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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Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery

Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association

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Casmalia Habitat Restoration Plan for the California Red-Legged Frog & Western Spadefoot Toad

Casmalia Habitat Restoration Plan for the California Red-Legged Frog & Western Spadefoot Toad

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden, Bruce Kendall

Clients: CB Consulting - Casmalia Steering Committee, US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9