World Council of Fisheries Societies explained

World Council of Fisheries Societies
Formation:	1992
Type:	non-profit organisation
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Headquarters:	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Bronwyn Gillanders^[1]

The World Council of Fisheries Societies is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation intended to promote international cooperation in fisheries science, conservation and management.^[2] 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	2021	Adelaide, Australia

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170515081508/https://wcfs.fisheries.org/officers/ "Officers"
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170515074747/https://wcfs.fisheries.org/ World Council of Fisheries Societies
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170515080912/https://wcfs.fisheries.org/members-with-logos/ "WCFS Members"
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20150717003142/http://wcfs.fisheries.org/world-fisheries-congress/ "World Fisheries Congress"