Santa Cruz Laboratory

NOAA - National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center

National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Santa Cruz Laboratory
110 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Telephone: (831) 420-3900

About the Santa Cruz Laboratory

The Santa Cruz Laboratory (formerly in Tiburon, California) is a component of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Located at the western edge of the city of Santa Cruz, California on the coastal bluff at Terrace Point, the lab joins the adjacent UC Santa Cruz's Long Marine Laboratory and a growing complex of marine research facilities at this site.

Research is focused on Pacific Coast Groundfish and Pacific Salmon. Groundfish under study include rockfishes, flatfishes, Pacific whiting, sablefish and lingcod; salmon include coho, chinook and steelhead. Results of this research are used by the Pacific and Klamath Fishery Management Councils to manage fisheries and by NMFS to manage threatened and endangered species. Laboratory scientists study causes of variability in abundance and health of fish populations, analyze ecological relations in marine communities, and study the economics of exploiting and protecting natural resources. They also assess the stocks of species targeted by various fisheries, and assist in evaluating potential impacts of human activities on threatened or endangered species.

More about the lab...

• Directions to the lab
• Organization chart (PDF format)
• Staff directory
• Employment opportunities

Research

Fisheries Branch

• Groundfish Analysis Team
• Salmon Population Analysis Team
• Fisheries Economics Team

Ecology Branch

• Early Life History Team
• Habitat Ecology Team
• Salmon Ecology Team
• Molecular Ecology Team

Publications

Endangered Species Act activities

West coast salmonids

North American green sturgeon

Events

Seminars at the laboratory

Other events

Administrative support

Director's office

Administration services

Library

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