[CINC] FROM SHORE TO SEA LECTURES-Tonight! *Fisheries Management*

[Tina Johnson]

*Channel Islands National Park News Release*

September 23, 2010
For Immediate Release
Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725
Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 382-6151 
#102

Fishermen Work With Researchers to Protect Lobster and Rockfish

During the October lectures, Dr. Hunter Lenihan, a distinguished 
researcher with the University of
California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), will discuss his effective 
collaborations with local fishermen to
protect California spiny lobster and nearshore rockfish populations at 
the Channel Islands.

Lenihan's research program connects local Santa Barbara Channel 
fishermen, university
researchers, international scientists, and the California Department of 
Fish and Game in a joint
pursuit to ensure the protection of these important commercial and 
recreational fisheries.

Lobster and rockfish are among the top economic fisheries in California. 
Lenihan notes that in 2004
the lobster fisheries alone yielded 928,302 pounds at a value of over 
$6.5 million. That year, nearly
half of the state lobster catch came from Santa Barbara Channel fisheries.

According to Lenihan, traditional methods for assessing fish stocks have 
not provided enough data
for effective management and are often expensive and time-consuming. 
Collaboration, a
cornerstone of his research, provides a forum to share knowledge and 
experience between
fisherman and researchers in an effort to support sustainable fisheries.

For the past eight years, Lenihan has been an Associate Professor in 
Applied Marine Ecology and
Coastal Marine Resources Management with the Bren School of 
Environmental Science and
Management at UCSB. Lenihan received a PhD in Marine Science at the 
University of North
Carolina, a Masters in Science at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in 
California, and a Bachelors
of Science degree at the University of California at Berkeley. He has 
also done extensive research
within estuaries, at coral reefs, at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and in 
polar environments.

The "From Shore to Sea" lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel 
Islands National Park and
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary with support from Santa 
Barbara Maritime Museum. The
purpose of the series is to further the understanding of current 
research on the Channel Islands and
surrounding waters. The lectures occur at 7:00 p.m. on *Tuesday, October 
12, 2010, at Santa
Barbara Maritime Museum,* 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and 
*Wednesday, October
13, 2010, at the Channel Islands National Park *Robert J. Lagomarsino 
Visitor Center, 1901
Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and open to 
the public.

-- 
Tina Johnson
Ventura County Field Office
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
3550 S. Harbor Blvd., Ste. 2-202
Oxnard, CA 93035
(805) 382-6149 x 100
(805) 382-9791 Fax

Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov
http://channelislands.noaa.gov




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