Marine Resource Management
Marine Resource Management is a science-based, interdisciplinary Master's program based in COAS. More than 40 faculty from COAS, other university departments, and outside institutions participate in MRM. These partnerships include departments of Fisheries and Wildlife, Geosciences, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Bioresource Engineering, Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology; Sea Grant extension specialists; and scientists and management professionals from state and federal agencies. The program has earned national and international recognition for its exceptional training of marine management professionals.
Recent Submissions
- Are there two subgroups of albacore, Thunnus alalunga, in the North Pacific? Evidence from variability in catch, seasonal migrations, and length composition for two subgroups in the coastal fishery of North America
- The development and evaluation of an interactive exhibit to support real-time water quality data interpretation by the public at an informal education setting
- Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) transport by suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the lower Columbia River and its estuary
- Identifying habitat factors for canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) off Washington and Oregon using environmental data and trawl logbooks
- Patterns of sediment accumulation in the Siletz River Estuary, Oregon
- Light and the behavior of pelagic animals during night and crepuscular periods
- Mapping and lithologic interpretation of the Territorial Sea, Oregon
- Stakeholder evaluation of market based approaches towards managing the adverse impacts of commercial fishing on the marine environment
