Welcome to the homepage of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Here you will find information about the journal Copeia, our annual meetings, administration, and more.

News and Notices

Color Photos for Copeia Front Cover
The new format for Copeia includes a color photo on each cover. For more information on this new development, click here.

Abstract Submission Site Open through 4 April 2009.
To submit an abstract, click here .

Graduate Student Travel Awards for the 2009 meeting in Portland, Oregon.
To apply for an award, click here .

Proposals for Symposia for 2010 are due on 1 April 2009.
For details, contact Robert Cashner.

 Nominations for officers for 2009Tim Berra (berra.1@osu.edu) is the chair of the Nominations Committee for 2009. In addition to finding persons willing to run for 5 year terms as governors, Tim and his committee need nominations for a President-Elect (Ichthyologist), members of the Nominating Committee and other positions should they become available. If you wish to nominate someone for office, please send that information directly to Tim Berra or to asih@fiu.edu.

2009 Announcement for the Gibbs, Fitch & Johnson Awards
Nominations are solicited for the Robert H. Gibbs Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Systematic Ichthyology from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). To read more, click here

Conservation Committee - Position Paper on Rattlesnake Roundups
The Conservation Committee's position paper on rattlesnake roundups was unanimously adopted by the ASIH Board of Governors during the 2006 Meeting in New Orleans and has been endorsed by the Society for the Study of Amphbians and Reptiles, the Herpetologists' League, the Gopher Tortoise Council, and the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society. To see the position paper, click here .

 


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