| Summary: | Species'range shifts have become an increasingly common ecological phenomenon in recent decades, as global temperatures have warmed and species have shifted to avoid thermal stress. This is particularly evident in the Northwest Atlantic, where many fish stocks have undergone a poleward shift in distribution. Although efforts to project future range shifts and theorize potential outcomes have recently accelerated, the ecological and socioeconomic implications of range shifts are still not well understood. Black sea bass, Centropristis striata, historically ranged from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Cod, but in recent years they have become abundant in the southern Gulf of Maine (GOM), and have been reported as far north as midcoast Maine. In this dissertation, I documented the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of black sea bass in the GOM.
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