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Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
Research to support the implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) is integral to building a comprehensive approach to conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of Maryland’s coastal resources. Success will require:
- Investigations of fishery population trends and targets and their effects on ecosystems
- A better understanding of the needs of and engagement strategies for multiple audiences with different priorities (including recreational and commercial fishers, the seafood and aquaculture industries, and consumers)
- Improved models for understanding Chesapeake Bay fishery scenarios
Maryland Sea Grant will address these themes by supporting natural and social sciences, synthesizing and translating research results, and engaging stakeholders in the movement toward ecosystem-based fisheries management.
For additional detail, visit our recent Request for Proposals or the Maryland Sea Grant Strategic Plan.
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Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
