Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Assessing Marine Debris in the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

MESM 2024 Group Project

Group Members: Tatiana Bok, Elizabeth Braun, Eleri Griffiths, Heather Luedke, Anne Youngdahl

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Aerial view of channel islands and pacific ocean

Seal Bomb Impacts to Cetaceans in California National Marine Sanctuaries

Analyzing the impacts of a legal marine mammal acoustic deterrent known as a “seal bomb," underwater explosives used in purse seine fisheries.

Group Members: Ian Brunjes, Anastasia Kunz, Taylor Lockmann, Caitlin Manley

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Offshore mussel farm and boat

Assessing the Value of Environmental Information for Shellfish Aquaculture Farmers in British Columbia

Identifying locations for new shellfish aquaculture development along British Columbia’s coastline and a geospatial visualization tool for First Nations rights and title holders.

Group Members: Emiliano Espinoza, Halley McVeigh, Caitie Reza

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: ScootScience

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Locating Ocean Acidification Monitoring Gaps and Hotspots within the California Current

Locating Ocean Acidification Monitoring Gaps and Hotspots within the California Current

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Clients: West Coast Regional Planning Body