Abstract Registration Closes on March 1, 2024

(A second call may occur depending on submissions)

 SUBMIT ABSTRACTS HERE

We invite you to share your science at the 47^th LFC!

Scientific sessions will occur during Monday-Thursday, May 13-16, 2024, at Sawmill Creek Resort, located in Huron, Ohio, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Eight themes have been proposed for this year’s conference.

• Temporal variability in habitat use and spatial distribution of early life stages
• Recruitment across a freshwater-to-marine continuum: seeking generality
• Life after metamorphosis: ontogeny and its impact on the ecology of juvenile pre-recruits
• Impacts of human-driven environmental change on early life stages
• How it started and how it is going: the value of long-term ichthyoplankton time-series
• Causes and consequences of variability in larval fish foraging and growth
• Aquaculture and mariculture: advancements in egg, larval, and juvenile rearing success
• Advances in systematics, early life history, and population demographics: tools of the trade

Abstracts must be submitted online by Friday, March 1, 2024, at this link. Both oral presentations and posters are welcome.

• Oral presentations will be scheduled for Monday (May 13) through Thursday (May 16). A best student presentation competition will also occur.
• A poster session will occur on Monday (May 13) evening with free food and drinks provided. A best student poster competition will also occur.

View the Call for Abstracts

In addition to the scientific sessions, the 47^th LFC will have multiple off-site excursions from which to choose (e.g., birding/fish hatchery tour, kayaking/canoeing, Stone Laboratory tour, charter fishing), an early career event (focused on preventing scientific burnout), an awards banquet with free dinner, raffle, and ELHS flag auction, and a larval fish identification workshop on Friday, May 17. Many opportunities will exist to discuss science and socialize with others interested in the early life history of freshwater and marine fishes. For more information, visit the LFC47 website or download a conference flyer here.

REGISTER FOR LFC47 HERE

Early-bird registration for the 47^th Larval Fish Conference (LFC47) is now open through April 3^rd.

For the best rate, register early (saves $200) and become an Early Life History Section (ELHS) member (saves $75).

• Affiliate Members do not belong to AFS & join the ELHS for $15. Click to join the ELHS. Affiliate members cannot vote on ELHS business.
• Full Members belong to AFS and pay $15 to join the ELHS. Click to join AFS. The $15 ELHS membership fee can be paid on the AFS site.

General registration begins on April 4^th and will remain open until April 26^th. We encourage you to take advantage of the early-bird rates and become an ELHS member to save on your registration costs.

For more information about the 47^th LFC or ELHS visit:

Larval Fish Conference website: https://larvalfishconference.com/

Early Life History Section website: https://earlylifehistory.fisheries.org/

Early Life History Section on FB: https://www.facebook.com/earlylifehistory

Early Life History Section on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFS_ELHS

For questions about LFC47, contact Stuart Ludsin ([email protected]), the current president of the Early Life History Section and the primary LFC47 organizer.