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Lawton Chiles
Governor of Florida
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Virginia B. Wetherell
Secretary
The Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) is a bureau of the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (FDEP).The FDEP’s mission is to “protect, conserve, and manage Florida’s
environment and natural resources.” The FMRI conducts applied research pertinent to managing
marine-fishery resources and marine species of special concern in Florida.
Programs at the FMRI focus on resource-management topics such as managing gamefish and
shellfish populations, restoring depleted fish stocks and the habitats that support them, protecting
coral reefs, preventing and mitigating oil-spill damage, protecting endangered and
threatened species, and managing coastal-resource information.
The FMRI publishes three series: Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, Florida Marine Research Publications,
and FMRI Technical Reports. FMRI Technical Reports contain information relevant to immediate
resource-management needs.
Kenneth D. Haddad, Chief of Research
Institute Editors
Theresa M. Bert, David K. Camp, Paul R. Carlson, Mark M. Leiby,
William G. Lyons, Anne B. Meylan, Robert G. Muller,
Ruth O. Reese, Carmelo R. Tomas
James F. Quinn, Jr., Science Editor
Judith G. Leiby, Copy Editor
Llyn C. French, Art Editor