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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices7-13-2004UNH Graduate Student Wins FellowshipSteve AdamsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationAdams, Steve, "UNH Graduate Student Wins Fellowship" (2004). UNH Today. 1709.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/170910/4/17, 1(34 PMUNH Media RelationsPage 1 of 2http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2004/july/sadams_20040713gradstudent.htmlRelated LinksNH Sea GrantInstitute for the Studyof Earth, Ocean andSpaceNational MarineFisheries ServiceNortheast FisheriesScience CenterUNH Graduate Student Wins FellowshipWill Study Marine Protected Areas In The Gulf Of MaineContact: Steve Adams603-749-1565NH Sea GrantJuly 13, 2004DURHAM, N.H. -- Jamie Leff, a University of New Hampshire graduate student in naturalresources and earth systems science, has been awarded a National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration Fisheries/Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will provide Leff with UNH tuition, a stipend and a travel/research allowance,allowing her to pursue a doctoral degree through course work and research.During her three-year fellowship, Leff, of Newmarket, will investigate the best way to designand locate marine reserves in the Gulf of Maine.Marine reserves are areas of the marine environment set aside to protect part or all of the naturaland cultural resources within its boundaries. "Jamie Leff is a student with exceptional promise," says Andrew Rosenberg, Leff's facultyadvisor and UNH professor of natural resources in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Ocean andSpace. "I believe that she will make a substantial contribution to the field." The National Marine Fisheries Service has conducted bottom trawl surveys in the Gulf of Mainesince 1963, making it one of the most comprehensive and longest continually runningmonitoring programs in the world.Using data from these surveys, Leff will identify statistical evidence of how the creation ofmarine reserves affects fishing pressure, and how these reserves in turn may affect marinebiodiversity. " The topic of Ms. Leff's proposed research is of direct and immediate relevance to the NortheastFisheries Science Center in our efforts to evaluate alternative management strategies for fisheryresources in this region," says Michael Fogarty, a senior scientist at the Northeast FisheriesScience Center who will serve as Leff's NMFS mentor.During the three years, she will travel between Durham and Woods Hole, Mass., to collaboratewith her faculty mentors and collect additional data onboard the NMFS research vessel, the R/VAlbatross IV.The National Sea Grant Office and NOAA Fisheries established the graduate fellowship in 199910/4/17, 1(34 PMUNH Media RelationsPage 2 of 2http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2004/july/sadams_20040713gradstudent.htmlto increase expertise in fisheries science and to foster closer relationships between university andNOAA Fisheries scientists. " We are very proud of Jamie, and excited about the partnership between UNH and NMFS'Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole," says Ann Bucklin, NH Sea Grant director."These fellowships will help create a next generation of top-caliber fisheries researchers whowill help NMFS and other federal, state, and local agencies and programs maintain necessaryexpertise in fisheries management approaches." 

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