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Natalie Springuel
Marine Extension Program Lead
Maine Sea Grant College Program
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Phone 207.288.2944 x5834
Extension Staff Contact Information by Program
Maine Sea Grant College Program 
Natalie Springuel
Marine Extension Program Lead
Maine Sea Grant College Program
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Beth Bisson
Associate Director, Marine Extension Program Leader
University of Maine
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Chris Bartlett
Marine Extension Associate
University of Maine
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207.853.0967
New Hampshire Sea Grant
Gabriela Bradt, PhD
Fisheries Extension Specialist
University of New Hampshire
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New Hampshire Sea Grant Staff
603.862.2033
Katy Bland
Blue Economy Research & Engagement Associate with NERACOOS
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New Hampshire Sea Grant Staff
603.862.2033
Alexa Brickett
Assistant Director for Communications
University of New Hampshire
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New Hampshire Sea Grant Staff
603.862.6704
MIT Sea Grant College Program
Robert Vincent, PhD
Assistant Director for Advisory Services
Research Coordinator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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617.252.1741
WHOI Sea Grant
Jennie Rheuban
Research Associate III
Research Coordinator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.3782
Stephanie Murphy
Sr. Communications Specialist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.2271
New York Sea Grant
Antoinette Clemetson
Marine Fisheries Specialist
SUNY at Stony Brook
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631.632.8730
Kathy Bunting-Howarth
Associate Director, New York Sea Grant Institute
Assistant Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cornell University
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607.255.2832
Connecticut Sea Grant
Nancy Balcom
Associate Director and Program Leaders
Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
Senior Extension Educator
University of Connnecticut Extension
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860.405.9107
Rhode Island Sea Grant
Azure Cygler
Fisheries & Aquaculture Extension Staff
The Coastal Resources Center
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
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401.874.6197
Researcher Contact Information by Project
2023 Cohort
Ecological and physical processes in surface convergences, a critical microhabitat for American lobster larvae
PI: Jesús Pineda, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.2274
Co-PI: Carolyn Tepolt, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.3357
Jim Churchill
Senior Personnel
Oceanographer Emeritus
Physical Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
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508.289.2807
Alex Ascher, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Development of comprehensive, time-varying growth transition matrices for American lobster
PI: Genevieve Nesslage, PhD
Associate Research Professor
UMCES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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410.326.7223
Co-PI: Michael Wilberg, PhD
Professor
UMCES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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410.326.7273
Co-PI: Burton Shank, PhD
Research Fishery Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.495.2363
Co-PI: Jeff Kipp
Senior Stock Assessment Scientist
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
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Assessing American lobster distribution, movement, and shell disease impacts in a changing southern New England ecosystem
PI: Conor McManus, PhD
Deputy Chief
Division of Marine Fisheries
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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401.423.1941
Co-PI: Corinne Truesdale
Supervising Biologist
Division of Marine Fisheries
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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In hot water? Predicting how shifting temperatures and molting phenologies will impact regional patterns of epizootic shell disease in American lobster
PI: Maya Groner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Co-PI: Nick Record, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting Director
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Melissa Rocker, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Reyn Yoshioka, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Kristen Johnston
Research Technician
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Examining social impacts in the American lobster fishery
PI: Jonathan Grabowski, PhD
Assistant Director and Professor
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Marine Science Center
Northeastern University
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781.581.7370 x337
Co-PI: Marissa McMahan, PhD
Director of Fisheries
Manomet
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Co-PI: Steven Scyphers, PhD
University of South Alabama
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Beth Casoni (Collaborator)
Executive Director
Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
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Curt Brown (Collaborator)
Marine Biologist and Commercial Lobsterman
Ready Seafood
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Monique Coombs (Collaborator)
Director of Community Programs
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association
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Ecosystem regime shifts and American lobster populations
PI: Kathy Mills, PhD
Research Scientist
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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207.228.1657
Co-PI: Kathleen Reardon
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Co-PI: Heather Glon, PhD
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.350.6005
Core personnel: Claire Enterline
Program Manager
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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207.228.1636
Determining the dose- and range-dependent impacts of windfarm noise on stress in the American lobster
PI: T. Aran Mooney, PhD
Associate Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Co-PI: Andria K. Salas, PhD
Postdoctoral Investigator
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Co-PI: Julien Bonnel, PhD
Associate Scientists with tenure
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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N. David Bethoney, PhD (Collaborator)
Executive Director
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
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401.515.4662
Michael Long (Collaborator)
Senior Research Biologist
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
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401.515.4892
2022 Cohort
Providing the lobster industry new gear technology in response to regulatory and environmental changes
PI: Erin Pelletier
Executive Director
Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
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207.312.8752
Co-PI: Jake Kritzer, PhD
Executive Director
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
