LMRCSC
Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
The LMRCSC is a collaborative program initiated in 2001 between NOAA and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) with the purpose of training students for careers in NOAA and conducting fisheries science research. The center is a partnership between NOAA and the following minority serving Universities:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Hampton University
Delaware State University
Savannah State University
University of Miami – RSMAS
University of Maryland – COMB
The Center has four areas of focus:
Aquaculture
Quantitative Fisheries
Fisheries Socioeconomics
Essential Fish Habitat
Current LMRCSC funded projects at RSMAS
o Developing socio-economic indicators for billfish
o Grey snapper salinity preference and habitat selection
o Trophodynamics of larval billfish
o The South Florida Student Shark Program (SFSSP)
o Use of probiotics on aquaculture
LMRCSC-RSMAS staff
Faculty/Scientists
David Die …………………….Nelson Ehrhardt
Refik Orhun…………………. Manoj Shivlani
Fellowship students
Student graduates
Donald Baocat
Vivian Melendez
For more information regarding the LMRCSC visit its main website hosted by UMES or contact the RSMAS coordinator Dr. David Die
