Senior Research Scientist
Core Program
Sustainable Seafood
Education
B.A., Biology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg M.S., Marine Ecology, San Diego State University, San Diego
Drawbridge, Mark, MSc – Senior Research Scientist and Director of HSWRI’s Sustainable Seafood Program. Drawbridge has more than 35 years working in marine aquaculture and fisheries replenishment at HSWRI. His team is currently researching the culture of finfish, invertebrates and seaweeds for food and conservation, including Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) applications. Under Drawbridge’s direction, the HSWRI Sustainable Seafood Program supports about 30 full-time staff, two research hatcheries in San Diego, and acclimation cage facilities throughout southern California. Drawbridge is a board member and past president of the California Aquaculture Association; a member of the Western Regional Aquaculture Center’s technical research committee; and a member of California’s Aquaculture Development Committee.
Publications
Stuart, K., F. Rotman, and M. Drawbridge. 2015. Methods of Microbial Control in Marine Fish Larval Rearing: Clay-based Turbidity and Passive Larval Transfer. Aquaculture Research DOI: 10.1111/are.12696
Hawkyard, Matt, Stuart, Kevin, Langdon, Chris and Drawbridge, Mark. 2015. The enrichment of rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) and Artemia franciscana with taurine-liposomes and their subsequent effects on the larval development of California yellowtail (Seriola lalandi). Aquaculture Nutrition. DOI: 10.1111/anu.12317.
Rotman, F., K. Stuart, and M. Drawbridge. 2016. Effects of taurine supplementation in live feeds on larval rearing performance of California yellowtail Seriola lalandi and white seabass Atractoscion nobilis. Aquaculture Research, 1–8, doi:10.1111/are.12964
Salze, G. P., Davis, D. A., Jirsa, D. O. and Drawbridge, M. A. (2017), Methionine Requirement for Juvenile White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, Using Nonlinear Models. J World Aquaculture Soc. doi:10.1111/jwas.12413
Wegner, N.C., Drawbridge, M.A. and Hyde, J.A. (2017), Reduced swimming and metabolic fitness of aquaculture-reared California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) in comparison to wild-caught conspecifics. Aquaculture 486 (2018): 51–56
Stuart, K., Johnson, R., Armbruster, L. and Drawbridge, M. (2018), Arachidonic acid in the diet of captive California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis and its effects on egg quality. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 80:97–106
Stuart, K., Losordo, M., Olin, P., and Drawbridge, M. (2018), Optimizing procedures for shipping marine fish eggs using white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, as a model. Aquaculture 493(1): 229–232.