American Fisheries Society Student Subunit at the University of MInnesota, Duluth

In May of 2015, we established the first American Fisheries Student Subunit at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

We have 25 active members and are comprised of both undergraduate and graduate students.

We have bi-weekly meetings and our scheduled activities revolve around conservation and fisheries education.



Mission Statement :  A club for students interested in strengthening their fisheries knowledge, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources and aquatic systems within Minnesota.

UMD AFS graduate students at MN AFS

To date, we have coordinated beach cleanups with MN Sea Grant, visited the Great Lakes aquarium, judged the regional science fair, volunteered at both the Boat show and Home show, written letters of support for Lake Superior Marine Sanctuary, designed the MN AFS T-shirt for the annual meeting, collected for the MN AFS annual meeting auction and gone smelting as a group.

Collected 55lbs of trash of the shore of Lake Superior on Mn Point

T-shirt design for the MN AFS annual meeting

UMD AFS volunteering at the Boat show with MN Sea Grant

Field trip learn about fish husbandry at the Great Lakes Aquarium

Using the seine net to capture smelt during our annual UMD AFS smelt event