Senior Research Fellow
Core Program
Sustainable Seafood
Education
B.A., Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
M.S., Animal Science, University of California, Davis
M.S., International Agricultural Development, University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle
Mark is currently a Senior Research Scientist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) in San Diego, where he has been employed since 1989. Mark also serves as the Director of the Institute’s Sustainable Seafood Program, which is focused on developing techniques for growing marine finfish for ocean replenishment and farming.
Mr. Drawbridge graduated from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania in 1985 with a B.A. degree in biology and from San Diego State University in 1990 with an M.Sc. degree in Marine Ecology. In addition to his direct responsibilities at HSWRI, Mark is a current board member and past-president of the California Aquaculture Association; an associate faculty member at the University of San Diego; a member of the Western Regional Aquaculture Center’s technical research committee; and a member of California’s Aquaculture Development Committee.
Publications
Rub, M. W., C. Cosgrove, S. Theuerkauf, D. Wieczorek, J. Whaley, C. Otoshi, and M. Rust. 2024. Climate-Smart American Aquaculture: Strategies to Sustain and Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production in a Changing Future. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-195.
ICES. 2023. Workshop on pathways to climate-aware advice (WKCLIMAD). ICES Scientific Reports. 5:25. 99 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.22196560
Theuerkauf, S.J. and M.B. Rust. 2023. Aquaculture Science Advice Handbook: Policies, Processes, Resources, and Opportunities. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-235, 46 p.
Rexroad C, Rust MB, Riche M, Wills P, Davis M. 2021. Opportunities for U.S. marine finfish aquaculture. J World Aquac Soc. 2021; 52: 501–508. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12791
ICES. 2021. Workshop on the Norwegian Sea Aquaculture Overview (WKNORAO). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:116. 87 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.9574
Natsuki Hasegawa, Brett R Dumbauld, Masakazu Hori, Satoshi Watanabe, Michael Rust, Zachary Forester 2021. Comparative study of the impact of environmental changes on oyster culture between USA and Japan, as collaborative research under UJNR. Bull. Jap. Fish. Res. Edu. Agen. No. 50，115－121，2021
Redman, Dylan H., D. Nelson, J. Roy, R. Goldberg, T. Scott, M. B. Rust, and R. Mercaldo-Allen, 2019. A Pilot Study Using Graded Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Meal in Formulated Diets for Growth Performance of Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata). NOAA technical memorandum NMFS NE ; 253 DOI : https://doi.org/10.25923/4rsf-8q0