GCRL hosts fisheries workshop

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory will present a free workshop on Mississippi’s marine fisheries at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Caylor Auditorium. It's open to the general public. Topics will include Mississippi’s spotted seatrout population monitoring, Tag and Release Program updates, tarpon occurrences in Mississippi, striped bass habitat and tracking, spotted seatrout spawning habitat and other issues pertinent to Mississippi’s fisheries. For more information, contact Read Hendon, GCRL fisheries biologist, at 228.872.4202. (Source: University of Southern Mississippi, 11/24/08)

Marine scientist gets USM award

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - Dr. Robin Overstreet, marine parasitologist at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and professor in the Department of Coastal Sciences, received The University of Southern Mississippi's Innovation Lifetime Achievement Award. Overstreet is recognized as a world authority on fish parasites and disease, and is credited with the discovery of hundreds of new species. He joined GCRL in 1969. (Source: University of Southern Mississippi, 11/17/08)