About the Southern New England Chapter
Established in 1968 to provide regional support in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island for the American Fisheries Society. AFS is the oldest and largest scientific group dedicated to the advancement of fisheries science and the conservation of renewable aquatic resources.
SNEC Summer 2026 Meeting
Join Us at Our Next Meeting on June 17, 2026 at the US Fish and Wildlife Service office in Hadley, MA. Click here to see the program: June 17 Meeting Program with Abstracts
Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society will be hosting a one-day science meeting on Wednesday, June 17 at the US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region Headquarters at 300 Westgate Center Drive in Hadley, MA 01035. What better way to start the summer than to get together and talk research with a great group of fisheries professionals from across southern New England.
Pre-registration is closed. Walk-In Registration is allowed but please email snecmeetings@gmail.com to let us know you are coming.
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Schedule for the Wednesday June 17 Summer Science Meeting in Hadley, Massachusetts
https://snec.fisheries.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2026/06/SNEC_AFS_SummerMeeting2026_Program.pdf Welcome:8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Coffee9:00 – 9:10 Opening Comments. Michael Burgess, SNEC President Plenary Presentation:9:10 – 10:10 Preparing for the sea: comparative physiological
Keynote Speaker on June 17 – Dr. Steve McCormick, Scientist Emeritus at the United States Geological Survey Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, Physiology Laboratory
Dr. Steve McCormick has been a researcher at the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center since 1990, and has also been a professor in the
Read the Winter 2026 American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter Newsletter
Thanks to AFS SNEC Newsletter Editors Leah Baumwell and Katherine Helmer – you can read about what your fisheries colleagues in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
SNEC Winter 2026 Meeting Report
On Wednesday, January 14,2026, 137 participants fromseven states attended SNEC’sone-day winter sciencemeeting at the University ofRhode Island. The programfeatured 16 talks and 19 posterpresentations spanning
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Schedule for the January 15, 2025 Winter Science Meeting
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Coffee and Poster Viewing 9:00 – 9:10 Opening Comments.Kevin D.E. Stokesbury, Dean, School for Marine Science & Technology, University of
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