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Philip Politis on board ship.

Philip Politis

Bottom Trawl Program Lead
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Population & Ecosystems Monitoring & Analysis Division
Ecosystems Surveys
Scientific surveys
Office: (508) 495-2171
Email: philip.politis@noaa.gov

Philip Politis

Bottom Trawl Program Lead

Education

  • PhD, Fisheries Oceanography, in Progress, University of Massachusetts, School for Marine Science and Technology
  • MSc, Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Rhode Island, 2005
  • BS, Marine Science, Southampton College of Long Island University, 2002

Professional Biography

Phil is the program lead for the NEFSC multispecies bottom trawl survey. He joined the NEFSC Ecosystems Surveys Branch in 2005 with the focus of transitioning the multispecies bottom trawl surveys from the NOAA Ship Albatross IV to the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. He was integral to the design, definition, and implementation of standardized operational protocols and to implementation of a survey gear standardization program at the NEFSC. His background and research interests are in gear technology, survey design, and fish behavior.