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Scientist Named Section President by American Fisheries Society
(September, 2003) Dr. Stephen Jordan of EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) was installed as President of the Estuaries Section at the American Fisheries Society's annual meeting in Quebec, August 8-14, 2003. Dr. Jordan is a Branch Chief at NHEERL's Gulf Ecology Division in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
The Estuaries Section was established in 1993 as the primary bridge between the American Fisheries Society and external organizations and individuals involved with estuarine research and management. It is dedicated to protecting, maintaining and enhancing the viability of fisheries and other aquatic living resources dependent upon healthy estuaries. Dr. Jordan has been President-Elect of the Section since 2001, and organized a symposium on estuaries fisheries at the society's 2002 annual meeting. One of the Section's goals is to recognize distinguished or significant contributions of its members, citizens, and regional organizations through various awards.
For more information, contact Ann Brown at Brown.Ann@epa.gov.