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Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST)

Current Projects

  • Diet composition and ecosystem modeling of predatory fishes captured in North Carolina: a cooperative program with North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund – Department of Environment & Natural Resources.
  • Estimating discard mortality of shallow and deep water reef fishes using conventional and telemetry tags.  NOAA Cooperative Research Program.  Co-PIs Paul Rudershausen, Tom Burgess.
  • Sources of mortality and movements of weakfish tagged in North Carolina.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund – Department of Environment & Natural Resources.  Co-PI Joe Hightower (NCSU).
  • Stock structure of spotted seatrout: assessing genetic connectivity at northern latitudinal limits.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund – Department of Environment & Natural Resources.  Co-PIs Tim Ellis (NCSU) and Jan McDowell (VIMS).
  • Estimating discard mortality and number of dead discarded dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the U.S. South Atlantic recreational fishery.  NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy.  Co-PIs Paul Rudershausen, Steven Poland.
  • Evaluation of changes in available spawning and nursery habitats for river herring in North Carolina.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund-NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources.  Co-PIs Jeffrey Buckel, Ernie Hain, and Lindsey Staszak.
  • Marine Fisheries Management Fellowship.  Jointly funded by NC Division of Marine Fisheries and NC Sea Grant.
  • Evaluating the Efficacy of Descender Devices in Promoting the Survival of Deepwater Groupers Using Telemetry.   NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy program.
  • Evaluating the impacts of a marine protected area using BACI design.  NOAA Cooperative Research Program.
  • Developing indices of abundance, characterizing juvenile habitat and identifying major spawning areas for North Carolina sheepshead.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund-NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
  • Estimating survival and stock structure of cobia using telemetry and population genetics.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund-NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
  • Beaufort Bridgenet Ichthyoplankton Sampling Program: Addressing the Need for Fishery-Independent Juvenile/Larval Indices for Recreationally Important Species.  North Carolina Coastal Recreational Fisheries License Fund-NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources.