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Abstract

In August 1994, at its annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Executive
Committee of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) approved a new Strategic
Plan. The plan sets out eight goals that define a vision of AFS in the year 2001, and
provides strategies to achieve each goal. Accomplishing the plan should position
AFS to be more responsive to member needs and more effective at meeting the
challenges facing the resource and profession under future expected conditions.
The plan provides opportunities for every member to help shape AFS for the 21st
century. In this paper, we describe the process of strategic planning, the goals and
strategies of the AFS Strategic Plan, and how the plan is implemented through
AFS annual work plans.

Keywords

fishery-management, North-America, international-organizations,
fishery-organizations