2012 Annual Meeting

Meeting Announcement – The 2012 NC Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting will be held in Raleigh, NC, at the Doubletree Brownstone Hotel and Conference Center from February 28 – February 29, 2012. Tuesday, February 28, will begin with a continuing education workshop in the morning followed by a technical session after lunch and an evening social with the student raffle. We will continue presentations Wednesday morning and finish up with the annual business meeting.  Stay tuned to the NCAFS Chapter website for updates and meeting registration options. 

Lodging Reservations – Room rates are $65.90 and $105.90 a night plus tax for single and double occupancy, respectively.   To receive the special group rate, please reserve your room by Monday, February 6, 2012.  For on-line reservations and details on the Doubletree Brownstone Hotel and Conference Center go to: www.brownstoneuniversity.doubletree.com.  To register enter the dates of the meeting (Feb 28, 29) under check availability and press Go.  A new page will open to make the reservation.  Be sure to enter the Group Code: AFS to get our price.

Continuing Education Course - This year's continuing education workshop will be held from 8:00 - 12:00 on Tuesday, February 28 at the NC WRC Headquarters Building in Raleigh. Kim Sparks from NC WRC and Joe Hightower from NC State University will lead a hands-on workshop that will include a review of ArcMap basics, incorporating on-line data and web services into your mapping projects, and ways to share your geographic data with others. The workshop will also provide an overview of some of the new features in ArcGIS 10. For additional information, please feel free to contact Kim (kim.sparks@ncwildlife.org) or Joe (jhightower@ncsu.edu).

Second Call for Papers – Students and professionals are highly encouraged to contribute oral presentations for the annual meeting.  Topics may include completed projects, works in progress, and case histories.  All presentations will be scheduled for 20 minutes, including a 5-minute period for questions.  Please send all abstracts electronically to Chris Wood at chris.wood@ncwildlife.org  by January 21, 2012.  Abstracts should include presentation title, author names, and addresses (including phone and e-mail if available).  Please limit text to 250 words or less. It is assumed that the first author listed will be the presenter unless otherwise noted.  If you are a student presenter, please make note of that on the abstract.  For additional information feel free to contact Chris by e-mail or by telephone (828-659-3324 ext. 222).