Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC) Director Suresh A. Sethi was appointed by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation to serve as the NY State representative on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Committee on Economic and Social Science. As a committee member, he will contribute to data analyses and respond to Commission requests for guidance related to the socioeconomic dynamics of the vibrant fisheries and fishing communities along the U.S. Atlantic coast. AREAC is a hands-on experimentation laboratory and a center of innovation for aquatic ecosystem sustainability science. Themes at AREAC include: Fisheries and aquaculture science; Environmental assessment and management; Biology and ecophysiology of aquatic organisms.
