COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM 
PROJECTS AWARDED FUNDING IN 2006
Reconstructing diet histories and migration pathways of bluefin tuna from compound-specific stable isotope analyses of scales and bone
Dr. Simon Thorrold, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ms. Leah A. Houghton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Budget $94,832
Leatherback turtle foraging habitats in the north Atlantic : Implications for fisheries interactions
Dr. Amanda Southwood, UNC - Wilmington (Co-PI)
David Kirby, PhD,
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Co-PI)
Budget $90,330
Habitat utilization, movement patterns, and post-release survivorship of porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) captured on longline in the North Atlantic
Greg Skomal, PhD, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Lisa Natanson, PhD,
Apex Predators Investigation
NOAA/NMFS
Nancy Kohler, PhD,
Apex Predators Investigation
NOAA/NMFS
Diego Bernal, PhD,
University of Massachusetts
Chugey Sepulveda, PhD,
Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research
Budget $126,516
Distribution, migration and behavior of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola , in the north Atlantic
W. Hunt Howell, PhD, University of New Hampshire
Inga Potter, University of New Hampshire
Budget $100,000
Genetic Discrimination of Bluefin Tuna Spawned in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
John Graves, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Jan R. McDowell, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Jens Carlsson, PhD,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Budget $146,045
Towards Long-Term Tracking of Billfish
Kim Holland, PhD, University of Hawaii (Co-PI)
David Itano, University of Hawaii (Co-PI)
Budget $98,550
Assessment of natal homing and mixing of Atlantic bluefin tuna using d 13 C and d 18 O signatures in otoliths
Jay Rooker, PhD, Texas A&M University (Co-PI)
David H. Secor, PhD,
University of Maryland (Co-PI)
John D. Neilson,
PhD, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Budget $117,299
PCBs as novel tracers for determining Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) population mixing in the North Atlantic
Rebecca M. Dickhut, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (Co-PI)
Ashok D. Deshpande, PhD, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (Co-PI)
Budget $106,862
Spatial Ecology of Marine Turtles in the Eastern Atlantic
Michael S. Coyne, PhD, Duke University (Co-PI)
Brendan J. Godley, PhD,
University of Exeter in Cornwall (Co-PI)
Patrick N. Halpin, PhD,
Duke University
Mike A. Fedak, PhD,
University of St. Andrews
Budget $187,007
Technological development of a high resolution, rapid survey capability to identify spawning habitat of large pelagic fishes
Robert Cowen, PhD, University of Miami
Budget $176,210
