Our Goal
The goal of the Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is to help diversify the fisheries profession by recruiting and introducing students from underrepresented backgrounds, specifically minorities and women, and placing them in summer internships among fisheries agencies and institutions. By offering internships to high school students, we hope to be the catalyst that then encourages these students to study and ultimately pursue a career working in the field of fisheries.
Oversight
The American Fisheries Society has overall program management responsibility. The Executive Director of AFS provides an annual report on the program to the Governing Board of AFS. A Hutton committee appointed by the AFS President evaluates and makes recommendations for improvements in the Hutton Program.