Geoff “Pancho” is studying the effects of fishing gear on seafloor habitats, ways to reduce incidental catch by gillnets, and lobster fishermen behavior. Using a variety of research approaches including experiments, dive surveys, bioeconomic modeling, fishing observations, and interviews, Geoff hopes to use his results to promote ecolabeling and provide ecosystem-based management tools to fishing cooperatives.
Geoff is a doctoral candidate in the Stanford University Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, based in Fiorenza Micheli's lab at Hopkins Marine Station.
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