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J. Read Hendon
Center for Fisheries Research & Development
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
The University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228) 872-4202
read.hendon@usm.edu
Position:
Current Research:
- Principal Investigator: Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program
- Principal Investigator: Sport Fish Tag and Release Program
- Principal Investigator: Mississippi Coastal Sport Fish Studies
- Principal Investigator: Habitat Use by Juvenile Spotted Seatrout
- Co-Principal Investigator: Stock Assessment of Selected Finfish
Past Research:
- Co-Principal Investigator: Sargassum as EFH for Early Life-History Stages of Fishes
- Co-Principal Investigator: Satellite Tracking of Cobia in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico
Certifications:
- Certified Fisheries Professional (FP-C), American Fisheries Society (2007)
- Certified Oyster Biologist, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (2002-present)
Education:
- Ph.D. Student - Univ of Southern Mississippi, Dept of Coastal Sciences, in progress
- M.S. Degree - Univ of Southern Mississippi (Ocean Springs), 1998, Fisheries Ecology
- B. S. Degree - Univ of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg), 1996, Biological Sciences
Research Interests:
- Biology, life history and essential habitat of marine fishery species
- Population dynamics and management of local and regional finfish species
- GIS applications in fisheries science
- Assessments of anthropogenic impacts on fishery resources
Selected Publications:
- Comyns, B.H., N.M. Crochet, J.S. Franks, J.R. Hendon & R.S. Waller. 2002. Preliminary assessment of the association of larval fishes with pelagic Sargassum and convergence zones in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 53rd Ann. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst., Biloxi, Mississippi: 636-645.
- Franks, J.S., J.R. Hendon & N.M. Garber. 2004. Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) associated with a small artificial structure in the Mississippi Sound, a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. Proc. 55th Ann. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst., Xel-Ha, Mexico: 853-864.
- Franks, J.S., J.T. Ogle, J.R. Hendon, D.N. Barnes and L.C. Nicholson. 2001. Growth of captive tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis. Gulf Carib. Res. 13:75-78.
- Hendon, J.R., J.S. Franks & D.P. Gibson. 2004. A comparison of age estimates from sagittal otoliths and the first dorsal spine for cobia (Rachycentron canadum) from the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 55th Ann. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst., Xel-Ha, Mexico: 280-293.
- Hendon, J.R., J.R. Warren, J.S. Franks & M.V. Buchanan. 2002. Movements of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in Mississippi coastal waters based on tag-recapture. Gulf Mex. Sci. 2002(2):91-97.
- Hendon, J.R., M.S. Peterson & B.H. Comyns. 2000. Spatio-temporal distribution of larval Gobiosoma bosc in waters adjacent to natural and altered marsh-edge habitats of Mississippi coastal waters. Bull. Mar. Sci. 66(1):143-156.
- Hendon, J.R., M.S. Peterson & B.H. Comyns. 2000. Seasonal distribution of gobiids along estuarine marsh-edge habitats: assessing the effect of habitat alteration. Proc. 52nd Ann. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst., Key West, Florida: 428-441.
- Hendon, J.R. & J.R. Warren. 2003. Management of spotted seatrout in Mississippi: effects of changing the minimum size limit. Proc. 54th Ann. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst., Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands: 622-634.
- Peterson, M.S., B.H. Comyns, J.R. Hendon, P.J.Bond & G.A. Duff. 2000. Habitat use by early life-history stages of fishes and crustaceans along a changing estuarine landscape: differences between natural and altered shoreline sites. Wetlands Ecol. Manag. 8:209-219.
Committees, Activities & Memberships:
- Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Standing Scientific and Statistical Committee, 2009-2011 (2-yr appointment)
- Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Coastal Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) Advisory Panel, 2009-2011 (2-yr appointment)
- Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Red Drum Advisory Panel, 2009-2011 (2-yr appointment)
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, SEAMAP Gulf Sub-Committee - Chairman & Mississippi Representative, 2009-
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, SEAMAP Shrimp and Groundfish Work Group, 2007-present
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, SEAMAP Menhaden Work Group, 2009-
- Mississippi Stock Assessment Panel, 2007-present
- Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Expert, Tier 2, USFWS/NOAA, 2007-present
- GCRL Boat Operations Committee, 2006-present
- Research diver (PADI), 2000-present
- 2003 National Outstanding Project of the Year in Research and Surveys, Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Award, presented by the American Fisheries Society (co-PI)
- Member, American Fisheries Society, Parent Society
- Member, American Fisheries Society, Mississippi Chapter
- Member, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
- Marine and Estuarine Graduate Student Association, President: 1998 & 2006
- Manuscript referee, Journal of Fish Biology, 2001-2003
- Proposal Reviewer, NOAA/NMFS Cooperative Research Program, 2008
- Poster Session Chair, 61st Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Gosier, Guadeloupe, 2008
Shellfish & Wetlands Research:
- Environmental consulting, Coastal Fisheries, LLC, 2003-present
- Oyster resource assessments in Louisiana and Florida coastal waters
- Biological/ecological surveys for Louisiana's Oyster Lease Damage Evaluation Board
- Website: http://www.coastalfisheries.us.
GulfBase.org Webpage
http://www.gulfbase.org/person/view.php?uid=jhendon
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