Michael L. Domeier
President & Executive Director

Education

Ph.D. Marine Biology and Fisheries (1992) University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

B.S. Marine Biology (1987) Florida Institute of Technology

Background & interests

Beginning his career as a coral reef fish expert, Michael has dedicated his professional life to marine fisheries research. After completing post-doctorate work studying tropical groupers and snappers through a grant from the Caribbean Marine Research Center, he accepted a position as the leader of the California Department of Fish and Game's Marine Sport Research Project. In 1996 Michael chose to leave government employment and began a successful career in the nonprofit marine research sector. Since that time he has helped found the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research where he served as President for 11 years, the Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations, and most recently the Marine Conservation Science Institute. Michael’s professional interests are diverse. He is renown for his work with pelagic fishes (particularly billfish), white sharks, California coastal fishes and coral reef fishes. He has been a leader in the field of electronic tagging and enjoys working on both the engineering as well as the biological aspects of this field. On a personal level he enjoys ocean activities like diving, surfing and fishing, but also has a passion for birds. Michael is also a skilled pilot and boat operator, having piloted both types of craft over very long distances.

Publications

Domeier ML and N Nasby-Lucas. 2008. Migration Patterns of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Tagged at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, and Identification of an Eastern Pacific Common Offshore Foraging Area. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 370:221-237

Jensen, Olaf P., Sofia Ortega-Garcia, Steven J.D. Martell, Robert N.M. Ahrens. In Review. Local management of a “highly migratory species?” The effects of longline closures and recreational catch-and-release for Baja California striped marlin fisheries. Prog. Oceanog.

Sadovy de Mitcheson,Y., A. Cornish, M. Domeier., P.L. Colin, M. Russell and K. C. Lindeman. In Press. A global baseline for spawning aggregations of reef fish. Cons. Biol.

Dewar, Heidi, Peter Mous, Michael Domeier, Andreas Muljadi, Jos Pet and Jeff Whitty. 2008. Movements and site fidelity of the giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in the Komodo Marine Park Indonesia. Mar Biol 155:121-133.

Domeier ML and N Nasby-Lucas. 2007. Annual re-sightings of photographically identified white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at an eastern Pacific aggregation site (Guadalupe Island, Mexico). Mar Biol 150:970-984.

Gaffney, P. M., J. Rupnow and M. L. Domeier. 2007. Genetic similarity of disjunct populations of the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas). J. Fish. Biol. 70:111-124.

Domeier, Michael L. 2006. An analysis of Pacific striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) horizontal movement patterns using pop-up satellite archival tags. Bull Mar Sci. 79(3):811-826.

Domeier, Michael L., Don DeMaria and Nicole Nasby-Lucas. 2006. Behavior and habitat use of goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) based upon acoustic telemetry. Proc. 10th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1314-1325.

Holland, Kim N., David G. Itano and Michael Domeier. 2006. First successful surgical implantation of electronic tags in marlin. Bull. Mar. Sci. 79(3):871-874.

Prince Eric D., David B. Holts, Derke Snodgrass, Eric S. Orbesen, Jiangang Luo, Michael L. Domeier and Joseph E. Serafy. 2006. Transboundary movement of sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, off the Pacific cosast of Central America. Bull. Mar. Sci. 79(3):827-838.

Domeier, M. L. 2005. Methods for the deployment and maintenance of an acoustic tag tracking array. An example from California’s Channel Islands. Mar. Tech. Soc. J. 39:74-80.

Domeier, M. L., Dale Kiefer, Nicole Nasby-Lucas, Adam Wagschal and Frank O’Brien. 2005. Tracking Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) in the northeastern Pacific with an automated algorithm that estimates latitude by matching sea-surface-temperature data from satellites with temperature data from tags on fish. 103:292-306.

Sadovy, Y. and M. L. Domeier. 2005. Perplexing problems of sexual patterns in the fish genus Paralabrax (Serranidae, Serraninae). J. Zool., Lond. 267:121-133.

Sadovy, Y. and M. L. Domeier. 2005. Are aggregation-fisheries sustainable? Reef fish fisheries as a case study. Coral Reefs. 24:254-262.

Sadovy, Y., P. L. Colin and M. L. Domeier. 2005. Monitoring and managing spawning aggregations: Methods and challenge. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 14: 25-29.

Dewar, Heidi, Michael Domeier and Nicole Nasby-Lucas. 2004. Insights into young of the year white shark, Carcharadon carcharias, behavior in the Southern California Bight. Env. Biol. Fish. 70:133-143.

Domeier, M.L. H. Dewar and N. Nasby. 2003. Mortality rate of striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) caught with recreational tackle. Aust. J. Mar. Fresh. Res. 54:435-445.

Jackson, G.D. and M.L. Domeier. 2003. The effects of an extraordinary El Niño/La Niña event on the size and growth of the squid Loligo opalescens off Southern California. Mar. Biol. 142:924-935.

Colin P.L., Sadovy Y.J. and Domeier M.L. 2003. Manual for the study and conservation of reef fish spawning aggregations. Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations. Special Publication No. 1 (Version 1.0). 1–98+iii p.

Domeier, M, L., P. L. Colin, T. J. Donaldson, W. D. Heyman, J. S. Pet, M. Russell, Y. Sadovy, M. A. Samoilys, A. Smith, B. M. Yeeting, and S. Smith. 2002. Transforming coral reef conservation: reef fish spawning aggregations component. Spawning Aggregation Working Group Report, The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii, April 22, 2002, 85p.

Domeier, M.L., 2001. Giant sea bass. In: Leet, W.S., C.M. Dewees, R. Klingbeil and E. Larson (eds.), California’s Marine Living Resources: A Status Report. Univ. Calif. Press. Pp 209-211.

MacNair, L. S., M. L. Domeier and C. S. Y. Chun 2001. Age, growth, and mortality of California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, along southern and central California." Fishery Bulletin 99(4): 588-600.

Domeier, Michael L. and Patrick L. Colin. 1997. Tropical reef fish spawning aggregations: defined and reviewed. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60 (3):698-726.

Domeier, M. L., C. Koenig and F. Coleman. 1997. Reproductive biology of the gray snapper (Lutjanidae: Lutjanus griseus) with notes on spawning for other western Atlantic lutjanids. In: Arreguin-Sanchez, F., J.L. Munro and D. Pauly, Eds. Biology of tropical groupers and snappers. ICLARM Conf. Proc, 48.

Wertz, Stephen P. and Michael L. Domeier. 1997. Relative importance of prey items to California halibut. Cal. Fish and Game 83(1):21-29.

Morris, Pamela A., M. L. Domeier, and J. Stevens. 1996. Notes on the occurrence and depth distribution of the bat ray in the southern California Bight, with comments on the effect of trawl size on estimates of abundance. Cal. Fish and Game 82(1):48-53.

Domeier, M. L. and C. Chun. 1995.  A tagging study of the California halibut (Paralichthys californicus).  CalCOFI Reports 36:204-207.

Domeier, M. L. 1994. Speciation in the serranid fish Hypoplectrus. Bull. Mar. Sci. Vol. 53:103-141.

Sadovy, Y, P. L. Colin and M. L. Domeier. 1994. Aggregation and spawning in the tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris (Pisces: Serranidae). Copeia 2:511-516.

Domeier, M L. and M. E. Clarke. 1992. Laboratory hybridization between Lutjanus synagris and Ocyurus chrysurus, and a wild caught hybrid between L. griseus and O. chrysurus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Bulletin of Marine Science Vol. 3:501-507.

 

Email: ml.domeier@gmail.com

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