SMAST faculty, staff, and students contributed to the scientific program of the National Shellfisheries Association’s 107th annual meeting in Monterey, California, last week.

Seven oral and poster presentations were authored by SMAST personnel from the Department of Fisheries Oceanography (DFO), reporting on research focused on scallops, lobsters, and surfclams. Prof. Kevin Stokesbury, chair of DFO, also moderated a session on commercial fishing.

Pictured in the photo are, from left: SMAST Research Associate Susan Inglis; SMAST graduate students Megan Levesque, Ricky Malloy, Kyle Cassidy, and Alexa Kretsch; UConn professor and NSA meeting organizer Sandy Shumway; SMAST graduate student Sam Asci, and Prof. Kevin Stokesbury.

Founded in 1908, the National Shellfisheries Association is an international organization of scientists, management officials and members of industry, all concerned with the biology, ecology, production, economics and management of shellfish resources, including clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, snails, shrimp, lobsters, crabs and many other species of importance.