AFS Students & Early Career Professionals

Questions about starting a subunit? Want to know more about grad school? Looking for travel funds to present your cutting-edge research? Check out the Student Subsection Website for all of your fisheries student needs! students.fisheries.org

New Photo Contest! Tag us in your photo submission for the theme "mistakes happen".

Two fully funded PhD positions 🇨🇦 Quantifying uncertainty in zooplankton-mediated biological carbon pump processes One based @DalhousieU and one @UQAR in collaboration with @universitelaval & @MemorialU Apply by Sept. 1, details here: mimunl-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal…

Graduate students: Apply today for our State Science and Policy Fellowship! We have an open position focused on university sustainability and participate in the Maryland Commission on Climate Change (MCCC). Learn more and apply: loom.ly/8rdiBFA

We are hiring a grad student in #quant #ecology for Fall 2025 and a research scientist in #ecology #aquaculture #Rstats to start immediately Please reach out and take a look at our lab guide in the link below quantmarineecolab.github.io/join/

I have two MS assistantships in the #AquaticEcologyandAstacologyLab beginning Spring 25 to look at crayfish distribution and habitat assessment in the Pearl River basin in Louisiana. $20,000/yr + tuition waiver 💴! See the A&M posting for full details. jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=9…

Funded PhD Opportunity! Come join my lab @marineinstitute @MemorialU to work on an international project examining evidence for coherent shifts in fish body condition throughout the NW Atlantic! See details here - fesalab.com/opportunities

Exciting post-doc opportunity! Study fish and fisheries ecology on Lake Champlain in Vermont with the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory!

Make sure to tag us in your post for a chance to win some super cool fishy merchandise! 2/2

🚨JULY PHOTO CONTEST THEME ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 This month's theme is "Big things looking small and small things looking big". This can be interpreted as the largest of a small species (or vice versa), pics under a microscope, or anything that fits into this category! 1/2

Only a week left to submit photos!

Meet Kyle Glenn, our Northeastern Division Rep!

💥GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES💥 Multiple PhD and MSc positions at Lakehead, Laurentian, and Queen's university related to biodiversity in freshwaters! 👇👇👇

3. You must be an AFS student or ECP member following us on social media to participate. 4. Winners will be contacted through the platform on which they submitted their entry. This contest is in no way associated with, administered by, or endorsed by X. 5/5

Contest rules: 1. One entry per person is permitted, do not submit through multiple platforms. 2. By sending us your entry, you consent to it being shared with the AFS SECP followers and membership. 4/5

Tag us in your post, or email photos with captions directly to afsstudent@gmail.com to enter! One entry will be selected as the winner of an AFS merch prize! Contest details are as follows: Deadline for June’s contest will be June 30th. 3/5

‼️🚨📷 PHOTO CONTEST ALERT 📷🚨‼️ This summer we will be holding photo contests to see what fish fun everyone is getting up to in the field and in the lab. Each month we will hold a new contest with a different theme. 1/5

This month's theme is "my favourite part of the workday". Please share the highlight of your day that you can always count on cheering you up! 2/5

Introducing Chase, our Southern Division Rep! Would you look at that bass!

Meet Lauren Yancy, our webmaster and communications committee member!

Employers frequently rank communication skills as being among the most needed areas for more staff training. We're happy to offer a range of courses at #AFS154 addressing this critical need - plan to come to Hawai'i a little early, and browse our courses: afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/continuing-edu…