Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE
Julie Whitaker |
ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
Laurie Snow |
Key Education, Research, and Technical Assistance Needs
NOAA Fisheries Service has six science centers that conduct basic research to support the management arm.
Fisheries research needs:
- Marine fisheries ecosystems
- Coastal ecosystems
- Species and habitats at risk
- Recovery research
- Monitoring of stock status
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Wave energy
- Dam passage (Open Rivers program)
- Quantitative aspects
- Salmon
- Marine mammals