Past Annual Meetings
2023
Plenary Theme: "Managing Aquatic Ecosystems and Shifting Baselines:
Challenges and Opportunities"
Location: Boise Center on the Grove, Boise, Idaho
Dates: May 8-11, 2023
Program with Abstracts
Workshops:
Small Stream Restoration Summit
Primer on the Human Dimensions of Fisheries Management
Everything you ever wanted to know about monitoring stream temperature but were afraid to ask
Using Program R in Fisheries Science: A Primer
Drones and Remote Sensing in Fisheries Science
Identifying and Preventing Harassment in the Field: A Training by FieldFutures
Fish Printing Workshop
2022
Plenary Theme: "Removing barriers: Opening pathways to the fisheries profession"
Location:Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Events Center, Ft. Hall, Idaho
Dates: March 1-4, 2022
Program and Abstracts
Workshops:
Diverse Perspectives on the Current and Emerging State of Aquaculture in Idaho Workshop
Cultural Competency and Relevancy Workshop
Inclusion in the Workplace: Practical Strategies for Consideration Workshop
2021
Plenary Theme: "Aquaculture in Idaho: Putting the Fish in Fisheries"
Location: Virtual Meeting
Dates: March 1-5, 2021
Program
Oral, Ignite and Poster Abstracts
Workshops:
Fishes Without Borders Workshop
Fish Health and Biosecurity Workshop
Stage 0 Habitat Follow-up & Fish Response Workshop
2020
Plenary Theme: "Navigating the Challenges of Science Communication"
Location: Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene Idaho
Dates: March 11-13, 2020
Program
Oral, Ignite and Poster Abstracts
Workshops:
Gill Net Design and Gill Net Selectivity Workshop
Integrated Broodstock Management Workshop
Stage 0 Habitat Restoration Workshop
2019
Plenary Theme: "Science-based regulations and angler ethics. Are tools missing from the toolbox?"
Location: Boise Center on the Grove, Boise, Idaho
Dates: March 6 - March 8, 2019
Program
Abstracts
Workshops:
Nuts and Bolts of Genetics in Aquaculture
In-stream PIT Tag Detection System Equipment and Analytics Workshop
2018
Plenary Theme: Fisheries Scientists Must Write
Location: Shilo Inn, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Dates: February 28 - March 2, 2018
Program
Abstracts
Workshops:
Scientific Writing and Editing
Wilderness First Aid Primer
2017 Joint Meeting with the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Plenary Theme: Common Grounds: Where Land and Water Meet
Location: Boise Centre, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 27 - March 3, 2017
Meeting Report
Program
Abstracts
Workshops:
Amphibian Identification
Aquaculture Continuing Education: Eagle Fish Health Lab Facilities Tours
Career Development Training
Endangered Species Act Overview and Section 7 Consultation
Idaho Bat Working Group Meeting
Introduction to Program R
Merging of Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitats - Principles to Improve Success
Technical Manuscript Editing and Review
2016
Plenary Theme: Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Fish Related Information
Location: The Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Dates: March 8-10, 2016
Meeting Report [from Fisheries 41(6):270]
Program
Abstracts
Workshops:
Get it Published!
Monitoring and Adaptive Management Planning for Habitat Restoration
Aquaculture Continuing Education: Kootenai Tribal Fisheries Facilities Tours
2015
Plenary Theme: Idaho's Large Rivers: History, Management, and Restoration
Location: Boise Centre, Boise, Idaho
Dates: March 4-6, 2015
Program
Abstracts
Workshops:
Inflow-Outflow, Responsible and Efficient Fish Culture
Forecasting adult Chinook Salmon and Steelhead returns to the Snake River basin: working toward a better understanding of current methodology and moving toward a unified approach
2014
Plenary Theme: Stream Connectivity in Fisheries Management: Fix It, Break It, or Leave It?
