2018

Newport Harbor on a summer evening

Graying of the fleet: Perceived impacts on coastal resilience and local policy

The objective of this project is to explore perceptions of community resiliency through examination of the “graying of the fleet” phenomenon in Oregon.
juvenile salmon

Magnetic map in nonanadromous Atlantic salmon

This research shows nonanadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) can extract map information from the geomagnetic field.

Ocean Views: Characterizing Risk Perception, Uncertainty, and Decision-making Within the Ocean Condition Forecast System

This research explores how the nature of their connection to the sea leads to different perceptions of risk and comfort with uncertainty, and how these differences might be important to consider when one group has information another group needs.
Gray whale breaches

Opinions and perceptions of Oregon Dungeness crab permit holders on whale entanglement issues & survey

survey and results for a project that sought the input of Oregon's Dungeness crab fishermen and industry representatives on management options to reduce the risk of whale entanglement in Oregon.
Crew members on the Delma Ann haul in a crab pot and hit it against a banger bar to force the crustaceans out of the pot. Because of a fisherman's suggestion, researchers are looking for ergonomic banger bars.

Oregon Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing 2018 - 2019 Directive to Minimize Whale Entanglement

A voluntary best practices directive to help the Oregon Dungeness crab fleet take n important steps towards reducing the risk of whale entanglements.

Quantifying Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity of Shellfish in the Northern California Current Ecosystem to Increasing Prevalence of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

This thesis studied Dungeness crab and red abalone responses to ocean acidification.

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