I/UCRC: Collaborative Research: Phase I I/UCRC for Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCeMFiS)

海洋渔业科学中心(SCEMFIS)IIP-1266057；南密西西比大学；Eric Powell IIP-1266065；弗吉尼亚大学威廉和玛丽学院海洋科学学院；罗杰·曼海洋渔业科学中心(SCEMFS)将利用学术、娱乐和商业鱼类和贝类渔业资源，解决在剧烈气候变化期间限制这些渔业成功管理的紧迫科学问题。南密西西比大学(USM)和威廉与玛丽学院弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所(VIMS)正在合作建立拟议的中心，USM是牵头机构。这项提议的目标是寻求资金，建立一个新的产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，名为“海洋渔业科学中心(SCeMFiS)”。拟议中心的重点将是开发关于鱼类种群的基本生物学数据；改进抽样设计、种群动态和渔业绩效的模型；评估种群结构的地理和深度变化以及这些变化与物种的遗传、生理和性别二型性的关系；以及改进捕鱼方法，通过渔具创新和船队部署的修改来减少丢弃。SCeMFiS支持一个包含管理过程的两个组成部分的学术项目。SCeMFiS的能力涵盖海洋学、渔业和海洋生物学科的范围，对于解决现代渔业管理面临的数据资源和分析挑战至关重要。拟议中的中心将对商业和休闲渔业产生重大影响。拟议中心的研究将带来改进的调查抽样方法、改进的种群动态模型、减少废弃物的新方法、种群结构随地理/深度变化的评估、种群动态的生理/遗传起源的确定，以及其他有益的成果，所有这些都旨在实现可持续鱼类种群和可持续渔业的双重目标，从而在优化管理国家渔业资源的同时优化经济效益。

Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCeMFiS) IIP-1266057; University of Southern Mississippi; Eric Powell IIP-1266065; College of William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Roger Mann The Science Center for Marine Fisheries SCeMFiS) will utilize academic and recreational and commercial finfish and shellfish fisheries resources to address urgent scientific problems limiting successful management of these fisheries during the period of intense climate change. The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the College of William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with USM as the lead institution. The goal of this proposal is to seek funding to establish a new Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCeMFiS)." The focus of the proposed center will be to develop essential biological data on fish stocks; improved models of sampling design, population dynamics, and fishery performance; evaluation of geographic and depth variations in stock structure and how these relate to the genetics, physiology and sexual dimorphism of species; and improved approaches to fishing to reduce discards through gear innovation and modifications in fleet deployment. SCeMFiS supports an academic program encompassing both components of the management process. SCeMFiS' capabilities encompass the range of oceanographic, fisheries, and marine biological disciplines essential for addressing the data resource and analytical challenges faced by modern-day fisheries management. The proposed center would have significant impact on both the commercial and recreational fishing industries. The research at the proposed center will result in improved survey sampling methods, improved population dynamics models, new approaches to discard reduction, evaluation of geographic/depth-dependent variations in stock structure, identification of physiological/genetic origins of stock dynamics, and other meritorious outcomes, all aimed at the dual goals of sustainable fish stocks and sustainable fishing industries, thus simultaneously optimizing economic benefit while optimally husbanding the nation's fish resources.