Shellcracker, August 2002

The Shell-Cracker (August 2002), Page 2

Upcoming Events

Aug. 18-22 - 132 AFS Annual Meeting - Turning the Tide: Forging Partnerships to Enhance Fisheries, Baltimore Convention Center, MD.

Oct. 20-22 - AFS/EPA 2002 Forum on Contaminants in Fish, Burlington, VT.

Nov. 12-14 - Symposium on Effects of Fishing on Benthic Habitats: Linking Geology, Biology, Socioeconomics, and Management, Tampa, FL. Contact: Peter Barnes, pbarnes@usgs.gov.

Dec. 10-11 - Flatfish Biology Conference, Westbrook, CT. Contact: renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov.

Feb. 12-16, 2003 - AFS 11^th Annual Southern Division Midyear Meeting, Wilmington, NC. Contact: Kent Nelson, nelson3@earthlink.net.

Feb. 25-27, 2003 (tentative) - Florida Chapter AFS Annual Meeting, Brooksville, FL.


	President Kathy Guindon-Tisdel FWC - Florida Marine Research Institute 100 8th Ave. SE St. Petersburg, FL 33701 phone: (727) 896-8626 ext. 1514 email: Kathryn.Tisdel@fwc.state.fl.us Vice President Wayne Bennett, Ph.D. University of West Florida Department of Biology 11000 University Pkwy. Pensacola, FL 32514 phone: (850) 474-3362 email: wbennett@uwf.edu Secretary/Treasurer John Benton FWC 601 W Woodward Avenue Eustis, FL 32726 phone: (352) 742-6438 email: john.benton@fwc.state.fl.us Newsletter Editor Kim Tugend FWC 600 N. Thacker Avenue Suite A-1 Kissimmee, FL 34741 phone: (407) 846-5300 email: kimberly.tugend@fwc.state.fl.us Past President Peter Hood Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 3018 US Hwy. 301N Suite 1000 Tampa, FL 33619 phone: (813) 228-2815 ext. 231 email: peter.hood@gulfcouncil.org


	The Florida Chapter will be providing a few goodies to the raffle in Baltimore for the 132nd Annual AFS Meeting. We will be bringing two beautiful, signed and numbered Diane Peebles Prints to the raffle. One print is of a red drum from her scientific series and the other is the freshwater bream/habitat print that we had at our meeting last Feb. Kathy couldn't decide which one to get so she decided to appeal to both freshwater and marine folks alike. In addition, we will donate two of our Florida Chapter 2002 Meeting t-shirts and a copy of the FL AFS publication entitled Florida Aquatic Habitat and Fishery Resources. Thank you, Diane Peebles, for your generosity and continued support. You are a gem.


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