March 7, 1939 – November 5, 2022 William Hogarth in front of the Florida Institute of Oceanography's research vessel named in his honor (2017). William T. “Bill” Hogarth, 83, of Treasure Island, Florida, passed away after a short illness on November 5, 2022. Bill was born in the small southeastern Virginia town of Jarratt. Raised by his mother and sisters, Hogarth brought a bit of Jarratt along with him throughout his illustrious career as a scientist and manager of the nation's fisheries and in later life as an academic. His almost unintelligible southern Virginia accent was often the source of amusement and bewilderment to his friends and acquaintances, once described as the voice of Foghorn Leghorn. But Hogarth was an amazingly effective communicator with a keen sense of what was politically possible, while maintaining empathy for commercial and recreational fishers and their communities as management measures were enacted to eliminate overfishing from our nation's waters. Hogarth completed undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond (BS, 1963) and obtained his MS degree there in 1965. He began his PhD program at North Carolina State University in 1966 under the supervision of the legendary William Hassler. Together, they studied the populations of Striped Bass Morone saxatilis in the mid-Atlantic region, leading to more effective management of this iconic species. His studies on Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri and Mahi Mahi Coryphaena hippurus while at North Carolina State University ignited a lifelong interest in tunas (Scombridae) and other pelagic species that would play an important part in his later career. In 1972, Hogarth began a 12-year stint at Carolina Power and Light managing studies of the Brunswick nuclear power plant and its effects on biota. Striped bass was a species of special concern given and Hogarth's expertise was invaluable in efforts to minimize impacts. In 1986, the governor of North Carolina asked Bill to lead the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. There, he directed all scientific, management, and law enforcement activities related to fisheries and participated in regional and federal collaborations on a number of key management plans. Most importantly, it was then that Hogarth met and eventually married his wife, Mary. When the governor left office, Bill stepped down from the directorship and began his long affiliation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). During his career at NMFS, Bill steadily rose in the ranks from recreational fisheries coordinator, to acting chief of the Highly Migratory Species Division in Silver Spring, Maryland, then on assignment as acting regional administrator in Long Beach, California, and a similar position in St. Petersburg, Florida. He returned to Silver Spring as acting assistant administrator (AA) for fisheries in 2001, and later was appointed the permanent AA for fisheries, a position he held until his retirement from federal service in 2007. Hogarth's accomplishments at NMFS were prodigious. Working with U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, Hogarth was able to develop and get signed into law revisions to the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The 2007 revisions put teeth into the nation's laws to eliminate overfishing and rebuild depleted stocks. For his accomplishments, Hogarth and his team were awarded the Department of Commerce Gold Medal. Hogarth was also the 2016 recipient of the AFS Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award, among numerous accolades. Hogarth's efforts in managing living marine resources also extended into the international arena, where he was elected to chair both the International Whaling Commission and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Under his chairmanships, both organizations made important strides in conserving species entrusted to them. When Hogarth left federal service in 2007, he became the interim dean of the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida (USF) in St. Petersburg. There he was able to secure funds to rebuild laboratories, recruit faculty, acquired the R/V Weatherbird II, and, perhaps most importantly, led efforts on behalf of the state to study the impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. When a new dean was eventually recruited, Hogarth assumed the duties of director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), an organization supporting oceanography programs throughout Florida. The president of USF also asked Bill to serve as interim Regional Chancellor for USF–St. Petersburg. Bill had the ability to delegate and empower the people he worked with and to act as their advocate. He was all about providing opportunities for others. Bill was a fun person to work with and always a source of unconventional ideas. He is fondly remembered for enriching the lives of so many of those he befriended and he will be missed. No doubt there is also grieving in the town of Loretto, Kentucky, where Makers Mark bourbon (Bill's favorite) is distilled. In honor of his service, in 2017 the FIO named its new research vessel the R/V William T. Hogarth. Bill's legacy will also continue through the William T. Hogarth Fellowship in Marine Mammals, awarded to a deserving USF graduate student. Donations may be made to the William T. Hogarth Fellowship at https://bit.ly/3uPhy6F.