Marine biologist, photographer and television host Bill Boyce will be the featured artist at this year’s Cocktails with the Critters, the annual fundraiser for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation.  


When: Thursday, April 24, 2008 – 6:30pm to 9:00pm
 
Where:  Five Rivers Delta Resource Center, Spanish Fort, Alabama
 
Details:  Cocktails, delicious hors d’oeuvres, lively entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation.  Auction items include luxury condo packages in Gulf Shores, Dauphin Island, Orange Beach and Perdido; vacation at Ogburn Villa, Great Harbor, Bahamas; cruise from Springdale Travel; fishing excursions;  artwork; and the photography of Bill Boyce.  Mr. Boyce will also have photographs for sale available at the event.


For more information: (251) 861-8710 or http://foundation.disl.org .  Tickets are $75/person

 
Bill Boyce, host of IGFA Angler's Digest, on the Sportsman Channel, has been active in the angling, conservation, and journalistic aspect of sport fishing his entire life.  This native Californian earned his degree in Fisheries Science and began his career as a fisheries biologist with the US Forest Service in Tahoe National Forest.  Later he worked for the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) managing the harvest of tunas, dolphins and sharks by the Eastern Pacific tuna purse seine fleet.  

After 16 years as a biologist, Bill turned to another interest, underwater photography.  Now an internationally recognized photo journalist, Bill's articles and images are seen monthly in publications such as Marlin magazine, Sport Fishing, Salt Water Sportsman, Big Game Journal, Pacific Coast Sportfishing, and Australia's Blue Water magazine. His travels have brought him to Africa, Australia, the Azores, Bahamas, Belize, Canary Islands, Mexico, Midway Island, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela, among other places.

Bill has donated six pieces of his work for the silent auction.  Visit www.boyceimage.com <http://www.boyceimage.com/>  to see more examples of his breathtaking work.

All proceeds from these events will benefit the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation, which supports the Sea Lab’s mission to promote wise stewardship of Mobile Bay and the Northern Gulf of Mexico.