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Fisheries Information and
Technology Section
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American Fisheries Society Fisheries Information and Technology Section |
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About Us
The Fisheries Information and Technology Section (AFSFITS) was known
as the Computer User Section (AFSCUS) until the name change in 2008.
The AFSFITS section was established in 1985 as part of the American Fisheries
Society by fisheries professionals to foster communications among fisheries
computer users. The section has developed criteria for the professional review
of computer software, and has become a repository for a variety of software
used in fisheries analyses. We provide an online guide to internet and technical
resources for fishery biologists. The section distributes software from a peer-reviewed
library, supports an electronic mailing list, provides technical information
to AFS subunits and members. We actively sponsor workshops, symposia and meetings
on a regular basis and are active in the formulation of Society policy. The
AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section sponsors and judges a Student
Poster Award for the best student poster at the annual AFS Parent Society Meeting
that incorporates technology uses on solving fisheries problems. Current AFSFITS
bylaws can be found here.
Spring 2011 Newsletter: click here
Electronic Services Advisory Board and Canton Group completed an evaluation of the AFS Website and electronic services, click here for the PDF report
What We're Doing
Computer Users: AFS has developed a free download of a Fish Name Spell-checker tool for use with MS Word. get it here.
AFSFITS members have participated
in the National Fisheries Data Summits. The Final Report has been issued
and can be accessed here
(PDF). We have developed a sub-home page for the Data Summit; click
here for more.
AFSFITS was a co-sponsor of the Science and Data Partners Workshop held Sunday,
September 2, 2007. Find
out more here (PDF).
We have updated our software library (S-FAT and FishBC 3.0 are now available!) Programs are now available from AFS Bookstore. Our Tech Resources page has links to AFSFITS software reviews (FAST Users: see new note about MS Vista and Windows 7) and links for fisheries GIS and computer users.
“GISFish” is a Global Gateway to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing and Mapping for Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries. Click here to access the GISFish Web site: http://www.fao.org/fi/gisfish/index.jsp. See our Tech Resources page for more info.
Also...
Gulf
Coast - Deepwater Horizon / BP Oil Spill Response
NOAA Fisheries Service
continues to provide data, plan surveys, and protocols to the recovery effort
in the Gulf of Mexico. For daily updates regarding this effort please
see the Unified Command's Joint
Information Center, Restore
the Gulf website, and the NOAA
Office of Response and Restoration. For fishery-specific oil-related
regulatory actions (i.e., closures and reopenings) please see the NOAA Fisheries
Service Southeast
Regional Office website. To learn about NOAA's science missions in the Gulf
please visit the science
mission website.
We would
really appreciate your comments and input to improve this site. Please
notify us if you find any errors or dead links. AFSFITS assumes no responsibility
or liability for the content or consequences of connecting to any of the web
sites to which we provide links. They are provided for information only.
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