James Klein

Finfish Scientist | MS DMR Office of Marine Fisheries | M.S. Southern Miss | B.S. Coastal Carolina | 🦪🦀🐟🐠

[Southern Miss Grad School @USM_GradSchool]

Congratulations to James Klein, a Master's student pursuing a degree in Coastal Sciences, on his incredible accomplishments throughout his time at the Graduate School! James is dedicated to research, mentorship, and improving student life on our coastal campus. #SMTTT #USM

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

🦪🚨🦪 First publication!!
Modeled oyster larval performance and settlement windows were compared to observed recruitment in Delaware Bay. Strong agreement validates the model and emphasizes the importance of food supply on larval development https://t.co/njTwCbD8Mh

[Elizabeth Greenheck @greenbeath]

🚨🐟🦖New paper! Gulf Sturgeon are currently unprotected under the ESA in Alabama, however, we found that they occupied habitats within Mobile Bay during the overwinter foraging period warranting reconsideration for protection of the species in this system https://t.co/19YhBIDmwd

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Last sampling trip for my internship complete! Great experience observing my ‘children’ grow from spat last October to market size now, and an excellent opportunity to team science with industry!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Come see me talk about oysters this Thursday!!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Spent an early Father’s Day with my children and some of the friends they made in the Delaware Bay! They grow up so fast! 🦪
Does anyone know what kind of eel this is?

[Elizabeth Greenheck @greenbeath]

A different view of the group, what a great turnout! Thank you to Kelly for a great talk and congrats to Jim Franks on 60 years at GCRL!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Got to spend my memorial weekend photographing adult and yearling green herons, fiddler crabs, and a funny looking log! Enjoy my Gulf Coast friends!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Fun fact this is not an oyster!

Nor is it a sturgeon like we were looking for! But big blue was still a good catch!
Thanks @Wormy_Sturgeon lab and @lyssa_pagel for taking me out!

[Alabama-Mississippi Oyster Community of Practice @ALMSOysterCoP]

Hello everyone! Meeting notes from the Oyster Community of Practice meeting held on May 13th are now available! You can read them here: https://t.co/1UcB6oETZ4. We have also created a poll to help us plan our future meetings, which is available here: https://t.co/7OH8vlvxeI.

[Sun Herald @sunherald]

A lot has gone wrong for Mississippi oysters, including strong storms & freshwater flooding. New reporting shows the state has failed to head off the crisis, investing millions in rebuilding reefs in ways that didn’t respond to changing conditions. https://t.co/dPvG9dke09

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

First trip since deployment checking on my children went successful! I’m working with Cape May Salt Oyster farms to compare performance of various triploid oyster lines in the farm’s patent tidal-rotating subtidal gear! However, NJ oyster farm also means driving all gear from MS!

[American Fisheries Society- Southern Miss Subunit @ASubunit]

Mark your calendars for the Grad Student Symposium (GSS) hosted by the Organization (CEGO) at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA from April 21-23! Registration is open now and is $50 through April 1. Please encourage folks to sign up and support LSU! [email protected] for questions

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Super excited to be hosting this event! Should be a blast!

[American Fisheries Society- Southern Miss Subunit @ASubunit]

If you live in the Ocean Springs area please consider signing up for the Earth Day Beach Clean-Up on 4/22/23 hosted by the USM grad student association, MEGSA and USM alum Kelsey’s company Thalassas! The attached flyer has more info 🚮🦀🌊

[SCeMFiS @scemfis]

Climate Change Creating New Conflicts for Surfclam, Ocean Quahog Fisheries as Warming Forces Habitat Shifts https://t.co/BeRL4WIcte

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Great opportunity to present the key findings for the USM Optical Observations for Oyster Larvae program at the 2023 MBRACE All Hands Meeting! Glad I could experience the connectivity between researchers and state resource management regarding coastal restoration!!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

A happy boater is a safe boater!
Cheers to @ASubunit @Wormy_Sturgeon @greenbeath and company for the successful boat ops course!!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Thanks everyone for putting this on! Definitely came away with a lot more boating knowledge! I appreciate all the folks who took time to share their experience!

[Michael J Andres @Wormy_Sturgeon]

Today my lab, @ASubunit, and @USMCFRD organized the third small boat workshop helping provide experience to students and staff wanting more experience trailering, running, and troubleshooting small boats. Huge hat tip to @greenbeath for help organize the event!

[James Klein @grateful_jk]

Grateful for the opportunity to give my first conference presentation at #baysandbayous! Sat in on some phenomenal talks and met even better people!