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SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER
Providing the scientific advice and data needed to effectively manage the living
resources of the Southeast Region and Atlantic high seas.
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OUR LOCATION
NOAA’s Southeast Region is among the most complex and diverse regions in the
United States. It spans three large marine ecosystems:
* Gulf of Mexico
* South Atlantic
* Caribbean
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center is headquartered in Miami, Florida and
has facilities in Beaufort, North Carolina; Panama City, Florida; Pascagoula and
Stennis, Mississippi; and Galveston, Texas. We also have researchers located in
Lafayette, Louisiana, as well as port agents, fisheries observers and other
staff stationed throughout the region.
Learn more about our facilities
The image used as the banner is a school of juvenile tomtate fish with staghorn
coral. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Caitlin Langwiser.
WHAT WE DO
Priorities of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center provides the scientific advice and data
needed to effectively manage the living marine resources of the Southeast region
and Atlantic high seas. We work closely with NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional
Office to provide independent, objective science.
Our multidisciplinary research informs natural resource management. Fisheries
management councils, fisheries commissions, and federal, state and local
agencies depend on our science to make decisions that protect and conserve the
region’s living marine resources.
OUR DIVISIONS
FISHERIES ASSESSMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT
The Fisheries, Assessment, Technology, and Engineering Support (FATES) Division
provides essential services and development of new innovative technologies to
support the center’s mission.
FISHERIES STATISTICS
The Fisheries Statistics Division provides extensive support to management and
science through the collection, management, and dissemination of commercial and
recreational fisheries statistics. The division works extensively with various
internal and external partners to collect the fishery dependent information used
to support marine resource management in the region.
MARINE MAMMALS AND SEA TURTLES
The Marine Mammal and Turtle Division supports and conducts science that leads
to improved knowledge and meaningful conservation of marine mammals and turtles
and their habitats in a changing environment, helping to achieve NOAA Fisheries'
mission of implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species
Act and making a positive impact on society.
OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND INFORMATION
The Operations, Management, and Information Division provides administrative and
operational services including financial and acquisitions, information
technology, human resources, facilities management, and safety and environmental
compliance to support the center’s staff and research mission.
POPULATION AND ECOSYSTEMS MONITORING
The Population and Ecosystems Monitoring Division provides data, analytical
products, research, and expertise to support NOAA Fisheries priorities. The
division carries out fishery-independent surveys and applied research focused on
fisheries and habitat ecology, and provides support for ecosystem- and
climate-related initiatives in the region.
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES
The Sustainable Fisheries Division works in partnership with fisheries managers
and constituents to provide reliable scientific advice that enhances the
stewardship of living marine resources. The division also strives to advance
scientific knowledge and promote diverse and sustainable fisheries through
innovative research and development activities, and the use of advanced
technologies.
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NOAA SEFSC: We Are Here For You
We at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center are here for our ecosystems and
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OUR LEADERSHIP
CLAY PORCH, PH.D.
Director
Dr. Porch has held various positions with the agency for more than 25 years,
winning multiple awards for his leadership and administrative capabilities. He
has served as a member of the Science Center’s leadership team since 2006. He
has overseen population assessments and research for vitally important domestic
fish populations in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, as well as some in the
South Atlantic and internationally for the International Commission for the
Conservation of Tuna.
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LISA DESFOSSE, PH.D.
Deputy Director for Science and Operations
As Deputy Director for Science and Operations, Dr. Desfosse oversees the science
center's administrative, budgetary, and information management activities. She
also provides oversight to the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Division and the
Population and Ecosystem Monitoring Division.
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JOHN WALTER, PH.D.
Deputy Director of Science and Council Services
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MANAGEMENT TEAM
DIRECTORATE
* Directorate Office
* Trika Gerard, PhD, Chief of Staff to the Science and Research Director
* Directorate Office
* Erica Rule, Chief of Staff for Science Planning and Operations
* Directorate Office
* Keeley Belva, Communications Manager
* Social Science Research Group Branch
* Matthew McPherson, Ph.D., Branch Chief
FISHERIES, ASSESSMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT DIVISION
FARRON WALLACE
Division Director
* Biology and Life History Branch
* Ron Hill, Ph.D., Branch Chief
* Gear Research Branch
* Jeff Gearhart, Branch Chief (Acting)
FISHERIES STATISTICS DIVISION
DAVID GLOECKNER, PH.D.
Division Director
* Catch Validation and Biosampling Branch
* Lawrence R. Beerkircher, Branch Chief
* Commercial Fisheries Monitoring Branch
* Ray Mroch, Branch Chief
* Observer Program Branch
* Scott Leach, Branch Chief
* Recreational Fisheries Monitoring Branch
* Ken Brennan, Branch Chief
* Survey Design, Data Management and Dissemination Branch
* Alan Lowther, Ph.D., Branch Chief
MARINE MAMMAL AND TURTLE DIVISION
MRIDULA SRINIVASAN, PH.D.
Division Director
* Marine Mammal Branch
* Jenny Litz, Ph.D., Branch Chief
* Sea Turtle Branch
* Melissa Cook, Ph.D., Branch Chief (Acting)
OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND INFORMATION DIVISION
BRAYDON MIKESELL
Division Director
* Budget and Administration Branch
* Angela Strong, Branch Chief
* Facilities Branch
* Larry Burns, Branch Chief
* Information Technology Branch
* Richard Rasch, Branch Chief
POPULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MONITORING DIVISION
TODD KELLISON, PH.D.
Division Director
* Atlantic/Caribbean Reef Fish Branch
* Roldan Muñoz, Branch Chief
* Gulf and Caribbean Reef Fish Branch
* Matthew Campbell, Branch Chief
* Habitat Ecology Branch
* Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., Branch Chief
* Oceanic/Coastal Pelagics Branch
* Eric Hoffmayer, Branch Chief (Acting)
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIVISION
SHANNON L. CASS-CALAY, PH.D.
Division Director
* Atlantic Fisheries Branch
* Erik H. Williams, Ph.D., Branch Chief
* Caribbean Fisheries Branch
* Kevin McCarthy, Branch Chief
* Data Analysis and Assessment Support Branch
* Vivian Matter, Branch Chief
* Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Branch
* Kate I. Siegfried, Ph.D., Branch Chief
* Highly Migratory Species Branch
* Craig Brown, Ph.D., Branch Chief
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