort

Corinne Burns

Leading Solutions, LLC

Climate Ambassadors Program 2021-2022 Cohort

Emily Markowitz

NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Climate Ambassadors Program 2021-2022 Cohort

Raquel Ruiz-Diaz

Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Climate Ambassadors Program 2023-2024 Cohort

Climate Ambassadors Program: https://climate.fisheries.org/

2024 AFS Annual Meeting: https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/

AFS Staff Contacts: https://fisheries.org/about/meet-the-staff/

Even wonder how scientific meetings are planned? Today's episode is a short introduction to conference planning with AFS Meetings Director, Shawn Johnston and AFS Meeting Consultant/Contractor, Kerrell Dunsmore.

AFS Staff contacts: https://fisheries.org/about/meet-the-staff/

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It's time for a fisheries policy update! This week, AFS Policy Consultant, Drue Winters, shares updates from the Hill related to fisheries resources.