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PhD Marine Biology
2023

Middlebury College
BA Political Science
2014

• CV

Myers, H.J., Olsen, D.W., Matkin, C.O., Horstmann, L.A., and Konar, B. 2021. Passive acoustic monitoring of killer whales (Orcinus orca) reveals year-round distribution and residency patterns in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientific Reports 11: 20284.  

Myers, H.J. and Moore, M.J. 2020. Reducing effort in the U.S. American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery to prevent North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) entanglements may support higher profits and long-term sustainability. Marine Policy 118: 104017.

Myers, H.J., Moore, M.J., Baumgartner, M.F., Brillant, S.W., Katona, S.K., Knowlton, A.R., Morissette, L., Pettis, H.M., Shester, G., and Werner, T.B. 2019. Ropeless fishing to prevent large whale entanglements: Ropeless Consortium report. Marine Policy 107: 103587.

• Marine mammal ecology
• Fisheries bycatch of marine mammals
• Marine bioacoustics
• Marine mammal management

I focus on conserving biodiversity and wildlife populations to strengthen ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change. As an ecologist, I use novel techniques to answer policy-relevant questions about animal distribution, abundance, and behavior, and how unique populations may respond to changing ecosystem processes and human activities. At the same time, I recognize human interests as an essential part of the policymaking process, and study the economic impacts and policy dynamics relevant to specific management problems. I have a particular interest in marine mammal interactions with fisheries and in using remote sensing technologies to advance ecological research. 

• FISH 691 Marine Policy Capstone