World Council of Fisheries Societies

World Council of Fisheries SocietiesFormation| 1992

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Type| non-profit organisation
Headquarters| Bethesda, Maryland, USA[1]

President

| Bronwyn Gillanders[2]
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.

## Contents

* 1 Membership
* 2 World Fisheries Congress
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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

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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

9th  |

2024

Seattle, United States

## Notes

1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "WCFS Members" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
4. ↑ "World Fisheries Congress" World Council of Fisheries Societies official website. Archived 15 May 2017.
5. ↑ World Fisheries Congress official website. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.

## External links

* Official website

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