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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2017 Contact: Martha Wilson Tel.202.445.9514 mwilson@fisheries.org (Tampa, FL) August 22, 2017 – Hannibal Bolton received the Emmeline Moore Prize today at the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2017 Contact: Martha Wilson Tel.202.445.9514 mwilson@fisheries.org (Tampa, FL) August 21, 2017 – Dr. John Waldman, a lifetime AFS member, received the Carl R. Sullivan
With the crack of two bottles of champagne and a blessing from a local priest, Florida’s newest research vessel, the R/V W.T. Hogarth, was christened and launched for the first
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org Kansas City, MO (August 23, 2016) – At the American Fisheries Society (AFS) 146th Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo.,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org Mike Jones, the Peter A. Larkin Professor of Quantitative Fisheries at Michigan State University, received the William E. Ricker Resource
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org Kurt Fausch, Ph.D. received the Award of Excellence from the American Fisheries Society (AFS) at its 2016 Annual Meeting in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org Mark Hudy of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) received the Presidents’ Fishery Conservation Award at
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org Dr. Donald J. Orth of the Department of Fish and Wildlife at Virginia Tech received the Excellence in Fisheries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 Contact: Martha Wilson mwilson@fisheries.org American Fisheries Society (AFS) professional Gwen White received the Meritorious Service Award at the 2016 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
Dr. Mamie Parker of the American Fisheries Society received the Emmeline Moore Prize at the 2016 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. AFS President Ron Essig
