Charge/Objective:
To advocate the role of the veterinarian within aquatic animal health and medicine at the production, practice, educational, research, natural resource management, and regulatory levels for the benefit of aquatic animals; to develop strategies to enhance and integrate the use of veterinarians' expertise to benefit the aquaculture, aquaria, natural resource, ornamental fish, and seafood industries, and the seafood consuming and the pet owning public; and to address the concerns of veterinarians and stakeholders on the availability and use of chemicals and biologics in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.

Representation:
Membership is composed of veterinarians, and 1 non-veterinarian with interests in aquatic animal medicine from the following categories: academia; extension or diagnostic services; industrial veterinary medicine; public health or epidemiology; private or public practice—food animal production; private or public practice aquarium or ornamental; research in aquatic animal health; state or federal regulatory veterinary medicine; and non-veterinarian—aquaculture industry.