Mailing and Contact Information: Director, Coastal Fisheries Institute 2177 Energy, Coast & Environment Building Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA - 70803 Tel:225-578-6734 Fax:225-578-6513 E-mail: rshaw@lsu.edu	Richard Shaw Professor

Education:

University of Maine at Orono Ph.D., Oceanography 1981
Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA B.A., Biology (Cum Laude) 1973

Grants:

• 2006-2009. "The role of meteorologically and tidally driven flows in the estuarine recruitment of fall-winter spawned larval fish and post-larval brown shrimp." R.F. Shaw (PI), N.D. Walker, and C. Li with T.D. Leming (NOAA-NMFS co-operator). NOAA. 10/01/06-09/30/09. $799,840. 2006-2008. "Age-and-growth and reproductive biology studies of Louisiana marine fisheries in support of stock assessment." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), A.J. Fischer, and R.F. Shaw. LA Dept. of Wildl. & Fish. 070/1/06-06/30/08. $245,482 (137,798 match).
  
• 2006. "Scope of Work: Research Grant for Ichthyoplankton Analysis." R.F. Shaw (PI). Conoco-Phillips Co. 01/06-04/01/06. $9,999.
  
• 2005-2006. "Literature Review and Bibliography of the Environmental Impacts of Disinfection Byproducts Formed during the Offshore Gasification of Liquid Natural Gas (Specified Task Area) with a Review of the Vertical Distribution of Ichthyoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Relevant to Intake and Discharge Depths". R.F. Shaw and K.A. Rose. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 8/1/05 - 7/31/06. $97,092 ($97,092 match).
  
• 2003-2006. "Study Phase II: Identifying essential fish habitat in Barataria Bay: Quantifying habitat value to species of recreational importance." J.H. Cowan, Jr. (PI), C.A. Wilson, and R.F. Shaw. Wallop-Breaux Program. 11/1/03-10/31/06. $575,674 ($200,909 match).
  
• 2003-2006. "Short-term movement, home range and behavior of red snapper around petroleum platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico as determined by high resolution acoustic telemetry." J.H. Cowan (PI) and R.F. Shaw. Minerals Management Service CMI Program. 8/1/03-10/31/06. $206,748 ($140,106 match).
  

Recent Publications:

1. 2005. Diop, H., W.R. Keithly, Jr., R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr., and R.F. Shaw. Predicting white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, abundance based on ecosystem parameters and previous life stages. Proc. Gulf Carribean Fish. Inst. 56:549-557.
   
   
2. 2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 3. Clupeidae: Sardines & Herrings. pp. 73-100 In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
3. 2005. Farooqi, T.W., J.G. Ditty, and , R.F. Shaw. Chapter 4. Engraulidae: Anchovies. pp. 101-127. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
4. 2005. Farooqi, T.W., J.G. Ditty, and , R.F. Shaw. Addendum to Chapter 4. Engraulidae: Anchovies. pp. 1333-1335. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
5. 2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 27. Order Aulopiformes: Suborder Synodontidae: Aulopidae & Synodontidae. pp. 301-323. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
6. 2005. Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 45. Melanonidae: Pelagic cods, arrowtails. pp. 629-631. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
7. 2005. Lindquist, D.C., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 46. Merlucciidae: Hakes. pp. 633-637. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
8. 2005. Ditty, J.G., T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 73. Mugilidae: Mullets. pp. 891-899. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
9. 2005. Ditty, J.G., K. Kilfoyle, T.W. Farooqi, and R.F. Shaw. Chapter 106. Order Syngnathiformes: Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Fistulariidae. pp. 1121-1131. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.
   
   
10. 2005. Ditty, J.G., R.F. Shaw, and T.W. Farooqi. Chapter 143. Sciaenidae: Drums and Croaker. pp. 1669-1723. In: W.J. Richards (ed.). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2640 pp.