Conferences

2009

Portland, Oregon (25th meeting)

President: Ken Goldman
Treasurer: Dan Ha
Secretary: Donna McLaughlin
Editor: Joe Bizzarro
Immediate Past-President: Jeff Carrier

Symposia: Functional Morphology of Cartilaginous Fishes

2008

Montreal, Canada (24th meeting)

President: Ken Goldman
Treasurer: Dan Ha
Secretary: Cami McCandless
Editor: John F. Morrissey
Immediate Past-President: Jeff Carrier

Symposia: The Biology of the Devil Rays: Mantas and Mobulids [John O’Sullivan]

2007

St. Louis, Missouri (23rd meeting)

President: Jeff Carrier
Treasurer: Julie Neer
Secretary: Cami McCandless
Editor: John F. Morrissey
Immediate Past-President: Carl Luer

Symposia: Biology and Systematics of Skates: The use of satellite-based techniques in shark research – recent results and future challenges

2006

New Orleans, Louisiana (22nd meeting)

President: Jeff Carrier
Treasurer: Julie Neer
Secretary: Cami McCandless
Editor: John F. Morrissey
Immediate Past-President: Carl Luer

Symposia: Biology and Systematics of Skates: What Do We Really Know? (Dave Ebert, James Sulikowski); Recent advances in the biology and conservation of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) [John O’Sullivan, Manny Ezcurra]

2005

Tampa, Florida (21st meeting)

President: Jeff Carrier
Treasurer: Julie Neer
Secretary: Cami McCandless
Editor: John Morrissey
Immediate Past President: Carl Luer

Symposia: Age and Growth Symposium in Honor of Gregor M. Cailliet (Ken Goldman and John Carlson)

2004

Norman, Oklahoma (20th meeting)

President: Jeff Carrier, Albion College
Treasurer: Julie Neer
Secretary: Cami McCandless
Editor: John Morrissey
Immediate Past President: Carl Luer

Symposia: Release and reintroduction of captive elasmobranchs to natural habitats (Jeff Carrier, Beth Firchau, George Burgess, Bob Hueter)

2003

2003 Manaus, Brazil (19th meeting)

President: Merry Camhi
Treasurer: Dave Koester
Secretary: Rebeka Merson
Editor: John Morrissey
Immediate Past President: Carl Luer

Symposia: Qualitative methods for the study and assessment of elasmobranch populations: Theory and practice (John Carlson, Enric Cortés); Sawfish: Threats, Biology, and Conservation in the 21st Century (Colin Simpfendorfer, Salao Madeira)

2002

Kansas City, Missouri (18th meeting)

President: Merry Camhi
Treasurer: Dave Koester
Secretary: Rebeka Merson
Editor: John Morrissey
Immediate Past President: Carl Luer

2001

College Station, Pennsylvania (17th meeting)

President: Carl A. Luer
Treasurer: David Koester
Secretary: Rebeka Rand Merson
Editor: John Morrissey
Immediate Past President: Phil Motta

Symposiums: From Icons to Art: The Cultural Significance of Sharks and Man (Laura Ferry-Graham & Adam Summers) and Nonfisheries-related human impact on elasmobranchs (Charles Manire, Colin Simpfendorfer & Jim Gelsleichter)

2000

La Paz, Baja California de Sur, Mexico (16th meeting)

President: Carl Luer
Treasurer: David Koester
Secretary, Editor: Jeff Carrier
Past President: Phil Motta

Symposiums: Biotelemetry and Elasmobranchs (Chris Lowe & Brad Wetherbee)
Natural History of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus (John O’Sullivan & Adria Rocio Lozano) and Elasmobranchs of the Sea of Cortez (Carlos Villavicencio & Bob Hueter)