is to conduct and coordinate cutting-edge research engaging both NOAA and academic scientists to enable informed decisions by NOAA for sustainable and beneficial management of the northwestern Atlantic shelf ecosystem.
Requests for Travel Funds by new U.S. participants due 15 June 2013
ICES 2013 Annual Science Conference Reykjavik, Iceland
23-27 September 2013
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center
Deadline for submission of abstracts to ICES, 19 April 2013
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of three WHOI scientists as CINAR Fellows in Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystems Science. Rubao Ji (Biology), Porter Hoagland (Marine Policy Center), and Gareth Lawson (Biology) have been selected as the first CINAR Fellows.
Congratulations, Rubao, Porter and Gareth!
MORE ...For the first time in decades, researchers have conducted an extensive exploration for deep-sea corals and sponges in submarine canyons off the northeastern coast of the US. The survey revealed coral “hotspots,” and found that a new coral habitat suitability model could help predict where corals are likely to occur. The model is being developed by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and the National Ocean Service’s Biogeography Branch. NEFSC researchers Martha Nizinski of NSL and Dave Packer and Amy Drohan at the Sandy Hook laboratory are featured.
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