Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

The continuing education (CE) courses offered on March 21-22, 2002 in Blacksburg were well received by all those in attendance. VCAFS acknowledges the fine contributions of Scott Klopfer (Conservation Management Institute at Virginia Tech) who covered the basics of ESRI Arc View geographic information systems as it applies to fisheries biology and Dr. John Ney (Professor of Fisheries Ecology, Virginia Tech) who provided a review of techniques and models to estimate trophic support capacity of waterbodies for piscivourous fishes. These two exceptional instructors devoted much time and effort.

Bluehead chub collected from the York drainage

Past VCAFS courses have included Riparian and Instream Restoration Efforts in Virginia; Predator, Prey Stocking and Trophic Economics; Introduction to GIS; Water Withdrawal Workshop; Yield-per-Recruit Modeling Using Excel; Population Estimates; Media Strategies for Cheapskates; Effects of Exotic Species on Aquatic Communities; Introduction to Biostatistics and Sample Design; Streambank Protection: an Ecological and Practical Approach; Basic Statistical Methods; Introduction to Population Dynamics and Regression Analyses; and Public and Professional Values in Balancing Fisheries Management.