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603.570.3023
Co-PI: Cooper Van Vranken
Founder and Director
Ocean Data Network
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207.749.7467
Co-PI: Changsheng Chen
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Co-PI: Yong Chen, PhD
Professor of Marine Science
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
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James Manning (Partner)
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.566.4080
George Maynard, PhD (Partner)
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Centers
Cooperative Research Branch
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508.299.9693
Richard Wahle, PhD (Partner)
Director of the Lobster Institute
Research Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Damian Brady, PhD (Partner)
Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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207.312.8752
David Bethoney (Partner)
Executive Director
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
401.515.4892
Integrating and evaluating non-traditional gear technologies to reduce the risk to whales from fixed-gear fisheries
PI: Kevin Staples
Marine Resource Scientist I
Division of Ecology and the Environment
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.350.7431
2021 Cohort
An ecosystem-based approach to American lobster habitat and trophic dynamics: Integrated modeling to evaluate climate-related impacts
PI: Damian Brady, PhD
Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
Darling Marine Center
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207.312.8752
Co-PI: Richard Wahle, PhD
Director of the Lobster Institute
Research Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Co-PI: Rubao Ji, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.2986
Co-PI: Changsheng Chen, PhD
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Co-PI: Joshua Carloni
Senior Fisheries Biologist
New Hampshire Fish & Game
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603.868.1095
Co-PI: Burton Shank, PhD
Research Fishery Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.495.2363
Co-PI Andrew Goode, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
Darling Marine Center
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Answering an industry question, “Who’s eating juvenile lobsters?”: An evaluation of lobster predation in the Gulf of Maine using stomach content analysis
PI: Rebecca Peters
Marine Resource Scientist II, Lead Trawl Survey Scientist
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.557.5276
Co-PI: Jesica Waller
Director, Division for Biological Monitoring and Assessment
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.350.6440
Co-PI: Carla Guenther, PhD
Chief Scientist
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
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Co-PI: Elija Bates
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.592.1841
Kathleen Reardon (Advisor)
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
William DeVoe (Advisor)
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.592.7084
Steve Train (Advisor)
F/V Wild Irish Rose
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207.712.3257
Connecting the dots’: Environmental drivers of egg production and stability in ovigerous American lobsters in the Gulf of Maine
PI: Jason Goldstein
Research Director
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555 x136
Co-PI: Joshua Carloni
Senior Fisheries Biologist
New Hampshire Fish & Game
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603.868.1095
Co-PI: Steven Jury, PhD
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Biology Department
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207.893.7949
Co-PI: Benjamin Gutzler, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555
Co-PI: Winsor Watson, PhD
Emeritus Professor
University of New Hampshire
Department of Biological Sciences
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603.892.1629
Brittany Jellison, PhD (Partner)
Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
School of Marine Science and Ocean
Department of Biological Sciences
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Keith Ellenbogen (Partner)
Associate Professor of Photography
SUNY/Fashion Institute of Technology
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212.217.7999
Edward Foye (Partner)
F/V Norman & Mary Fisheries Inc.
Eliot, Maine
Damon Frampton (Partner)
F/V Vivian Mae
Portsmouth Lobster Company LLC
Portsmouth, NH
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Evaluating impacts of changing life history parameters on the American lobster stock dynamics under different management regulations in a warming Northeastern US
PI: Yong Chen, PhD
Professor of Marine Science
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
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Co-PI: Jeff Kipp
Senior Stock Assessment Scientist
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
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Co-PI: Conor McManus, PhD
Deputy Chief
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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401.423.1941
Co-PI: Samuel Truesdell, PhD
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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508.742.9742
Co-PI: Kathleen Reardon
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Co-PI: Kim McKown
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (Retired)
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631.444.0454
Co-PI: Noah Khalsa (Graduate student)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
University of Maine
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Co-PI: Cameron Hodgdon (Graduate student)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
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Amalia Harrington, PhD (Advisor)
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Burton Shank, PhD (Advisor)
Research Fishery Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.495.2363
Jui-Han Chang, PhD (Advisor)
Research Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.495.2052
Megan Ware (Advisor)
Director of External Affairs
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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Patrice McCarron (Advisor)
Policy Director
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
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Annie Tselikis (Advisor)
Executive Director
Maine Lobster Dealers Association
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Investigating the ecological impacts of range-expanding species to the American lobster fishery using collaborative surveys, fisher observations, and predator-prey experiments
PI: Jonathan Grabowski, PhD
Assistant Director and Professor
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Marine Science Center
Northeastern University
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781.581.7370 x337
Co-PI: Marissa McMahan, PhD
Director of Fisheries
Manomet
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Co-PI: Loren McClenachan, PhD
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Associate Professor
Environmental Studies
Colby College
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207.859.5351
Co-PI: Steven Scyphers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Marine Science Center
Northeastern University
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Co-PI: Helen Cheng (Graduate Student)
