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Galveston Lab

4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551

The Galveston Lab provides scientific information on the

• management of commercial and recreational shellfish and finfish
• conservation of coastal habitats
• protection of threatened and endangered marine species of the Gulf of Mexico

The Galveston Lab also supports staff at the Lafayette, LA lab.

Lafayette Lab

646 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506

This Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center is located within the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Park , this state-of-the art facility provides scientific information on

• conservation of coastal habitats
• management of commercial and recreational shellfish and finfish
• protection of threatened and endangered marine species, including the Marine Mammal Molecular Genetics Lab
• protection of coastal wetlands (under the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act)

The Marine Mammal Molecular Genetics Lab (MMMGL) is composed of technicians and graduate students utilizing and developing various molecular techniques to help study and understand aspects of cetacean biology, primarily dealing with conservation and management implications. An ongoing project at the MMMGL is to work along with the other NOAA Fisheries Service labs in both the Southeast and Northeast regions, as well as the stranding networks, to share and contribute information that is relevant to marine mammal issues in our area of the country. We use our genetics techniques and lab resources to identify previously unknown animals that strand along the coastal southeastern U.S.

More about strandings and the marine mammal molecular genetics lab [pdf].