Location: Shilo Inn, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Dates: February 11-13, 2014
Meeting Report [from Fisheries 39(10):471]
Program and Abstracts
Workshops:
Hatchery Innovations
PIT-Tag Detection Systems: Options for Remote Monitoring Applications
Viewing, Creating and Sharing Geospatial Information in Google Earth
2013
Combined Meeting of the Idaho Chapter and the Western Division
Plenary Theme: Fisheries: Learning from the past and looking towards the future
Location: Boise Centre, Boise, Idaho
Dates: April 15-18, 2013
Meeting Report
Program
Abstracts: General Session
Abstracts: Symposia Sessions
Abstracts: Poster Session
Workshops:
Power-Based Standardization in Electrofishing
Spatial Statistical Modeling on Stream Networks
Physical, Ecological, Engineering and Social Considerations in Using Wood in Stream Restoration
Physiologic Stress in Fish Culture and Fish Management: Good Stress, Bad Stress...Good Fish, Bad Fish
How Many Different Ways Is This Method Implemented? Discussion of Best Practices for Snorkeling Methodology and Pool Measurement Methods
2012
Plenary Theme: Non-native species -- managing the uncertainties
Location: Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Dates: March 7-9, 2012
Meeting Report [from Fisheries 37(7):322-323]
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Fish without borders
2011
Plenary Theme: Native peoples fisheries: perspectives on past, present and future
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: March 2-4, 2011
Meeting Report [from Fisheries 33(7):346-347]
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Fisheries and Hatcheries Biosecurity Workshop
2010
Plenary Theme: Idaho's native fishes: understanding their distribution and abundance
Location: Red Lion Hotel, Pocatello, Idaho
Dates: March 3-5, 2010
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Unraveling the spring creek mystery: what should they look like and how do we get there
2009
Plenary Theme: Hatchery supplementation for fishery conservation: diverse policies and applications
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: March 4-6, 2009
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Nuisance and Invasive Species
Grant Writing
2008
Plenary Theme: Impacts of climate change on Idaho's fishery resources
Location: Red Lion Templin's Inn on the Spokane River, Post Falls, Idaho
Dates: February 6-8, 2008
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Designing for Aquatic Organism Passage at Road-Stream Crossings
How to Work Effectively with the Media
2007
Plenary Theme: Diversions, dams, and fish: managing the impact of diversions and dams on Idaho's resident fish species
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 21-23, 2007
Meeting Report [from Fisheries 32(10):504-505]
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Current and Emerging Pathogens of Fishes in the Pacific Northwest
2006
Plenary Theme: Economic aspects of Idaho fisheries: the great, but seldom used conservation tool
Location: Red Lion Riverside, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Dates: February 15-17, 2006
Meeting Report
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Population Viability
Exploring the Differences between Fine-spotted and Large-spotted Varieties of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Hatchery Nutrition
2005
Plenary Theme: Managing fisheries in the 21st century: meeting new challenges with new ideas
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 24-26, 2005
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Fish Genetics 101
Publicity Writing
2004
Plenary Theme: Progressive fish culture: new paradigms for hatchery management
Location: Best Western University Inn, Moscow, Idaho
Dates: February 12-14, 2004
Program and Abstracts
2003
Plenary Theme: Technology: Where are we, where are we headed, and has it made us better managers and investigators?
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 27-Mar 1, 2003
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Manuscript Preparation
2002
Plenary Theme: The American Fisheries Society: what are we managing for?
Location: West Coast Pocatello Hotel, Pocatello, Idaho
Dates: February 28-Mar 2, 2002
Concurrent with Bonneville (Utah) Chapter
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
The Sinks Symposium: Exploring the Origin and Management of Fishes in the Sinks Drainages of Southeast Idaho
Proceedings of The Sinks Symposium
2001
Plenary Theme: What is the proper role of genetics in fisheries management?
Location: Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 22-24, 2001
Program and Abstracts
2000
Plenary Theme: Native fish: do they have to go to the ocean to be important?
Location: The Coeur d' Alene Resort, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
Program and Abstracts
Dates: March 13-15, 2000
Concurrent meeting with the North Pacific International Chapter
1999
Plenary Theme: Snake River anadromous fish recovery and the role of dams
Location: The Grove Hotel, Boise, Idaho
Dates: March 4-6, 1999
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Fish Identification
1998
Plenary Theme: Managing natural resources in a dynamic environment
Location: Cavanaughs on the Falls, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Dates: February 26-28, 1998
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Landscape Scale Disturbance: Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems
Fish Identification
1997
Plenary Theme: Species that slip through the cracks of current management paradigms
Location: Owyhee Plaza Hotel, Boise, Idaho
Dates: February 27-March 1, 1997
Program and Abstracts
Workshops and Symposia:
Species That Slip Through The Cracks of Current Management Paradigms - Conservation of Non-game and Non-Threatened or Endangered Fish & Wildlife
Fish Identification
Annual Meetings Prior to 1997
Meeting information prior to 1997 is listed in The History of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (PDF).