The Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory was established in 1965 and became the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in 1970. The Center conducts multi-disciplinary research programs to provide management information to support national and regional programs of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and to respond to the needs of Regional Fishery Management Councils, Interstate and International Fishery Commission, Fishery Development Foundations, government agencies, and the general public. The Center provides supervisory and administrative support to large marine ecosystems programs performing fishery research, collecting and reporting on statistical data and controlling and operating Center data management support systems. It develops the scientific information base required for fishery resource conservation, fishery development and utilization, habitat conservation, and protection of marine mammals and endangered species, the impact analyses and environmental assessments for management plans and/or international negotiations; and pursues research to answer specific needs in the subject areas of population dynamics, fishery biology, fishery economics, fishery engineering, food science, and fishery biology.

Field of Focus
Multi-disciplinary Research on Marine Fisheries