{"id":44910,"date":"2025-08-24T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?p=44910"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:58:27","slug":"august-2025-members-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/august-2025-members-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2025 Member’s Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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School of menhaden, also called bunker or pogy<\/p><\/div>\n

The guest speaker for the meeting was Will Poston. Will is a Forage Campaign Manager for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). Will is currently focused on the Menhaden fishery in the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n

For a CBF handout that summarizes Will’s presentation, see Menhaden Fact Sheet<\/a>.\u00a0 Also, for more information about why menhaden are important to the health of the Chesapeake Bay, see https:\/\/www.cbf.org\/about-the-bay\/chesapeake-wildlife\/menhaden\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"New member Thomas Tomasco (on the left) is shown here being sworn in by chapter president Chris Ferguson. Welcome to the chapter Thomas!<\/p>\n

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The 2025-2026 Officers and Board of Directors also were sworn in at the meeting. Pictured below from left to right are board members Eric Fjell, Mike Lane, Jimmy Fanny, Gary Brown, Chris Trimpey, Secretary Priscilla Taylor, Treasurer Tim Doxey, board member Bruce Kliche and Vice President Darden Langston. After being sworn in, the Vice President swore in Chris Ferguson as chapter president.<\/p>\n

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