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Science Center for Marine Fisheries Approves $100,000 in Research Grants for 2021
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS / ACCESSWIRE / March 4, 2021 / The Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS) has approved 4 new research projects, with $100,000 in funding, to start 2021. Approved at the Center s annual winter meeting, the new projects will focus on improving data collection and scientific surveys in important finfish and shellfish fisheries.
These projects include efforts to improve how menhaden are tagged and tracked; analyzing the age and length composition of the chub mackerel population; improving clam dredge performance; and improving collection methods for surf clams and quahogs. All projects were approved by the SCEMFIS Industry Advisory Board (IAB), which is comprised of the Center s industry partners in the finfish and shellfish fisheries.
Continued warming of Atlantic coastal waters may enhance the spread of invasive blue catfish news-medical.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-medical.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Provost Peggy Agouris sent the following message to the campus community Feb. 22, 2021. - Ed.
Dear Colleagues,
I write to share the news that Victor A. Liguori, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, died on December 7, 2020, surrounded by his family. Victor Armand Liguori was born in 1937 and grew up outside of Philadelphia. He spent his summers in Avalon, New Jersey working on a charter fishing boat. After graduating from Haverford College with an A.B. in Sociology in 1959, he completed his masters and Ph.D. research at Princeton University focusing on stability and change in fisheries.
Professor Liguori joined the faculty of William & Mary in 1964 as an Instructor in Sociology and Anthropology. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1966 and to Associate Professor in 1970. For several decades, he maintained close ties with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where he was also an Associate Scientist.