Corals, fish, whales, oceanography…so many marine biology topics and so little time! What’s a budding marine biologist to do? Study them all, of course! AND reach out to local marine biologists to learn more about potential career paths. That is exactly what high school student Carol Gonzalez is doing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Carol […]
Back to School: Spatial Models for Distance Sampling Data
October is a great time to visit North Carolina to enjoy the peak of the fall foliage. It’s also a great time to go back to school. I got to do both during the last week of October when I attended the intensive course “Spatial Models for Distance Sampling Data” at Duke University’s Nicholas School […]
Quest for the Endangered Vaquita
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a critically endangered species of porpoise found only in a small part of the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. Less than 100 of these animals are thought to be alive today, and an international team of scientists are currently leading an expedition to obtain a precise abundance estimate of this species. One […]
Fins & Flukes ~ How I Became a Marine Biologist
Azura participated in the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program at the University of Texas at Dallas this summer. Eureka! is designed to engage girls ages 12 to 18 in exploring STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to motivate girls to pursue post-secondary education and careers in STEM fields. The 65 volunteers this year included faculty, staff, students, and several […]
Azura Awarded NOAA EFH Contract
The NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region, Habitat Conservation Division recently awarded Azura a contract to provide professional services to review and update the document titled Impacts to Essential Fish Habitat from Non-Fishing Activities in Alaska and enter all references into EndNote. This document was first written in response to the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation […]
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