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American Fisheries Society
Oklahoma Chapter

The Oklahoma Chapter was chartered on September 8, 1968. 

The mission of the chapter is:

• To promote conservation, development and wise use of the aquatic and fishery resources of Oklahoma.

• To promote and evaluate the development and advancement of all aspects of fisheries science and management in Oklahoma.

• To gather and disseminate scientific, technical and other information about fisheries science and management to Chapter members and the general public through publications, meetings and other forms of communications.

• To encourage competent teaching of fisheries science and management in Oklahoma colleges and universities and promote the continuing education of Oklahoma fisheries workers.

Oklahoma Chapter Bylaws (Adobe Acrobat file)

History of Fisheries in Oklahoma (Adobe Acrobat file - 3 MB)

Link to National AFS Website

Link to Southern Division AFS
 

Last Website Update -  19 March 2008

Webmaster: dbfenner@gmail.com

Don't sell water to Texas, speakers urge (NewsOK)  More than a dozen speakers, including two Texans, called on legislators and the governor today to resist any desires to sell Oklahoma water to Texas...

Paddlefish Program Praised (Tulsa World)  One of the most innovative projects ever created by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is under way in the far upper headwaters of Grand Lake...

Some Grand Lake fish under lead warning (Tulsa World) The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has released its 2007 fish study. The study involves fish from the Neosho River, Spring River, Grand Lake and mill ponds....

Researchers seek paddlefish details (Carthage Press) Biologists have started a pilot program to study an ancient fish species in Oklahoma's Grand Lake of the Cherokees...

New Kaw lake record flathead hooked (ODWC)If Lesley McNeff of Mustang had caught her 78 lb. flathead catfish from Kaw Lake this time last year...

Oklahoma Aquarium opens new exhibit (ODWC) The Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks recently opened its largest addition since its opening in 2003. The Hayes Family Ozark Streams exhibit...

State's water resources become precious as oil (Norman Transcript) The governor's water conference in Oklahoma City this week addressed the long-term vision for managing the state's water resources...