Fisheries Sciences
Fisheries oceanography assesses how oceanographic processes influence abundance, production and condition of fisheries stocks. Issues include source and sink regions of or for recruits and timing of food availability at critical life stages. Molecular methods recently have greatly improved the ability to define genetically separate stocks and source and sink regions.
Participating Faculty
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Heather Leslie, Ph.D.
Director, Darling Marine Center & Professor, Marine Sciences
207.563.8299
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Richard (Rick) Wahle, Ph.D.
Director of the Lobster Institute and Clare S. Darling Research Professor
207.563.3146 ext 249
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Gayle Zydlewski, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Maine Sea Grant
207.581.4365