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Greetings everyone! I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend and were able to make time to remember and honor America’s military men and women who were lost while serving our country. Contemplating the price of freedom comes up regularly for me and these sacrifices by our heroes and their families must never be forgotten.
We've made good progress with our realignment and have hired all of our new supervisors, but there is still more work to be done! I have much to share with you below. Many of our programs have web pages showing the vast depth and breadth of our work. Meet some more of our passionate and dedicated staff and read about their diverse roles.
Hurricane season begins in just a few days. Are you prepared? If not, I encourage you to take action to prepare now. Use the NOAA’s National Hurricane Center website for official and current storm forecasts and additional resources.
Keep reading!
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Thanks for your continued support and interest,
Clay Porch, Ph.D
Southeast Fisheries Science Center Director
clay.porch@noaa.gov
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Increasing Efficiency of Video Surveys with Artificial Intelligence
A new collaborative research paper in a special issue of Frontiers in Marine Science describes the potential use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in fisheries surveys. This technology could drastically improve video analysis times for scientists within and outside of the science center. |
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Scientists Consider More Adaptive Approaches to Atlantic Dolphinfish Management
During community workshops, dolphinfish anglers provide useful feedback to inform scientists for management strategy evaluation. There are many challenges with dolphinfish management but discussing them amongst the community can help brainstorm solutions.
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Deploying Passive Acoustic Recorders for North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Season
A Growing Facility to Leverage Coral Science
The Coral Research and Assessment Lab (CoRAL) team recently expanded their wet lab located at the University of Miami’s Experimental Hatchery on Virginia Key. It substantially improved their capacity to conduct research on coral restoration which is increasingly crucial with changing global conditions threatening the health of coral reefs.
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Sharing Fisheries Management Practices With International Partners
Dr. Jennifer Leo is a research fisheries biologist with NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center and is based in Galveston, Texas. Her usual responsibilities have her working on climate science along the Gulf of Mexico coast and other habitat ecology efforts. Read about her short term assignment in Namibia.
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50 Years: Celebrating the History of the Southeast Region Headboat Survey
Science 50 years ago—though much different than today—can be remembered as the origin of modern day molecular biology and the last time we sent people to the moon. Meanwhile, NOAA Fisheries had their own origin story in 1972. That was the start of NOAA’s Southeast Region Headboat Survey, based out of a NOAA facility in Beaufort, North Carolina. |
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Photos of the Southeast Bottom Longline Survey
The most recent post in this blog series is a photo gallery highlighting photos taken of different species seen throughout the 27th voyage of the Southeast Bottom Longline Survey. Make sure to stay tuned for more blog posts in the future and check out the previous blogs in the series. |
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Life on a NOAA Vessel and the People that Bring it Together Blog
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Meet Kevin Rademacher, Research Fisheries Biologist
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When I joined NOAA, I was repairing and restoring antique furniture in an antique store specializing in English antiques on Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Now, I am the senior video reader for the Gulf and Caribbean Reef Fish Branch. However, I have done a lot of different things in my career with NOAA since starting in May 1988. Meet Kevin. |
Meet Erica Rule, Chief of Staff for Science Planning and Operations
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Erica supports the leadership of the center by making recommendations and providing timely and informed guidance towards the center's mission. She helps ensure success of the center’s recent realignment and leads the strategic planning process, aligning the objectives and initiatives with budget planning and execution. Meet Erica. |
Meet Andy Ostrowski, Fisheries Biologist
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Andy is a reef fish life history biologist whose work focuses on the processing and aging of fish otoliths (ear stones). This data goes towards important stock assessments like the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR). He also recently completed a NOAA LANTERN detail as the Chief of Staff at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Meet Andy. |
Meet Dionne Hoskins-Brown, Research Fishery Biologist
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Dionne conducts research on fisheries habitat with students at Savannah State University. This research forms the basis of student training and supports our mission. Over the years, her and her research students have looked at the distribution of blue crab populations in Georgia tidal creeks, marsh dieback, and success in oyster reef restoration. Meet Dionne. |
Meet Brent Stoffle, Fishery Anthropologist
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Brent is an applied fishery anthropologist which means many things including being a conduit for stakeholder fisheries groups. He helps ensure that local perspectives are considered in the development and acceptance of alternative fishery management policies, while addressing socio-economic impacts. Meet Brent. |
Meet Ellie Hartman, Communications Intern
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Ellie works with the small-but-mighty communications team. Their primary goal is to take the diverse complexity of science communications and translate it into language that the public understands. Ellie takes the hard work that our scientists do at the center and gets it understood by other stakeholders and the public. Meet Ellie. |
Meet Nick Hopkins, Fisheries Method and Equipment Specialist
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Nick is a gear technician and NOAA diver for the Gear and Vessel Support Branch. He helps maintain, fabricate, and supply gear for the Southeast Fisheries Science Center’s bottom longline and trawl surveys. He also tests and develops new designs that help protect sea turtles, marine mammals, and large sharks. Meet Nick. |
Fisheries, Assessment, Technology, & Engineering Support About Us
Marine Mammal and Turtle Division About Us
Here we provide information about the center’s Marine Mammal and Turtle Division. We conduct research on whales, dolphins, and sea turtles within the western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. We provide the scientific knowledge needed to manage, recover, and conserve protected marine species.
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Southeast Region Headboat Survey Page
The Southeast Region Headboat Survey became the first survey to collect reef fish data in the Atlantic beginning in 1972. This work is one of the main sources of recreational, fishery-dependent data, and in some cases the only supplier of life history data for more than 350 reef and pelagic fish species. |
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Oceanic and Coastal Pelagics Branch
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Events
Turtle Excluder Device Outreach and Courtesy Inspection Schedule:
In March and April, we held a series of in-person courtesy TED inspection events in coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. We also had a booth providing TED information at the Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit 2023.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Climate Vulnerability Assessment Public Workshop and Webinar
May 16-18, an in-person Climate Vulnerability Assessment workshop was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The workshop will be used to identify which species may be most vulnerable based on their exposure to projected changes in the environment (e.g., warming oceans) and their sensitivity or adaptability to handle those changes based on their life history characteristics. This workshop had a scientific panel of 15 experts to evaluate species sensitivity to climate change, identify and fix errors in scoring, allow for appropriate consideration of new information, address bias, and provide their individual scores for, and opinions on, Highly Migratory Species.
Workshops to Discuss Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi) Management Strategy
NOAA Fisheries to hold a virtual meeting as part of the series of dolphin management strategy stakeholder workshops. The meeting will be held via Google Meet on May 30, 2023, from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Learn more about this community event here.
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The mission of NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center is to provide the scientific advice and data needed to effectively manage the living marine resources of the Southeast region and Atlantic high seas.
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