This project will address knowledge gaps related to factors that can dictate disease development and mortality outbreaks in a major local fishery, but also to the potential risk of disease spread to…

This $899,961 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.427 Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program) will support a research project at Stony Brook University to address knowledge gaps related to factors that can impact disease development and mortality in a major local fishery in the Northeast region. The project aims to provide information on the distribution of the parasite, as well as the effect of temperature on disease dynamics, to support sustainable fishery management and restoration efforts. The research is intended to improve understanding of the potential risk of disease spread to other productive fishing regions. The project will run from March 2024 through February 2026.

This project will address knowledge gaps related to factors that can dictate disease development and mortality outbreaks in a major local fishery, but also to the potential risk of disease spread to other productive regions in the northeast. This project is directly relevant to the s-k program, since IT fundamentally investigates the potential and the routes for maintaining a sustainable fishery, and examines the vulnerability of fishing communities. The project will provide information (e.g., distribution of the parasite in the northeast, effect of temperature on disease dynamics) and biological resources to support resource management and restoration efforts.