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 wind development, 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 of 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. She is a member of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and The Oceanography Society (TOS), as well as a contributing member of the Diversifying and Integrating Marine Education at Stations (DIMES) and Ecosystem Services Observation Network (ESON) initiatives on the West Coast. In addition to her research, Danielle is passionate about mentorship and promoting STEM education to underrepresented groups through her participation in organizations like the Society for Women in Marine Science (SWMS), the Gill’s Club, the Skype-a-Scientist program, UD’s Mentor Collective Program, as well as serving as a mentor for many other high school and undergraduate student internship opportunities.

Select Recent Publications

Haulsee, D.E., H. Blondin, R.K. Logan, L.B. Crowder. 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), 135-148.

Roose, R.E., M. Breece, D.E. Haulsee, M.W. Oliver, A. Carlisle, D.A. Fox. The Sociality of Atlantic Sturgeon and Sand Tigers in an Estuarine Environment. Animal Behavior. 193, 181-191.

Blondin HE, Armstrong KC, Hazen EL, Oestreich WK and others (2022) Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 699:181-198.

Haulsee, D.E., M.W. Breece, D.A. Fox, M.J. Oliver. (2020a) Simple is sometimes better: a test of the transferability of species distribution models. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsaa024

Haulsee D.E., Fox, D.A., Oliver, M.J. (2020b). Occurrence of Commercially Important and Endangered Fishes in Delaware Wind Energy Areas Using Acoustic Telemetry. Lewes (DE): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. OCS Study BOEM 2020-020. 80 p.

Haulsee, D. E., D.A. Fox, M. W. Breece, B. M. Wetherbee, J. Manderson, M. J. Oliver. (2018) Spatial ecology of Carcharias taurus in the northwestern Mid-Atlantic coastal ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 597:191-206.

Haulsee, D. E., D. A. Fox, M. W. Breece, L. M. Brown, J. Kneebone, G. B. Skomal, M. J. Oliver. (2016) Social Network Analysis Reveals Potential Fission-Fusion Behavior in a Shark. Nature Scientific Reports 6: 34087.

Haulsee, D. E., M. W. Breece, T. M. Clauss, D. A. Fox, M. J. Oliver. (2016) Long-term archival transceiver implantation and recovery in a migratory shark with high site fidelity. PLOSone. 11(2): e0148617.

Haulsee, D. E., M.W. Breece, D. A. Fox, D. C. Miller, B. M. Wetherbee, M. J. Oliver (2015) Estimating fine scale habitat selectivity of an apex predator with an autonomous underwater vehicle. Marine Ecology Progress Series 528, 277–288.