POINT-COUNTERPOINT - CONSERVATION GENETICS AND CURRENT STOCKING PRACTICES - ARE THEY COMPATIBLE

As part of American Fisheries Society (AFS) President Ray Hubley's pla n of work for 1993-94, the AFS has initiated a program to provide Soci ety members with a forum for discussing important fisheries and aquati c resource issues. The program will consist of a series of point/count erpoint sessions held annually, with one session at each of the four D ivision meetings. The program's intent is to better define key issues and to expose members to different views within the aquatic resources community. This article summarizes the goals and format of the program and provides background information for the first point/counterpoint series, which will be launched 11-15 December at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.