Dean's Council Representative:
Cliff Hutt

Welcome to the website of the Mississippi State University student subunit of the American Fisheries Society! Our goal is to improve the awareness of conservation and sustainability of aquatic resources by advancing fisheries and aquatic sciences and promoting the development of future and current fisheries professionals. We are dedicated to providing fisheries students with opportunities that will enhance their knowledge of fisheries research and help them become better fisheries scientists.

Please follow the links to find more information about our subunit and activities. If you have any questions or comments please email the subunit at msu.afs@gmail.com. To keep up with the subunit's activites, simply subscribe to our mailing list!

News and Announcements

2011-2012 Chadwick Lake Sampling

Posted 03/30/2012 07:39 AM

2011-2012 Chadwick Lake Sampling, a set on Flickr.

Canoe Trip, 2011-2012

Posted 03/25/2012 10:05 PM

Canoe Trip, 2011-2012, a set on Flickr.

Black Creek trip this spring! It was AWESOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to the MS Chapter Winners!

Posted 02/08/2012 04:27 PM

The Mississippi Chapter Best Student Paper awards went to three State students!

Rebecca Krogman - A classification system for large U.S. reservoirs and its relationship with the fishery and fish community
Jonathan Fleming - Patterns of faunal diversity associated with altered macrophyte coverage
Michael Sherman - Pond management approaches and effects on trophic-dynamics

Learn more on the CCA website: http://www.ccamississippi.org/cca-mississippi-news/student-presentation-award-winners-at-mississippisouthern-division-american-fisheries-society.html

KUDOS!!

Posted 02/08/2012 04:22 PM

All the students who attended the Southern Division meeting and made it a huge success!
Levi Kazcka for getting engaged!
Rob DeVries for his baby boy on the way!
Mike Arnold for a successful defense!
Caroline Andrews for getting us discount pizza!

Catfish Pond Seine 2011

Posted 11/02/2011 12:53 PM

Catfish Pond Seine 2011, a set on Flickr.

Photos from the annual pond seine are finally up!

Oktibbeha County Lake, 2011-2012

Posted 10/13/2011 02:11 AM

Oktibbeha County Lake, 2011-2012, a set on Flickr.

Check out our pics from this year's Oktibbeha County Lake sampling day!

KUDOS!!

Posted 09/19/2011 05:31 PM

To our students who accepted the Skinner Award at Seattle AFS!

Dan Dembkowski (Past-President)
Rebecca Krogman
Amy Spencer

Recent Photos!

Posted 09/13/2011 08:52 PM

MSU AFS' photostream on Flickr.

Meeting tonight!!

Posted 09/13/2011 01:15 PM

Be there at 5:30pm in 118 Thompson!

First Meeting of Fall 2011! Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 5:30pm

Posted 09/02/2011 02:17 PM

The first meeting of the 2011 fall semester will be Tuesday, September 13, at 5:30pm. As always, same room, and we'll have pizza and drinks for members!

BRING YOUR DUES! $5 per semester or get the better deal $10 for the year plus Mississippi Chapter membership.

Congrats to the MS Chapter Meeting Award Winners!

Posted 01/30/2011 01:14 PM

Paul Picard: 2nd Place Best Student Paper at the Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium
Mike Arnold: 2nd Place Best Student Paper at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of AFS
Rebecca Krogman: 3rd Place Best Student Paper at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of AFS

2010 Seining Success!

Posted 10/31/2010 12:33 PM

Thanks a bunch to all those who helped out with the Oktibbeha County Lake sampling effort this year! Overall it was a very successfull day with trap netting, electrofishing, and low-frequency electrofishing completed. Check out the pictures here.

The catfish harvest is done!! Thanks to all those who helped out, this year was one of the most successfull harvests in all long time. For those of you who missed it check out the pictures. We have stored all fish fillets in freezers,if anyone is interested in purchasing fish for meals and to cater events please send us an email. Thanks!