Congratulations to Eric Cheng for submitting the winning cover image!

Twelve-month entries include
(in no particular order):

Kathy Townsend
Andre Alfonso
Sara McCutcheon
Jessica Lundgren
Yannis Papastamatiou
Greg Skomal
Steve Kajiura
Douglas Lloyd Engel
Jeff Rotman
Matthew Potenski
Neil Hammerschlag
Dean Grubbs

The calendar is $14.99 and will be available for purchase through the Marketplace soon.

The design for the 2009 AES Meeting t-shirt is now available for your viewing and purchasing pleasure. This year’s design is inspired by the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. We received permission to use part of the joint meeting design (slightly modified) along with a design based on Haida tribal artwork (see attached illustrations for color options and t-shirt layout). We are offering 2 color options tan and white. T-shirt prices are $17 for members and $20 for non-members. Remember, all proceeds go to AES student support.

Shirts can be picked up and paid for at the AES store at the meeting in July. For those of you unable to attend, domestic shipping will cost an additional $4-8 depending upon the number of shirts ordered.

We cannot ship internationally, sorry.

Orders will be taken until June 19th, so get them in fast!!


To order, please email me (kmara@mail.usf.edu) with the following information:

Name:

Email:

AES member?

Mailing Address (if not attending meeting):

Design 1 (white)
XXL Sizes require additional charge of $2
Quantity each of small, medium, large, XL, XXL:

Design 2 (tan)
XXL Sizes require additional charge of $2
Quantity each of small, medium, large, XL, XXL:

--Kyle

Aloha shark-print shirts will be available at the meeting!





Shirts will be available for $30 (normally sold for $50!) for sizes Small - XL. Add $ 2.50 for 2X, $ 3.50 for 3X, $ 4.50 for 4X sizes.

Please pre-order before April 25th by emailing Misty Paig-Tran at epaig@uci.edu.


Sizes available:

	S	M	L	XL	2X	3X
Chest Size	42	44-441/2	47-48	511/2-52	55-56	561/2-571/2
Length	291/2-293/4	301/2-31	311/4	321/4	321/2-33	33-331/2

The AES online store is open!

We offer a variety of elasmo-related goods, including pens, water bottles, and shirts. Proceeds go to support AES student funding.

Continue to Marketplace >

Renew your membership online now! Click here for instructions.

*NEW* OCS will be hosting a General Chondrichthyan Symposium at the 8th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference held in Perth from May 31 - June 5, 2009

*NEW* Ph.D. Opportunities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

The American Elasmobranch Society is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the scientific study of living and fossil sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras, and the promotion of education, conservation, and wise utilization of natural resources. The Society holds annual meetings and presents research reports of interest to students of elasmobranch biology. Those meetings are held in conjunction with annual meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists each year at rotating North American venues.

The membership of the society consists of members who pay annual dues in one of several membership categories including:

• STANDARD membership: requires nomination by an active, standard member and carries the right to cast one vote in matters of Society business.
• AFFILIATE membership: does not require a nomination and is a non-voting membership.

The pages that comprise the AES web site provide information on the society, document its scientific endeavors, and present information on ongoing research, society initiatives, and general interest items to all readers with an interest in elasmobranchs.