Patrick Geer |
Patrick Geer
Commercial
Fisheries Program Supervisor
Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division
Expertise:
Fisheries, sampling designs, essential fish habitat, monitoring surveys,
GIS.
Issues of Interest:
Essential fish
habitat
Evaluating live bottom types relative to fish/invertebrate abundance
American eel life history studies
Measuring recruitment success/failure of finfish/invertebrates
Current Projects:
Marine Commercial
Fisheries
Shrimp Assessment Survey
Bycatch characterization studies
Habitat issues
American eel recruitment studies
Location:
Presently
working in six sound systems (Wassaw, Ossabaw, Sapelo, St. Simons, St. Andrews,
and Cumberland), primarily in the lower creeks, the sound proper, and just offshore
(< 3 miles).
Information
Needs:
Salinity profiles up to the freshwater interface for
each major system.
Link:
Coastal Resources Division,
GA Dept of Natural Resources