Certification Benefits AFS Members Working in the Private Sector

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Abstract: 

In May 2011, the Membership Concerns Committee dis-tributed a survey to the American Fisheries Society (AFS)membership to gauge interest in and benefits of professionalcertification. The committee delivered its report to the gov-erning board and a full article for publication inFisheriesispending, but one highlight of this survey that the committee de-sired to report specifically was the perceived value provided tocertified members working in the private sector. The survey wassent to 875 certified members, and we received 338 responses(34% response rate), 21% of whom reported working in the pri-vate sector, such as consulting

Author(s): 
Joe E. Slaughter IV
James M. Long
Link / Ref: 
Semantics Scholar
Attachment: 
PDF icon Certification Benefits AFS Members Working in the Private Sector.pdf
Article Source: 
Fisheries • Vol 37 No
Category: 
Ecological Services
Economics