Marine Fisheries Section Elects new Officers

Thanks to an email from Doug Vaughn (current MFS President) we now have the announcement of new national officers for the Marine Fisheries Section who will be assuming their various posts at the meeting in Quebec:

The Marine Fisheries Section election results are in and the results are:

President – Benjamin Walther
President-Elect – Cynthia Jones
Secretary/Treasurer – Debra Lambert
Northeast Region – Gail Wippelhauser
Southeast Region – Susan Lowerre-Barbieri
Western Region – Selina Heppell

They assume their elected positions on August 17th (4-6 pm) when we have the business meeting in Quebec City. The above constitute the MFS Excom along with the Past President (that will be me come August). All terms are for 2 years. Please welcome our new officers!! And thanks to all candidates willing to run for these offices!!

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