Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide

Appendix B: Some Organizations That Promote Ichthyology and the Conservation of Fishes

161 Some Organizations That Promote Ichthyology and the Conservation of Fishes Most of the organizations hold annual meetings and have websites that can be found by searching their name. American Elasmobranch Society. Focuses on biology and conservation of sharks, skates, and rays. American Fisheries Society. Publisher of Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, North American Journal of Aquaculture, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, and the newsletter Fisheries. American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. Publishes a newsletter Briefs. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Publisher of the journal Copeia. Desert Fishes Council. Focuses on conservation of desert fishes of the U.S. and Mexico. European Ichthyological Society. Sponsor of the European Congresses of Ichthyology. Fishery Society of the British Isles. Publisher of the Journal of Fish Biology. Ichthyological Society of Japan. Publisher of two journals, one in English Ichthyological Research and one in Japanese, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. North American Native Fishes Association. Focuses on capture, care, and conservation of native fishes. Publishes American Currents. Southeastern Fishes Council. Publisher of Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings . Appendix B This page intentionally left blank ...