Jason Boucher – MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER OF THE AFS

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Introducing our Tuesday Plenary Speaker Dr. John Waldman. He joined the faculty of Queens College as a tenured professor of Biology in 2004. For the previous 20 years, Dr. Waldman was employed by the Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research. He holds a B.A. in Biology from Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York, a M.S. in Marine and Environmental Sciences from Long Island University, and a Ph.D. from the Joint Program in Evolutionary Biology between the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York. His research interests focus on the ecology and evolution of fishes, the historical ecology of rivers and urban waterways, and estuarine biology. Dr. Waldman has authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous essays in the New York Times, Yale Environment 360, and elsewhere. He has also published several popular books, including the award winning Heartbeats in the Muck: the History, Sea Life, and Environment of New York Harbor, Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature in New York, and most recently, Running Silver: Restoring Atlantic Rivers and their Great Fish Migrations. #FisheriesResearch #scicomm #fishsci #fisheriesscience ... See MoreSee Less

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Mid-Atlantic Chapter AFS

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Introducing our Monday Plenary Speaker Dr. Lisa Methratta. She is a Fisheries and Wind Scientist at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Offshore Wind and Ecology Branch. Dr. Methratta holds a B.S. in Biology from Penn State University and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Following graduate school, she went on to pursue a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at NOAA Fisheries in Woods Hole. In her nearly 20-year career, Dr. Methratta has worked on such topics as spatially explicit fish-habitat relationships on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf, oyster reef restoration and blue crab fishery dynamics in Chesapeake Bay, and more recently offshore wind effects on finfish populations. Dr. Methratta’s work has involved designing approaches to synthesizing large volumes of complex fisheries data, providing advice on survey design methodology, coordinating projects involving multiple agencies, and leading working groups to discuss the best science available to underpin the environmental decision making process. Dr. Methratta’s current focus lies at the nexus of offshore wind and fisheries. Her work has included a critical analysis of survey design methodologies used to study finfish impacts and the publication of a meta-analysis of European finfish studies conducted at wind farms. #fisheriesscience #SciComm #fishsci #FisheriesResearch ... See MoreSee Less

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Mid-Atlantic Chapter AFS

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Don't forget to register for this years meeting! We are excited to be co-hosting our 2024 meeting with the Northeastern Division of the American Fisheries Society (NED-AFS).The meeting is being held from October 27-29th, 2024 with plenty of amazing speakers and professional development workshops #FisheriesResearch #fisheriesscience #scicomm #fishsci ... See MoreSee Less

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Mid-Atlantic Chapter AFS

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Meet our MAC- AFS Website and Social Media Manager Lori Brown. Lori has a background in Biology and Environmental Science. She been a part of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of AFS since 2004 when she first jumped into the world of fisheries science at Delaware State University (DSU) as a Research Technician. While at DSU, she primarily assisted with telemetry research on various species and managed the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Network. Tracking fish lead to a lot of work using GIS, which lead to a Master’s Degree from Penn State. Since 2015, she has worked for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in the Division of Watershed Stewardship. Her current role focuses on GIS, data visualization, and data analysis as it relates to water quality. Lori manages MAC’s website and helps with the social media presence. If you are interested in getting anything posted, please reach out to her.#SciComm #fishsci #fisheriesscience #FisheriesResearch ... See MoreSee Less

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Mid-Atlantic Chapter AFS

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Meet our 2024 Student Representative Lauren Cook. Lauren is a 4th-year PhD Candidate in Oceanography at Rutgers University studying the carbon cycling role of Atlantic menhaden on the US Northeast Shelf. Outside of research, they have a passion for education and outreach, and are excited to be Student Representative this year!#fisheriesscience #scicomm #FisheriesResearch #fishsci ... See MoreSee Less

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