Fisheries Biology and Marine Ecology 

Mike Shane came to Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in 1988 as a field research technician on the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program (OREHP).  While working on his graduate degree at San Diego State University, Mike became the field research manager for the OREHP.  During his OREHP career, he has helped to develop techniques for swim bladder deflation and handling of fish collected as broodstock, and he has investigated novel marking techniques for fish and abalone.  Mike also served as a co-principal investigator with several professors from San Diego State University to study the potential impacts to the marine environment associated with a development project along the Orange County coastline.  His current research interests include fisheries assessment of the OREHP and marine environmental studies associated with the aquaculture grow-out of fish in cages. In addition, he serves as the Institute’s diving safety officer.

Current Research

Assessment of a marine finfish stock enhancement program in California

Environmental assessment of cage farming of marine finfish

Acoustic tracking of marine fish

Age and growth of wild and captive white seabass

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA)

Ultrasonic Transmitters for Fish--Are They Dinner Bells?

Click on the sticker for a listing of white seabass head drop off locations

White Seabass Release Recapture Facts

Selected Publications

Bowles, A.E., S.L. Denes, and M.A. Shane. In press. Acoustic characteristics of ultrasonic coded transmitters for fishery applications: Could marine mammals hear them? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

Hervas, S., K. Lorenzen, M.A. Shane, and M.A. Drawbridge. In press. Quantitative assessment of a white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) stock enhancement program in California: post-release dispersal, growth and survival. Fisheries Research doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2010.06.001.

Allen, L.G., D.J. Pondella II, and M.A. Shane. 2007. Fisheries independent assessment of a returning fishery: Abundance of juvenile white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) in the shallow nearshore waters of Southern California Bight, 1995-2005. Fisheries Research 88:24-32.

Shane, M.A. 2001. First records of Mexican barracuda (Sphyraena ensis) and additional records of scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) in southern California.  Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 100:160-166.

Shane, Michael A., W. Watson, and H. G. Moser. Polyprionidae: Giant seabasses and wreckfishes. In: H. G. Moser (ed.), The early stages of fishes in the California current region, p. 873-875. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Atlas No. 33. 1996 Pp. 873-875

Drawbridge, M.A., D.B. Kent, M.A. Shane, and R.F. Ford (1995) The assessment of marine stock enhancement in southern California:  a case study involving the white seabass.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 15:568-569.

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Major Research Areas
Fisheries Biology and Marine Ecology

Education
B.S., Biology, San Diego State University; M.S., Ecology, San Diego State University