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title: Highlights of our August 4th Meeting
description: august 4th meeting recap
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From the logbook

# Highlights of our August 4th Meeting

Aug 29, 2023 1:44:24 PM  ·  MFC Reports

- Our guest speaker was John Tiedemann, Monmouth University Director, Marine and  
  Environmental Biology & Policy Program (MEBP), who spoke on “Stripers for the Future,  
  a Research and Education Program.” He explained that striped bass have been the  
  target of anglers for hundreds of years in their native range of the Saint Lawrence River,  
  Canada to the Saint Johns River, Florida. Their major spawning grounds are the  
  Chesapeake Bay, Hudson River, Delaware River and Roanoke River and their eggs  
  increase in number exponentially as they get older. Scientists will use acoustical tagging  
  to study the effects of wind farm fields on stripers. They are also in the process of  
  detecting environmental DNA in the Manasquan River, with the help of the Manasquan  
  High School Fishing Club, to the determine the extent that stripers winter there. The  
  Manasquan Fishing Club also volunteered to periodically take water samples at the  
  ocean for a similar study. Many thanks to John for the very informative talk.
- The Big Sea Day Youth Fishing Contest was held on Saturday, August 5th. It was a  
  beautiful day and the contest was very well attended. Fishing was a bit slow but the  
  contestants all had a great time as did the MFC members who helped out. Many thanks  
  to Bill Beck, Jack Pongracz, John Sheehan, Paul Hennigan, Joe Choma, John Gassner, Bill  
  Schwarz, and Luis Cadalzo for assisting at the event.
- Our next fishing tourney will be our Labor Day Weekend Fish Tournament which is  
  scheduled for September 1 - 4. We’re all looking forward to that one! Make sure to see  
  the Planned Events section of this Newsletter for more details and mark your calendar.
- We are planning to resume our Annual Dinner in April 2024, John Sheehan and Bob  
  Gynn are putting things together. This event is a ton of fun so stay tuned.
  
  We will be holding our 2nd Prize Raffle of the year at our September meeting, see  
  attached listing of available prizes. It is requested that members do not solicit prizes for  
  our September raffle but rather donate prizes since we will be soliciting prizes for our  
  April Annual Dinner. We don’t want to overdo it with our friendly vendors and  
  supporters.
- We will also be raffling off Gruden Fishing Gear at the September meeting.

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