CURRENT SUPPORT

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INITIATIVE)

Population structure, connectivity, and life history of three exploited groupers (Family Serranidae) in the U.S. South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. 

 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM)

Collaboration with South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on the Stock structure and life history of the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna, in U.S. waters.

 

STATE WILDLIFE GRANT - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Characterization of sex-determining regions in southern flounder and other TPWD hatchery species.

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GULF OF MEXICO RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Genetics component of C-IMAGE II & C-IMAGE III (Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems).

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MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM

Estimating the absolute abundance of red snapper in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, genomics component.

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SALTONSTALL-KENNEDY GRANT PROGRAM

Collaboration with South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on the stock structure and life history of the bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo, in U.S. waters.

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TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Genotyping of red drum broodfish at Texas Parks and Wildlife hatcheries.

 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM)

Genetic monitoring and stock structure of two large coastal sharks, using high throughput next-generation sequencing.

 

STATE WILDLIFE GRANT - U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE

Collaboration with South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on the relative abundance and trophic ecology of two sympatrically distributed sphyrnids, the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), and the recently discovered Carolina hammerhead (Sphyrna gilberti), within known nurseries off the east coast of the United States.

 

STATE WILDLIFE GRANT - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Identification and delineation of critical shark nursery habitat surrounding Corpus Christi Bay.

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STATE WILDLIFE GRANT - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Population structure, connectivity, and genetic demographics of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in Texas bays and estuaries.

 

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