Preparation for AFS-Tidewater Chapter Annual Meeting

We're now less than 24 hours away from the start of the 30th Annual AFS-Tidewater Chapter Meeting in Edgewater, MD!  Several of our members have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their posters and presentations. We've even been working together on a group poster that will highlight a few of the exciting and extensive long term data sets collected right off our pier here at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. So if you're reading this now and also planning to be there, please stop by our spot at the Thursday night poster social. A full list of our members who will be there sharing their original research are reproduced below:

Poster Presentations, Thursday 6:00-10:00PM Mathias Atrium

Matthew Damiano- "OysterFutures and the Current State of Harvest in the Choptank River"

Hillary Glandon (et al.)- "Gettin’ Jelly with It: The Influence of Local Environmental Conditions on Gelatinous Zooplankton Abundance Observed at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Research Pier and the Potential Interactions with Fish Abundance and Diversity"

Oral Presentations, Friday 9:15-4:00 Schmidt Center

10:15AM Brian Gallagher- "Revisiting the Life History of White Perch (Morone americana) within the Hudson River Estuary"

2:15PM Alexandra Atkinson- "Influence of Environmental Conditions on the Age, Hatch Dates, and Growth of Juvenile Atlantic Menhaden in the Choptank River, MD"

2:30PM Emily Liljestrand- "Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Seasonal Migration, Survival, and Exploitation Rates During 1966-1969"

3:15PM Gray Redding- "Contingent Structure of Northwest Atlantic Mackerel Evaluated Using Otolith Stable Isotopes"

Additionally, we are excited to announce that we will be at the front registration desk throughout the conference selling our subunit T-shirts! They are available in sizes S-L for $15, the proceeds of which will go towards our subunit outreach efforts, including a public rope tying course and a seining demonstration at local parks. Check them out: