<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">All –</span> <br class=""><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div id="yiv6534496027" class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv6534496027WordSection1"><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You are encouraged to attend a joint meeting of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation’s New England Estuarine Research Society and The Coastal Society on April 16-18, 2015, in Bristol, RI. The theme of “Emerging Issues and Novel Technologies in Coastal Ecosystem Science” will be addressed in an opening symposium, technical papers, posters, and a field trip . . . plus at several networking events. Within that them, we hope to encourage collaboration between the two societies and their members across the science, management, policy, and education issues that transcend our coasts and estuaries. See<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://neers.org/MEETINGS/NEERSmeeting/MeetingOverview.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://neers.org/MEETINGS/NEERSmeeting/MeetingOverview.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for registration, hotel information, and more.</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I hope to see you in Bristol!</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please share this announcement with your colleagues.</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tom</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(on behalf of the NEERS/TCS planning team)</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""> </i></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""> </i></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class="">><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°> ><((((°></i></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class="">Thomas E. Bigford</i></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Policy Director</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">American Fisheries Society and President, The Coastal Society (see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/</a>)</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2199</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phone: 301-897-8616 Ext. 207</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Fax: 301-897-8096</div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Email: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tbigford@fisheries.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:tbigford@fisheries.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tbigford@fisheries.org</a></div><div class="yiv6534496027MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Website: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fisheries.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">fisheries.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>