World Council of Fisheries Societies

The World Council of Fisheries Societies is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation intended to promote international cooperation in fisheries science, conservation and management.^[1] The Council consists of 10 member organisations, and arose from the 1st World Fisheries Congress in Athens, Greece in 1992.

World Council of Fisheries Societies

Formation	1992
Type	non-profit organisation
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland, USA[1]
President	Bronwyn Gillanders[2]
Website	wcfs.fisheries.org

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[A]	2021	Adelaide, Australia
9th	2024	Seattle, United States

Notes

1. The 8th World Fisheries Congress was originally scheduled for 11–15 October 2020,^[5] but was postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.