AFS Position Paper and Policy on Mining and Fossil Fuel Extraction

Authors

Robert M. Hughes, Oregon State University
Felipe Amezcua, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
David M. Chambers, Center for Science in Public Participation
Wesley M. Daniel, Michigan State University
James S. Franks, University of Southern MississippiFollow
William Franzin, Laughing Water Arts and Science, Inc.
Donald MacDonald, MacDonald Environmental Sciences Limited
Eric Merriam, West Virginia University
George Neall
Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, Universidade Federal de Lavras
Lou Reynolds, US Environmental Protection Agency
Carol Ann Woody, Center for Science in Public Participation

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

1-2016

Abstract

Following a four-year period of writing, member comment, and multiple revisions, the AFS Position Paper and Policy on Mining and Fossil Fuel Extraction was approved unanimously by the membership at the Society's annual business meeting August 19, 2015, in Portland, Oregon. The entire document can be read at fisheries.org/policy_statements; a brief summary follows.

Publication Title

Fisheries

Volume

41

Issue

1

First Page

12

Last Page

15

Recommended Citation

Hughes, R. M., Amezcua, F., Chambers, D. M., Daniel, W. M., Franks, J. S., Franzin, W., MacDonald, D., Merriam, E., Neall, G., Pompeu, P. d., Reynolds, L., Woody, C. (2016). AFS Position Paper and Policy on Mining and Fossil Fuel Extraction. Fisheries, 41(1), 12-15.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/17546