People
W. Huntting Howell
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island 1980
- Professor of Zoology
- Director, Coastal Marine Laboratory
- Co-Chair Open Ocean Aquaculture Executive Committee
Research Areas
Open ocean aquaculture, winter flounder, lobster habitat
Research Emphasis
My research is in the area of fisheries science and aquaculture. Current studies of my graduate students and myself include an evaluation of winter flounder stock enhancement, the culture of cod, haddock and halibut in submerged, offshore net pens, the fine-scale distribution of cod in their spawning habitat, age and growth of the tiger shark, the distribution and migration of the ocean sunfish in the north Atlantic, sexual dimorphism in skate species, and winter flounder ecology.
Current Studies
- Assessing the Feasibility of Winter Flounder Stock Enhancement (Funded by NOAA/NMFS Sea Grant) SCORE
- Development of an Open Ocean Aquaculture Demonstration Project (Funded by NOAA/NMFS Sea Grant)
- Activity and Distribution of Cod in the Ipswich Bay Spawning Area (Funded by Northeast Consortium; MS Research of Laughlin Siceloff)
- Spawning Habitat of Winter Flounder (PhD Research of Michelle (Mick) Walsh)
- Distribution, Migration and Behavior of the Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola, in the North Atlantic (PhD Research of Inga Potter)
- Age and Growth Estimates for the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Western North Atlantic (MS Research of Jeff Kneebone)
- Sexual Dental Dimorphism in Four Species of Skates from the Western Gulf of Maine (MS Research of Scott Elzey)
- Offshore Production of Cod, Haddock and Halibut (Funded by NOAA; PhD Research of Michael Chambers)
Courses Taught
Vertebrate Morphology; Ichthyology; Fisheries Biology