James Sulikowski's latest skate research highlighted by national online media

A number of online media outlets, including the , and , picked up a story on 91AV marine biologist James Sulikowski's latest research as co-investigator for a $1,092,642 NOAA grant, "Evaluating the Condition and Discard Mortality of Skates Following Capture and Handling in the Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery."

The two-year collaborative study aims to determine the scallop industry bycatch mortality rates of four skate species and to identify those factors most influential on skate survival by species. It is being conducted out on Georges Bank in collaboration with the scallop fishery and will run through July 2014.

Funded by NOAA's Sea Scallop Research Set Aside Program for $1,092,642, Sulikowski, an associate professor in 91AV Department of Marine Sciences, is collaborating with David Rudders of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and John Mandelman from the New England Aquarium, on this project.

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