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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Santa Cruz Island Biosecurity: Development of a Comprehensive Biosecurity Plan to Prevent the Establishment and Spread of Invasive Organisms

Santa Cruz Island Biosecurity: Development of a Comprehensive Biosecurity Plan to Prevent the Establishment and Spread of Invasive Organisms

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah

Clients: The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Preserve

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Developing Aquaculture to Support Restoration of the Native Oyster, Ostrea Conchaphila, in California

Developing Aquaculture to Support Restoration of the Native Oyster, Ostrea Conchaphila, in California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Preserve

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: An Environmental and Economics Analysis

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: An Environmental and Economics Analysis

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Clients: American Motor Honda Company