SeaDoc: A marine ecosystem health program
 

The SeaDoc Society strives to ensure that the best available science is applied to solving the problems facing marine wildlife and ecosystems. We offer a competitive grants program with the goal to restore and maintain marine wildlife and ecosystem health by funding outstanding conservation, research, and management projects.

The scope of our grants program encompasses all marine vertebrates, and the biotic and abiotic environments upon which they depend for survival. The program focuses on the North American Pacific, with emphasis given to the issues facing the inland waters of Washington (U.S.A.) and British Columbia (Canada). All SeaDoc Society-funded projects, regardless of where they are conducted, must have implications for understanding or enhancing the health of this region.

Awards have been made for the 2007 Request for Proposals in the area of Marine Wildlife & Ecosystem Health. If you would like to be included on the mailing for the next RFP, please contact Lavonne Hull, lwhull @ ucdavis . edu.

Research Maps

Research locations
San Juan Islands--detail

Research Projects by Topic

Plants
Invertebrates
Fish
Birds
Marine Mammals
Toxins
Ecosystems

Funded Research Projects
2007 Grant Recipients
2006 Grant Recipients

2005 Grant Recipients
2004 Grant Recipients

2003 Grant Recipients
2002 Grant Recipients
2001 Grant Recipients

HOW TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE SEADOC SOCIETY

Quarterly Research Updates

The SeaDoc Society produces a bulletin that highlights the results of research being conducted by SeaDoc Society staff or by scientists being supported by SeaDoc Society grants:

October 2002 River Otter Research
January 2003 Cherry Point Herring Research
May 2003 Science Sponsorship
September 2003 Eelgrass Declines
December 2003 Sea Otter Research
February 2004 Harbor Porpoise/Navy Sonar Investigation
April 2004 MPA-related Research
August 2004 Sargassum muticum Research
November 2004 When One Endangered Species Eats Another
March 2005 Species of Concern
August 2005 Recreational SCUBA Divers' Contributions to Science
October 2005 Seabird Workshop

February 2006 Feeding Habitat for Western Sandpipers
May 2006 Recovery of Rockfish Populations
September 2006 Abalone Declines
November 2006 Harbor Seals
February 2007 River and Sea Otters and Toxoplasma gondii

July 2007 Bald Eagle Delisting

Research Projects by SeaDoc Society Staff

Can recreational SCUBA divers help monitor fish and invertebrate populations?
Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Strandings in San Juan County, Washington
Health assessment of marine-foraging river otters
What diseases are important in causing death in marine mammals?
Which diseases pose a threat to the declining southern resident killer whale population?

Species of Concern
Are voluntary no-fishing reserves working in San Juan County?

Management Outcomes from SeaDoc Society-funded Projects
Publications
Presentations
Management outcomes

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