Marin Hawk Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Fl, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for outreach and education on behalf of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to fisheries and seafood supply chain companies in the United States. Includes education about the fishery and chain of custody assessment process, certification requirements and general program. Attends fishery management, harvester association and trade show meetings. Provides general support and maintenance to fisheries and companies engaged or interested in becoming engaged in the program. Member of… Show more Responsible for outreach and education on behalf of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to fisheries and seafood supply chain companies in the United States. Includes education about the fishery and chain of custody assessment process, certification requirements and general program. Attends fishery management, harvester association and trade show meetings. Provides general support and maintenance to fisheries and companies engaged or interested in becoming engaged in the program. Member of National Fisheries Institute Future Leaders Program 2019. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for outreach and education on behalf of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States East Coast. Includes educating commercial fishing industry and stakeholders about the assessment process, certification requirements and general program. Attends fishery management and harvester association meetings. Provides general support and maintenance to fisheries engaged or interested in becoming engaged in the program. Works with commercial… Show more Responsible for outreach and education on behalf of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States East Coast. Includes educating commercial fishing industry and stakeholders about the assessment process, certification requirements and general program. Attends fishery management and harvester association meetings. Provides general support and maintenance to fisheries engaged or interested in becoming engaged in the program. Works with commercial fishing representatives to improve fishery practices to meet the MSC Standard. Key fisheries include Maine lobster, US Atlantic sea scallops, Louisiana blue crab and Bahamian spiny lobster. Represented the MSC at the United Nations Expert Working Group meetings focused on Sustainable Development Goals. Show less

Arlington, Va

Coordinated development, approval, implementation, and monitoring of fishery management plans for spiny dogfish, coastal sharks, weakfish, Northern shrimp, shad and river herring and horseshoe crabs. Served as the primary point of contact for management of these species in state waters. Responsibilities included drafting management documents, memorandums, and letters, communicating with public and upper-level state and federal staff, and leading public hearings and meetings. Gained experience… Show more Coordinated development, approval, implementation, and monitoring of fishery management plans for spiny dogfish, coastal sharks, weakfish, Northern shrimp, shad and river herring and horseshoe crabs. Served as the primary point of contact for management of these species in state waters. Responsibilities included drafting management documents, memorandums, and letters, communicating with public and upper-level state and federal staff, and leading public hearings and meetings. Gained experience with fisheries management processes, stock assessment reviews and working with various interest groups to make decisions. Served as a member of the Advisory Panel for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) Workshops (“SEDAR Pool”) and the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel. Show less

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Worked on a joint project between the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the National Marine Fisheries Service to improve the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) creel surveys. Gained experience with Microsoft Access, the NMFS Site Register, QA/QC and interacting with fisheries professionals.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Master’s thesis research project titled ‘Effects of Management on the Recreational Snapper-Grouper Fishery in the Southeastern United States’: analyzed thirty years of recreational data from the black sea bass, vermilion snapper and red porgy fisheries in order to determine the effects of management on those species. Utilizing Minitab statistical software to determine the best model for each of the species, which included performing t-tests, Mann-Whitney tests, linear regressions, ANOVAs… Show more Master’s thesis research project titled ‘Effects of Management on the Recreational Snapper-Grouper Fishery in the Southeastern United States’: analyzed thirty years of recreational data from the black sea bass, vermilion snapper and red porgy fisheries in order to determine the effects of management on those species. Utilizing Minitab statistical software to determine the best model for each of the species, which included performing t-tests, Mann-Whitney tests, linear regressions, ANOVAs, ANCOVAS and learning about other statistical tests as well. Gained experience with the fisheries management process, fisheries biology, and attended SEDAR workshops. Presented poster of preliminary results at South Carolina American Fisheries Society meeting in February 2012. Show less

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Taught undergraduate biology labs for both majors and non-majors.

Master Of Science (Ms), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Masters of Environmental Studies Student Association

B.A, Biology, Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, VERDE: Environmental Education