We just got back yesterday from a very interesting and informative meeting, hosted by the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Earlier this month we continued extractions of spiny dogfish and Atlantic sharpnose shark muscle tissue for steroid hormones, so that we could have more comprehensive preliminary data to present at the meeting during the elasmobranch life history symposia.  We received a lot of positive feedback from attendees, and we’re looking forward to extracting more tissue samples in the near future!

Our unseasonably warm weather this winter will hopefully allow us to go out into the field to collect more little skate data and tissue samples within the next week.

Stay tuned for more updates!