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Scallop Expert to Address Lloyd Center Annual Meeting

Professor Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Fisheries and Oceanography at UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology, has accepted an invitation to be the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Lloyd Center for the Environment (Dartmouth).

Dr. Stokesbury, who earned his doctorate in Marine Ecology at Université Laval in Québec City (Canada), has long been recognized for his highly regarded contributions to sea scallop research. He is, perhaps, best known for having conducted what is believed to be the most comprehensive survey of the Atlantic sea scallop resource ever undertaken.

In 1999, Professor Stokesbury was responsible for designing innovative equipment and techniques which were used to conduct unique video surveys along the off-shore northeast waters of the United States. The results of his research have been used over the years to provide spatially explicit estimates of sea scallop density and size-distributions present there. The Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission credits his work with significantly helping regulators design management plans that have boosted the sea scallop fishery, while conserving the resource.

In 2002, Dr. Stokesbury was awarded the prestigious President’s Award for Public Service by the University of Massachusetts. Two years later, in recognition of his contributions to sea scallop research, he received the 2004 Belding Award during a ceremony at the university's Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center. D’Arcy MacMahon, Executive Director of the Lloyd Center, calls it a “privilege and an honor to have Dr. Stokesbury share his work with us, and allow us a peak into his critical work with these ‘amazing critters'!”