Fish Tagging Seminar

[Gerry Zagorski]

This from Rutgers

The next seminar as a part of our Marine Extension Program Seminar Series (MEPSS) with Rutgers Cooperative Extension will be on Wednesday, April 3 from 7:00-8:30 PM.

The featured speaker will be Jeff Dement (Director, Fish Tagging Program, American Littoral Society) (https://www.littoralsociety.org/fish-tagging.html). Jeff will be giving a presentation entitled:

"Tales Tags Tell: 54 Years of Fish Tagging with the American Littoral Society"

The American Littoral Society's Fish Tagging Program was started in 1965 and over 640,000 fish have been tagged by volunteers since the program's inception. Come learn about the past, present, and future of the program, including tagging results and how volunteers can get involved.

This will be a free "HyFlex" seminar where people can attend live at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County (1623 Whitesville Road, Toms River, NJ 08755) or remotely via webinar.

Please register by Friday, March 29 if you are planning to attend either by coming to Toms River or participating remotely via webinar by contacting Kelly Jurgensen (kjurgensen@co.ocean.nj.us | 732-349-1152).


Please feel free to forward this announcement and attached flyer to anyone who might be interested and to contact me if you have any questions.

Also, you can mark your calendar for the next evening MEPSS seminar dates and topics:

Monday, April 29 - Dr. Grace Saba (Rutgers University), Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (https://midacan.org/)

Monday, June 24 - Beth Sharack (NOAA) and Erika Bernal (Montclair State University), Microplastics in our coastal ocean