About
Welcome to the Quantitative Fisheries Lab at North Carolina State University’s Department of Applied Ecology. We lead research, extension and education programs aimed at understanding and managing marine fish and invertebrates populations in North Carolina and worldwide. Located along the Crystal Coast at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City, we work closely with state and federal agencies to support sustainable fisheries. Research in the Quantitative Fisheries Lab takes an ecologically-motivated, statistically-innovative, management-focused, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of fish and invertebrate population dynamics. Members of the lab pursue questions related to stock assessment, management strategy evaluation, species distribution shift, and the influence of climate change on fish population dynamics.
Lab Projects
Development and Application of a Management Strategy Evaluation Tool: Tradeoffs between the Management Objectives of Recreational and Commercial Fisheries
Stock Assessment and Management Strategy Evaluation for Common Dolphinfish in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Stress and Bioactive Chemicals on the North Carolina Blue Crab Population
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Get involved
The Cao Lab is looking to recruit dedicated undergraduate and graduate students with an interest and enthusiasm for using quantitative methods.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of our lab
Contact
Jie Cao
Center for Marine Sciences and Technology
North Carolina State University
303 College Circle
Morehead City, NC 28557 jcao22@ncsu.edu
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