FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2017
Contact: Martha Wilson
Tel.202.445.9514
(Tampa, FL) August 23, 2017 – Sara Schaal of Northeastern University was named a runner-up for the Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship at the 2017 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. AFS President Joe Margraf presented the award at the meeting’s plenary session. In honor of Steven Berkeley’s contributions to marine ecology, conservation biology, and fisheries science, the Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student actively engaged in thesis research relevant to marine conservation.
“We applaud the distinguished contributions of Sara Schaal and thank her for her continuous efforts to research marine conservation,” said AFS President Joe Margraf.
Sara is testing for a genomic basis underlying contrasting behaviors in Atlantic cod, with implications for spatial closures and unanticipated selection of a resident versus migratory ecotype.
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Links: (fisheries.org)
About AFS: Founded in 1870, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) is the world’s oldest and largest fisheries science society. The mission of AFS is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals. With five journals and numerous books and conferences, AFS is the leading source of fisheries science and management information in North America and around the world.