World Council of Fisheries Societies

World Council of Fisheries Societies
Formation	1992
Type	non-profit organisation
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
President	Bronwyn Gillanders
Website	wcfs.fisheries.org

The World Council of Fisheries Societies is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation intended to promote international cooperation in fisheries science, conservation and management.^[1] The Council consists of 10 member organisations, and arose from the 1st World Fisheries Congress in Athens, Greece in 1992.

Membership

The council currently comprises 10 member organisations:^[3]

American Fisheries Society
Australian Society for Fish Biology
Canadian Aquatic Resources Section
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Indian Society of Fisheries Professionals
Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Mexican Fisheries Society
World Sturgeon Conservation Society
Zoological Society of Pakistan

World Fisheries Congress

Every four years, the World Council of Fisheries Societies runs an international conference event called the World Fisheries Congress.^[4]

Congress	Year	Host city
1st	1992	Athens, Greece
2nd	1996	Brisbane, Australia
3rd	2000	Beijing, China
4th	2004	Vancouver, Canada
5th	2008	Yokohama, Japan
6th	2012	Edinburgh, Scotland
7th	2016	Busan, South Korea
8th^{[upper-alpha 1]}	2021	Adelaide, Australia

Notes

↑ The 8th World Fisheries Congress was originally scheduled for 11–15 October 2020,^[5] but was postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 World Council of Fisheries Societies, official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
↑ "Officers", World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
↑ "WCFS Members" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
↑ "World Fisheries Congress" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
↑ World Fisheries Congress official website. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.

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[6] The 8th World Fisheries Congress was originally scheduled for 11–15 October 2020,^[5] but was postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[WCFS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 World Council of Fisheries Societies, official website. Archived 15 May 2017.

[2] "Officers", World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.

[WCFSmembers-3] "WCFS Members" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.

[Congress-4] "World Fisheries Congress" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.

[WFC2020-5] World Fisheries Congress official website. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.

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