The National Marine Fisheries Service administers its research and management responsibilities
through its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, and five regional and
science centers throughout the United States.
The Southeast Region covers the eight coastal states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Texas, the inland states of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, as well as the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
Southeast Regional Office (SERO)
is located in St. Petersburg, Florida; the Southeast
Fisheries Science Center is located in Miami, Florida, with
laboratories located in Panama City, Florida; Galveston, Texas; Pascagoula
and Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and Beaufort, North Carolina.
Each laboratory is responsible for conducing research in specific
subject areas, however, there is extensive cooperative research between
SEFSC laboratories. Research activities conducted by the various
laboratories are as follows:
- Miami Laboratory: Stock assessments for species such as
snapper-grouper, mackerels, highly migratory species (e.g., sharks,
swordfish, tunas, and billfish), sea turtles, marine mammals, and other
endangered or threatened species; research on coral reefs, MPAs, and the
South Florida ecosystem restoration program.
- Panama City Laboratory: Fishery biology and life history
characteristics and essential fish habitat research.
- Galveston Laboratory: Fishery biology and stock assessment of
shrimp populations; gear and by catch evaluation studies; habitat
research and restoration; and endangered species.
- Mississippi Laboratory: Fishery-independent surveys; gear
development (TEDs and BRDs); environmental remote sensing; by catch; and
endangered species research.
- Beaufort Laboratory: Fishery biology and stock assessment of
shrimp populations; gear and by catch evaluation studies; habitat
research and restoration; and endangered species.
Please visit the links below for more information on each laboratory.
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