American Fisheries Society

Tcafs hosts an annual meeting where fisheries professionals and students can meet to exchange and disseminate information through presentations, attend continuing education workshops, and celebrate awards and accomplishments of members from the previous year. In 2024, tcafs hosted our annual meeting in nacogdoches with approximately 260 attendees. Eighty seven oral and poster presentations were given, 13 student scholarships totaling $19,500 were distributed (eight are externally funded), and 30 student travel awards totaling $4,500 were distributed.

Tcafs provides support for fisheries education programs for high school students such as the texas brigades and the american fisheries society's hutton junior fisheries biology program. In 2024, tcafs provided financial support ($1,000) for student tuition for two high school students to attend the bass brigades and coastal brigades where each student learns about freshwater and saltwater ecology and management.