Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Sea Grant Facilitates External Research to Determine Abundance of Red Snapper

Sea Grant and its research partners announced two updates on efforts to better understand red snapper populations in U.S. coastal waters today. These complementary projects, which are interdisciplinary and connected to multiple partners and stakeholders, including the National Marine Fisheries Service and Fisheries Management Councils, are being conducted by external, university-based teams and administered by Sea Grant. 

 

In the Gulf of Mexico, a Sea Grant-funded research team led by Greg Stunz, Ph.D. of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi along with 80 other researchers issued the final report for their project. In South Carolina, Sea Grant announced the research team that will lead a similar study in the Atlantic waters of the Southern U.S. to estimate the total abundance of red snapper there. The Atlantic team will be led by William Patterson, Ph.D. of the University of Florida, who also served as a researcher on the Gulf of Mexico team. 

 

Read the story, project findings, and final report of the Gulf of Mexico “Great Red Snapper Count” released by the project team via Texas A&M’s website.

 

Read the story announcing the Atlantic red snapper team released by South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium. 

 

Congress directed NOAA to support independent studies on red snapper in these two regions to enhance the agency’s ability to manage the highly prized species. Sea Grant’s federal-university partnership model was utilized to competitively select external, university-based research teams that include robust stakeholder engagement strategies as well as interdisciplinary and multi-method research strategies. The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service is also an active partner in this collaborative effort and a primary user of the results generated from both projects. 

Related Posts
Image of Capitol Hill with a bright blue cloudless sky and blooming cherry blossom tree in the right corner
Academia to Government

Sea Grant Announces the 2024 Class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The 85 early-career professionals selected will be placed in federal government offices throughout Washington, D.C., and join the over 1,600 individuals who have participated in the program since its inception in 1979.

Read More >
Image of plastic debris on Oregon’s Clatsop Beach by Tiffany Woods | Oregon Sea Grant.
Extension

Sea Grant announces funding opportunities to support community-engaged marine debris removal and prevention

Sea Grant announces $19 million in federal funding opportunities to address the prevention and removal of marine debris. These opportunities are a component of nearly $3 billion in targeted investments for NOAA in the areas of habitat restoration, coastal resilience and weather forecasting infrastructure through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
 

Read More >
Scroll to Top