Andrew J. Fischer

Research Associate IV
Coastal Fisheries Institute
Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7503
Voice: (225) 578-6371 Fax: (225) 578-6513
E-mail: afische@lsu.edu

            Education

             M.Sc. Louisiana State University, 1999

                  B. Sc. Louisiana State University, 1995

                  Research Interests

                  Age and Growth of fishes, Reproductive Biology of fishes

                  Recent Publications

Fischer, A. J., M. S. Baker, Jr., and C.A. Wilson. 2004. Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) demographic structure in the northern Gulf of Mexico based on spatial patterns and morphometrics. Fish. Bull. 102:593-603.

Fischer, A.J., and B.A., Thompson. 2004. The age and growth of southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, from Louisiana estuarine and offshore waters. Bull. Mar. Sci. 75(1):63-77.

In press. Fischer, A. J., M.S. Baker Jr., C.A. Wilson, and D.L. Nieland. Age, growth, mortality, and radiocarbon age validation of gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, from Louisiana waters. Fish. Bull.

Baker, M.S., Jr., D.L. Nieland, and A.J. Fischer. 2004. Preliminary results: Fate of regulatory discards from the red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, commercial fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 55:791-796.

Fischer, A.J., C.A. Wilson, and D.L. Nieland. 2000. Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: implications to the unit stock hypothesis. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53:496-506.