NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Panama City, FL Lab

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Panama City Lab

The Panama City, Florida Laboratory is operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center. The National Marine Fisheries Service's mission is stewardship of the nation's living marine resources for the benefit of the nation.

The Panama City Lab performs research relevant to the formulation of rational plans to manage the marine fishery resources of the U.S. South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. Our current research program encompasses a spectrum of projects including

-basic fishery biology
-ecology
-routine monitoring and data collection
-habitat mapping

Fisheries of primary interest are

-reef fishes
-mackerels
-sharks
-rays

Habitat research addresses

-coral and rocky reefs
-seagrasses
-shallow continental shelf waters

www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/panama/