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

海洋渔业科学中心IIP-1266057；南密西西比大学；埃里克鲍威尔IIP-1266065；弗吉尼亚威廉玛丽学院海洋科学研究所；海洋渔业科学中心（SCeMFiS）将利用学术、娱乐和商业鱼类和贝类渔业资源来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）和威廉玛丽弗吉尼亚学院海洋科学研究所（VIMS）正在合作建立拟议的中心，USM作为牵头机构。这项提案的目标是寻求资金，以建立一个名为“海洋渔业科学中心”的新的产学研合作研究中心。拟议的中心的重点将是发展关于鱼类的基本生物数据；改进的抽样设计、种群动态和渔业绩效模型；评价种群结构的地理和深度变化，以及这些变化与物种的遗传、生理和两性二态性的关系；改进捕鱼方法，通过创新渔具和修改船队部署来减少丢弃物。SCeMFiS支持涵盖管理过程两个组成部分的学术课程。SCeMFiS的能力涵盖了海洋学、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。拟议中心的研究将导致改进调查抽样方法、改进种群动态模型、减少弃置物的新方法、评价种群结构的地理/深度依赖性变化、确定种群动态的生理/遗传起源和其他有价值的成果，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。从而在优化经济效益的同时，优化管理国家的鱼类资源。

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.