Welcome to the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society
The Fish Health Section (FHS) is one of the largest and most international sections of the American Fisheries Society. The FHS was formed in 1972 to give fish biologists, diagnosticians, researchers, aquaculturists, veterinarians, administrators, and others involved in fish health, an organization for communication and interaction.
AFS-FHS Annual Meeting
July 31 - August 3, 2012 in La Crosse, WI
Hotel Deadline June 1, 2012
Abstract deadline June 15, 2012
Click on the "AFS-FHS Annual Meeting" link above for full details and on-line registration.
You are most cordially invited to attend the AFS-Fish Health Section Meeting July 31 - August 3 2012 in La Crosse, WI. The meeting begins with a social & registration the evening of July 31, followed by two full days of papers August 1 & 2, and a continuing education course on August 3.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the USFWS La Crosse Fish Health Center, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, The Great Lakes Fish Health Committee and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
In an effort to reduce everyone’s carbon footprint for attending this meeting to a size 3 (narrow), we have synchronized watches with the following groups who will hold their annual meetings on July 30 and/or 31. These meetings provide a fantastic segue for the FHS meeting which begins the evening of July 31.
The Great Lakes Fish Health Committee meets 8 am to 5 pm on July 30 and 8 am to noon on July 31.
The Drug Approval Workshop meets 8 am to 5 pm on July 31 and will provide attendees with updates on the approval status of aquaculture drugs and an opportunity to discuss and identify new or unmet fish disease control needs with other fish health professionals, fish culturists and drug researchers, sponsors and regulators. In addition, the AFS-FHS will kick off its meeting with a special session on topics related to New Fish Drug Approvals on August 1 from 8 am to noon.
The Workshop for Veterinarians on Fish Regulatory Medicine (sponsored by USDA-APHIS and the WI Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection) meets July 31.
All of this is happening at the beautiful Radisson Hotel in downtown La Crosse, located on the parkway and banks of the mighty Mississippi River. The hotel has generously provided single room rates of $70 (a king-size bed) and double room rates of $100 (two queen-size beds) per night.
For on-line registration, click here.