Update on the Press Conference

The report from the press conference in Southampton is in from our crack correspondent Champ Kind…er….John Carroll. Here are some highlights:

• Amongst others, in attendance were Congressman Tim Bishop (D, NY-1), State Assemblyman Fred Thiele and University President “Don’t Call Me” Shirley Strum-Kinney.



• New conference was covered by local television outlets; News 12 Long Island, and Channel 55 out of Riverhead.



• Announced publicly the $3.7 million dollar Institute for Ocean Conservation.



• The institutes first project will be working on “forage fish fisheries” including anchovies, silversides and bunker amongst others.



• State Assemblyman Fred Thiele announced nearly $7 million in state funding to build a state of the art new marine station at Stony Brook – Southampton.



• Dr. Chris Gobler of SoMAS was recognized by Congressman Tim Bishop for his outstanding research on local issues.



• A tour of Shinnecock Bay was given to the dignitaries in attendance by SoMAS graduate students.

John also noted that the press conference was well attended and that there was delicious finger food available for lunch (which made me kick myself for not attending). By his description its possible that more Southampton T-shirts were worn today than in the past 3 months combined...

Thanks John for the coverage…