Fisheries & Conservation Biology

Focus Area(s)
Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

SGEP Advisor Rick Starr's Fisheries and Conservation Biology Lab housed at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) currently conducts activities covering four primary areas:

  1. Providing technical advice, training and leadership to help governmental agencies, environmental organizations and resource users develop and coordinate coastal resource management plans;
  2. Conducting research on rockfish, lingcod and groupers to help promote the wise use, conservation, and management of valuable fishery resources;
  3. Working with scientists, fishermen and nongovernmental organizations to design and evaluate Marine Protected Areas in California;
  4. Helping promote and coordinate marine research and education in the region