Committees
Any member or non-member can contact the convenors of the various ASFB Committees on any issue. Details about the function and membership of the Committees can be obtained from the convenors. The Committee usually meets once a year during the Annual Conference.
Alien Fishes Committee
Convenor: TBA
Education Committee
Convenor: Dr Chris Fulton
The Australian National University
christopher.fulton@anu.edu.au
Recreational Fishing Committee
Convenor: Aldo Steffe
NSW DPI
Aldo.Steffe@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Threatened Fishes Committee
The conservation status of Australian fishes was classified by the Conference on Australian Threatened Fishes held by the Australian Society for Fish Biology in Melbourne in August 1985. A total of 59 species were listed in seven categories (Harris 1987).
One of the recommendations of the 1985 conference was that the changeable nature of the conservation status of fishes should be recognised, and that the status of the Australian fauna should be reviewed regularly (see conservation status 1999 and 2001). As a result, the Threatened Fishes Committee have revised the listing annually since 1988. In 1991, the Committee agreed to the establishment of a more formal Committee and the adoption of a nomination form for listing or de-listing fishes on the Conservation Status list. The conservation status listings are ratified by the society and are published in the newsletter as yearly supplements.
Convenor: Mark Lintermans
University of Canberra
Mark.Lintermans@canberra.edu.au
Workshop Committee
Convenor: Gary Jackson
WA Dept. of Fisheries
Gjackson@fish.wa.gov.au
Member Publications
Koehn, J. (2003) Riverine aquatic protected areas: protecting species, communities or ecosystem processes? Australian Society for Fish Biology
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