Fisheries Ecology Lab

03/27/2026

🎣 We have a new project tracking Sheepshead movements off of Alabama!! Please let us know if you catch a tagged one!!🎣

01/05/2026

Looking for post B.S./B.A. opportunities in Fisheries Science? Check out our 2026 Fisheries Ecology Lab Internship!!

12/16/2025

✨️🐟🎣 2026 Internship Opportunities!! 🎣🐟✨️
The 2026 Fisheries Ecology Lab Internship application is now live! We are looking for dedicated graduating college seniors or recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in fisheries ecology! Please share!!
Application is open until 11:59 pm February 17, 2026
Apply through the link below ⬇️
https://forms.gle/yPyU4J3MsHBuMx8F9

05/23/2025

Watch this video to see how Dr. Bob Shipp started conducting long-term monitoring of Alabama's artificial reef zones back in 1998, before Dr. Sean Powers took in over in 2010. https://bit.ly/4mBL4qv

The University of South Alabama's research was partially funded by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Conservation Investment through multiple grant awards administered by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Marine Resources Division, along with contributions from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Alabama saltwater anglers through their purchase of the saltwater fishing license reef fish endorsement.

For more info about Alabama's Artificial Reefs visithttps://www.outdooralabama.com/saltwater-fishing/artificial-reefsFor more info about the Fisheries Ecolog...

05/23/2025

01/13/2025

🎓📚🐟 Graduate Student Opportunities! 🐟🔬🎓

The Fisheries Ecology Lab led by Dr. Sean Powers of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the The University of South Alabama (USA) has opportunities for qualified students who want to advance their education in marine fisheries sciences.

The Fisheries Ecology Lab conducts basic and applied research on fisheries species in inshore and offshore areas (inshore sportfish to offshore reef fish and pelagics) USA and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab have an international reputation in graduating talented and highly competitive graduate students. The lab offers graduate assistantships for highly competitive students seeking Ph.D.’s. Opportunities are also available for M.S. seeking students on projects as internships or assistantships. All Ph.D. assistantships offer competitive pay ($21,600 - $24,600), student health insurance and tuition remission.

Interested students are encouraged to contact Sean Powers and see (https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/marinesciences) and apply by February 15, 2025 for full consideration.

Students may be based in newly renovated facilities on USA campus in Mobile or at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (www.disl.edu).

Students should contact advisors as soon as possible to attend a recruitment weekend during the first weekend in February.

An application link can be found at (https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/marinesciences/GraduateProgram.html).

01/10/2025

✨️🐟 Happy New Year, New Internship!! 🐟✨️

We are accepting applications for the 2025 Fisheries Ecology Lab Internship Program! Please share with graduating college seniors or recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in fisheries!

Application is open until 11:59 pm February 7, 2025

Apply through the link below ⬇️
https://forms.gle/7DEM1kM4hirF95U4A

12/14/2024

🎉🐟🎉🐆 Congratulations to our 23rd graduate student alum from the Fisheries Ecology Lab!! 🐆🎉🐟🎉

🎓 Dr. Laia Muñoz 🎓

She will be heading to Stanford to start her post doc with the Block Lab at Hopkins Marine Station in January!!

12/13/2024

✨️🐟🎣 2025 Internship Opportunities!! 🎣🐟✨️

The 2025 Fisheries Ecology Lab Internship application is now live! We are looking for dedicated graduating college seniors or recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in fisheries ecology! Please share!!

Application is open until 11:59 pm February 7, 2025

Apply through the link below ⬇️
https://forms.gle/7DEM1kM4hirF95U4A

11/21/2024

🎣🐟 Have you recaptured a yellow tagged Redfish or Speckled Trout? 🐟🎣

They are worth a reward up to $250 value through the rest of the year!!

Many are double tagged with a yellow and an orange CCA Alabama tag! Record the total length of the fish, clip off the yellow tag and mail it to us at DISL, and report your recapture at tags.usouthal.edu. You can leave the orange tag in the fish if you choose to release it! Then, we can be sure to contact you if it is recaptured again!

We are so excited to learn about these awesome fish with our anglers help!!

Please reach out if you have any questions or would like to become a Tag Alabama tagger!!

10/12/2024

🎣🐟 What an awesome turnout for our first Ladies Tagging Workshop!! Nineteen ladies attended Sarah and Crystal 's workshop, we held a casting clinic, and got everyone out on the water with our inshore guides, Capt Theo and CaptRichard Rutland, to tag some fish and get hands on tagging experience!! Mary Michael got tagging kits to the ladies interested in tagging with CCA Alabama Tag Alabama program!! We had ladies from novice to very experienced and everyone learned a lot and enjoyed a beautiful day fishing in Weeks Bay!! Thanks to Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve for helping us host such a great event!!

We are especially excited about how we can continue to learn new skills and make contacts with other ladies that love fishing as much as we do! We plan to host additional tagging workshops and fishing experiences if we have enough interest!!

We are so lucky to have these awesome saltwater fisheries in South Alabama and we hope to share good fishing practices that promote conservation so we can continue to enjoy this resource!! 🐟🎣