Following the recent establishment of an AFS North Central Division Fisheries Genetics Technical Committee, a workshop on fisheries genetics was held at the 1987 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. The workshop provided a forum for information transfer on techniques, issues, and priorities for research and policy development. The workshop identified six major issues including: application of stock identification methods in management, use of the stock concept in management, impacts of man-induced selection on fisheries resources, maintenance of genetic diversity, conservation of endangered species, and impacts of genetic engineering. The major conclusion of the workshop was that greater cooperation is needed among states, provinces, government agencies, and university researchers in the development and implementation of fisheries genetics research and management policy.