{"id":9370,"date":"2017-04-07T13:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:35:05","slug":"2017-nc-sea-grantdmf-fellow-to-study-sheepshead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/2017-nc-sea-grantdmf-fellow-to-study-sheepshead\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 NC Sea Grant\/DMF Fellow to Study Sheepshead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheepshead will be the focus of the 2017 North Carolina Sea Grant\/North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries joint fellow. Photo by Vanda Lewis.<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h3>\n

Contact:<\/em>
\nKatie Mosher, 919-515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu
\n<\/a>Jeff Buckel, 252-222-6341, jabuckel@ncsu.edu<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Thom Teears has been named the 2017 North Carolina Sea Grant\/North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries joint fellow. He will perform a stock assessment of sheepshead, in collaboration with DMF.<\/p>\n

Found year-round in North Carolina\u2019s coastal waters, sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus<\/em>, are harvested by commercial and recreational fishermen. Despite their popularity, limited data on their abundance currently exist, prompting Teear\u2019s study.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccurate assessment of data-limited species like sheepshead is vital for allowing fishing, while preventing overfishing of the natural fish stocks,\u201d Teears explains. He will gain experience with techniques specific to these types of data-limited stock assessments, and how the results can be applied to marine fisheries management in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Teears recently earned his master\u2019s degree from James Madison University in Virginia, under the advisement of Christine May. He hopes to apply skills in statistics acquired during his graduate studies to the fellowship.<\/p>\n

He also holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology with a marine emphasis from Western Washington University. Teears grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he developed a love of the ocean and curiosity about marine life.<\/p>\n

This fellowship, based in Morehead City, is patterned after the national Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. The projects provide a professional education and training opportunity to the fellow, and assist the state in marine fisheries management concerns.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ncsg-dmf-fellowship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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