Vice President & Chief Science Officer
Core Program
Wildlife Populations; Ocean Health
Research Program
Spatial Ecology & Dynamic Ocean Management
Education
B.S., Environmental Science, Gettysburg College
Ph.D, Oceanography, University of Delaware
Danielle Haulsee is the Chief Science Officer at Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute, specializing in fisheries oceanography and the spatial and behavioral ecology of marine animals. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2017 from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, focusing her doctoral work on characterizing the movement ecology and social dynamics of a coastal top predator found along the East Coast of the U.S., the sand tiger shark. A key feature of her research is integrating advanced bio-logging (using tags carried by animals to record information), remote sensing and underwater robots to study the impact of a dynamic ocean on the occurrence and distribution of marine fish and sharks. Using these technologies, Danielle focuses her research on tackling applied research questions, contributing to bycatch reduction strategies, impact assessments of offshore development and resource extraction, and working towards more effective dynamic ocean management strategies. Her work spans multiple oceans, from studying the movement ecology of sharks and sturgeon in the Atlantic, to the fisheries ecology of billfish in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, to the oceanography of the White Shark Cafe in the Central Pacific and off the Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Danielle oversees the science program at HSWRI in our main location in Mission Bay, CA, our hatchery in Carlsbad, CA and our Florida office in Melbourne Beach. In addition to her research, Danielle is passionate about mentorship and promoting STEM education to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Publications
Haulsee, D.E., Fox, D.A., Breece, M.W., Brown, L.M., Kneebone, J., Skomal, G.B. and Oliver, M.J., 2016. Social network analysis reveals potential fission-fusion behavior in a shark. Scientific Reports, 6(1), p.34087.
Haulsee, D.E., Breece, M.W., Miller, D.C., Wetherbee, B.M., Fox, D.A. and Oliver, M.J., 2015. Habitat selection of a coastal shark species estimated from an autonomous underwater vehicle. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 528, pp.277-288.
Haulsee, D.E., Breece, M.W., Brown, L.M., Wetherbee, B.M., Fox, D.A. and Oliver, M.J., 2018. Spatial ecology of Carcharias taurus in the northwestern Mid-Atlantic coastal ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 597, pp.191-206.
Haulsee, D.E., Blondin, H.E., Logan, R.K. and Crowder, L.B., 2022. Where do the billfish go? Using recreational catch data to relate local and basin scale environmental conditions to billfish occurrence in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 31(2), pp.135-148.
Haulsee, D.E., Breece, M.W., Fox, D.A. and Oliver, M.J., 2020. Simple is sometimes better: a test of the transferability of species distribution models. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(5), pp.1752-1761.