TOPIC: USE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO IMPROVE CATCH RATES
WHO: MITCHELL A. ROFFER, PH.D., PRESIDENT OF ROFFS™
WHEN: THURSDAY JANUARY 12, 2012 AT 7:00 PM (SOCIAL HOUR AT 6:00PM)
WHERE: RADIO ISLAND MARINA, BEAUFORT, NC

Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. (ROFFS™) and Radio Island Marina of Beaufort, NC (Bill and Jane Newbern) are inviting you and your fishing friends and family to an evening seminar. Dr. Mitchell A Roffer (Ph.D.), President will be presenting an informal talk on how you can easily use fisheries oceanographic information to improve your catch rates. This is not a ROFFS™ infomercial, but a science talk reviewing aspects on how fish are influenced by the formation, condition, and location of their preferred habitats. Such topics as availability, vulnerability and catchability, in terms of water temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen, clarity/turbidity, color and bottom structure will be considered. He will discuss which aspects of the preferred habitats are most important in the waters off North Carolina for tuna, marlin, kingfish, wahoo, and dolphin.

There will be a social hour starting at 6:00 PM and a question and answer period at the end of the 60-75 minute seminar. RSVP not required, but we suggest you arrive before the 7:00 PM start of the seminar as seating is limited. The Radio Island Marina is located on 156 Radio Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516 which is south of Route 70 (Arendell St) just east of Morehead City, NC. There is no charge for this informative seminar. Some cold refreshments will be provided.