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Northeastern University
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The influence of season and temperature on the distribution and abundance of juvenile lobsters assessed via traditional ventless and novel early benthic phase traps
PI: Joshua Carloni
Senior Fisheries Biologist
New Hampshire Fish & Game
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603.868.1095
Co-PI: Jason Goldstein, PhD
Research Director
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555 x136
Co-PI: Benjamin Gutzler, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555
Co-PI: Stephen Jury, PhD
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Biology Department
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
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207.893.7949
Co-PI: Winsor Watson, PhD
Emeritus Professor
University of New Hampshire
Department of Biological Sciences
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603.892.1629
2020 Cohort
Testing and developing effective non-invasive female maturity assessment methods and protocols for the American lobster (Homarus americanus)
PI: Jesica Waller
Director, Division for Biological Monitoring and Assessment
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.350.6440
Co-PI: Kathleen Reardon
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Co-PI: Fraser Clark, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dalhousie University
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
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902.896.2433
Heidi Henninger (Advisor)
Scientific/Program Manager
Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen’s Association
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603.828.9342
Assessing the broad-scale distribution and abundance of lobster larvae and their potential food sources throughout the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
PI: Heidi Henninger
Scientific/Program Manager
Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen’s Association
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603.828.9342
Co-PI: Kathleen Reardon
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Co-PI: Jesica Waller
Director, Division for Biological Monitoring and Assessment
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.350.6440
Co-PI: Eric Annis, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Hood College
annis@hood.edu
Eric Annis Profile
301.696.3662
Co-PI: Joshua Carloni, MS
New Hampshire Fish & Game
Project Leader, Lobster Research and Monitoring
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603.868.1095
LeAnn Whitney, PhD (Collaborator)
Assistant Professor
Corning School of Ocean Studies
Maine Maritime Academy
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207.326.2396
Jason Goldstein, PhD (Advisor)
Research Director
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555 x136
Bait alternative development and future visioning in the New England lobster fishery
PI: Adrian Jordaan, PhD
Associate Professor
Gloucester Marine Station and Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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413.545.2758
Co-PI: Amanda Kinchla
Extension Associate Professor
Department of Food Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Co-PI: Brian Cheng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gloucester Marine Station and Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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413.545.2454
Co-PI: Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, PhD
Research Scientist
Gloucester Marine Station and Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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978.865.3938
Ann Molloy (Collaborator)
Sales Director
Neptune’s Harvest
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Mark Ring (Collaborator)
Board Member of the Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts
Chair of the City of Gloucester Fisheries Commission
F/V Stanley Thomas
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Beth Casoni (Collaborator)
Executive Director
Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
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Early life history of American lobsters in coastal southern New England waters
PI: Jeremy Collie, PhD
Professor
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
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401.874.6859
Co-PI: Conor McManus, PhD
Deputy Chief
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Staff Page
401.423.1941
Co-PI: Richard Wahle, PhD
Director of the Lobster Institute
Research Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Fishing in hot water: defining sentinel indicators of resilience in the American lobster fishery
PI: Joshua Stoll, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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207.581.4307
Co-PI: Kathleen Reardon
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Co-PI: Carla Guenther, PhD
Chief Scientist
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
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Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries Staff Page
Patrice McCarron (Advisor)
Policy Director
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
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Lisa Colburn, PhD (Advisor)
Anthropologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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401.782.3253
Michael Jepson, PhD (Advisor)
Branch Chief
Social Sciences Branch
Office of Sustainable Fisheries
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727.824.5305
Incorporating changes in thermal habitat and growth to improve the assessment of American lobster stocks and spatial distribution in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank and southern New England
PI: Walter Golet, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Co-PI: Yong Chen, PhD
Professor of Marine Science
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
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207.581.4303
Co-PI: Mackenzie Mazur, PhD
Research Scientist
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Co-PI: Cameron Hodgdon, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
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Co-PI: Jeff Kipp, PhD
Senior Stock Assessment Scientist
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Staff Page
Co-PI: Conor McManus, PhD
Deputy Chief
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Staff Page
401.423.1941
Kathleen Reardon (Advisor)
Marine Resource Scientist III
Maine Department of Marine Resources
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207.633.9404
Burton Shank, PhD (Advisor)
Research Fishery Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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508.495.2363
Jui-Han Chang, PhD (Advisor)
Research Biologist
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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Jui-Han Chang Profile
508.495.2052
Patrice McCarron (Advisor)
Policy Director
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
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Annie Tselikis (Advisor)
Executive Director
Maine Lobster Dealers Association
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Surface convergences: a critical pelagic microhabitat for American lobster postlarvae?
