Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ACTING TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Liddel, PhD |
ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
Julie Whitaker |
NOAA CESU Guidelines will be available soon.
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