Photos by David Gentry, John Cooper, and Chad Smith

13 ECU-AFS Student Members Attended.

Above Picture: Chad Smith, Garry Wright, Dee Dee Barry, David Gentry, Eric Fitzpatrick,
Becky Deehr, Nick Jones, and Jennifer Woodroffe.  (Not Pictured: Heidi Alderman,
David Chagaris, Jason Clermont, Kevin Hart, and Chris Voss).

Oral Presenters:  Heidi Alderman, Dee Dee Barry, David Chagaris,
Eric Fitzpatrick, David Gentry, and Chad Smith.

Poster Presenters:  Jason Clermont and Nick Jones.

Awards:  Jason Clermont, Third Place Poster Presentation.

Honors:  ECU-AFS Faculty Member, Dr. Anthony Overton, was inducted as Tidewater Chapter President.

Dr. Anthony Overton, an ECU-AFS faculty member, was elected the next President of the Tidewater Chapter.  As such, he and
his organizing committee were responsible for convening the annual Tidewater Meeting.  Dr. Overton called upon ECU-AFS to assist
with registrations, abstract submissions, various meeting logistics, and to host a special event on the welcoming evening.  ECU-AFS
chose to sponsor the first ever "Beer on the Pier" fishing tournament, which proved to be quite challenging in late January.  Unfortunately,
the tournament site (the hotel pier) had been crippled by Hurricane Ophelia, causing us to fish much closer to shore than we had expected. 
The tide was out and the temperature was brisk, but enthusiasm and adult beverages seemed to warm the group.  We really had a great
turn-out, and several fish were landed (although we suspect some of them might have been recaptures).  Fishing tournament awards were given
out at the banquet the following night, featuring highly-sought after prizes for largest fish, smallest fish, most fish, the best male and
female anglers, transparent fish, new species and for the fisherman who acutally caught himself.  In addition, 13 students and three faculty
ECU-AFS members attended the meeting.  Six members gave oral presentations of their thesis research, and two members presented
posters.  Jason Clermont won third prize in the "Best Poster" category.  Dr. Overton was inducted as the Tidewater Chapter President. 
All in all, ECU-AFS made a strong showing in tems of academic research and event facilitation.  ECU-AFS would like to thank the ECU
Department of Biology who provided partial funding for 13 student members to attend this meeting.  Additional "thanks"
goes to ECU-AFS President, Dee Dee Barry, who worked hard, and patiently, to organize funding and student registration.







  

   
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