PI: Jesús Pineda, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.2274
Co-PI: Carolyn Tepolt, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.3357
Understanding and improving spatial distribution projections for lobster: Considering predation and building expert consensus
PI: Kathy Mills, PhD
Research Scientist
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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207.228.1657
Co-PI: Andrew Allyn
Quantitative Research Associate
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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207.228.1695
Understanding the cause of low dissolved oxygen in Cape Cod Bay and initiating a hypoxia warning system for the lobster fishery
PI: Tracy Pugh, PhD
Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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508.742.9740
Co-PI: Amy Costa
Director, Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Program
Center for Coastal Studies
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Center for Coastal Studies Staff Page
508.487.3623 x 122
Co-PI: Owen Nichols
Director, Marine Fisheries Research
Center for Coastal Studies
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Center for Coastal Studies Staff Page
508.487.3623 x 128
Co-PI: Kelly Whitmore
Marine Fisheries Biologist
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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978.282.0308 x 102
Co-PI: W. Rockwell Geyer, PhD
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
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508.289.2686
Co-PI: Malcolm Scully, PhD
Associate Scientist with Tenure
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
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508.289.2951
2019 Cohort
Projecting climate-related shifts in American lobster habitat and connectivity: integrated modeling to inform sustainable management
PI: Damian Brady, PhD
Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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207.312.8752
Co-PI: Huijie Xue, PhD
Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Co-PI: Lewis Incze, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Co-PI: Rubao Ji, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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508.289.2986
Co-PI: Changsheng Chen, PhD
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Kenneth Rose, PhD (Collaborating Consultant)
Professor
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Sciences
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Andrew Goode, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Siqi Li (Graduate Student)
Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Modeling
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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Fish less, earn more: assessing maximum economic yield effort levels in Gulf of Maine’s lobster fishery, incorporating lessons learned from southern New England, Canada and Australia
PI: Alexa Dayton, PhD
Executive Director
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
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Co-PI: Kanae Tokunaga, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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The potential influence of increased water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine on the distribution of female American lobsters and the impacts of these distribution shifts on larval recruitment
PI: Jason Goldstein, PhD
Research Director
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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207.646.1555 x136
Co-PI: Benjamin Gutzler, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maine Coastal Ecology Center
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(207) 646-1555
Co-PI: Joshua Carloni, MS
New Hampshire Fish & Game
Project Leader, Lobster Research and Monitoring
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603.868.1095
Co-PI: Steven Jury, PhD
Assistant Professor
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Biology Department
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207.893.7949
Co-PI: Tom Lippmann, PhD
Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
Dept. of Earth Sciences and Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping
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Tom Lippmann
603.862.4450
Co-PI: Win Watson, PhD
Professor
University of New Hampshire
Department of Biological Sciences
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603.892.1629
Co-PI: Anita Kim, MS
Assistant Scientist and Laboratory Operations Manager
New England Aquarium
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Anita Kim Profile
617.226.2138
Resilience, adaptation, and transformation in lobster fishing communities
PI: Kathy Mills, PhD
Research Scientist
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Kathy Mills
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Co-PI: Lisa Colburn, PhD
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Social Sciences Branch
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Growth in large offshore lobsters: addressing a critical data gap in the US Lobster Stock Assessment
PI: Tracy Pugh, PhD
Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
508.742.9740
Co-PI: Robert Glenn
Chief Marine Fisheries Biologist
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
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508.742.9746
Reproduction in an era of rapid environmental change: the effect of multiple stressors on reproductive success, embryogenesis, and emerging larvae of the American lobster
PI: Emily Rivest, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William & Mary
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Marine Physiological Ecology Research Unit at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
804.684.7942
Co-PI: Jeff Shields, PhD
Moses D. Nunnally Distinguished Professor of Marine Science
Department of Aquatic Health Sciences
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William & Mary
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804.684.7128
Bridging the ‘Great Disconnect’: linking the Gulf of Maine pelagic food web to lobster recruitment dynamics
PI: Richard Wahle, PhD
Director of the Lobster Institute
Research Professor
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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Co-PI: David Fields, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Co-I: Pete Countway, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Co-I: Rachel Lasley-Rasher, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Southern Maine
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Joshua Carloni, MS (Senior Personnel)
New Hampshire Fish & Game
Project Leader, Lobster Research and Monitoring
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603.868.1095
Paul Geoghagan (Senior Personnel)
Senior Principal Scientist
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
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Alex Ascher (Graduate Student)
Candidate for PhD in Marine Biology
University of Maine
School of Marine Sciences
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