Master's Project Directory

Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Roxanne Diaz, Fabio Castagnino Ugolotti, Denise Garcia, Sarah Salem, Camila Vargas

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: The Summit Foundation

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Jennifer Bone, Elena Meza, Kendall Mills, Laura Lea Rubino, Lily Tsukayama

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Assessing Management Strategies for the Artisanal Sector of the Peruvian Anchoveta Fishery

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2013)

Group Members: Tracey Mangin, Matias Caillaux, Miguel Cosmelli, Jessica Fuller, Yoel Kirschner, Stephanie Thornton

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: The Nature Conservancy Peru

Evaluating and Improving the Ability of an Adaptive Management Framework (FISHE) to Identify and Resolve Fishery Management Challenges related to Climate Change

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Gracie White, Chase Brewster, Sara Orofino, Nathaniel Burola

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Driving Sustainability in the Gulf of California: Fishery Management and Offshore Cultivation for Totoaba Macdonaldi

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: Miguel Castellanos, Garrett Goto, Adam Sachs, Andrew Steinkruger, Matthew Warham

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Cygnus Ocean Farms

Addressing Sedimentation of Ecuador's Rio Chone Estuary: A Watershed Perspective

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Francesca de Leon, Steven Johnson, Jacob Marcon, Natalie Phares

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Global Student Embassy

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Samuel Furtner, Stephanie Gad, Isabella Marill, Adam Quian

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration