Julie Vecchio

Assistant Marine Scientist - SCDNR Coastal Fisheries Section

Education

Ph.D., 2020, University of South Florida
M.S., 2006, College of Charleston
B.S., 1999, Albion College

Research Interests

• Reef fish
• Life history
• Stock assessment
• Ecology
• Fisheries
• Human impacts

Publications

• Vecchio, JL, WJ Bubley, TI Smart. 2023. Increased fishery-independent sampling effort results in
  improved population estimates for multiple target species. Frontiers in Marine Science.
• Vecchio, JL, D Lazarre, B Sauls, M Head, T Moncrief. 2022. A description of Florida’s Gulf
  Coast recreational Red Snapper fishery and release mortality estimates for the central and
  eastern subregions (Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida) with varying levels of descender
  use. SEDAR 74-WP . SEDAR North Charleston, SC.
• Vecchio JL, J Carroll, D Lazarre, B Sauls. 2022. Size and age information for Red Snapper,
  Lutjanus campechanus, collected in association with fishery-dependent monitoring along
  Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast. SEDAR 74-WP . SEDAR, North Charleston, SC.
• Vecchio, JL, D Lazarre, B Sauls. 2022. Descriptions of Florida’s Mutton Snapper recreational
  fishery assessed using fishery dependent survey data. SEDAR79-DW-04. SEDAR, North
  Charleston, SC.
• Vecchio JL, J Carroll, D Lazarre, B Sauls. 2022. Size and age information for Mutton Snapper,
  Lutjanus analis, collected in association with fishery-dependent monitoring along Florida’s
  coast. SEDAR 79-DW-03. SEDAR, North Charleston, SC.
• Vecchio, JL, EB Peebles. 2022. Lifetime‑scale ontogenetic movement and diets of red grouper
  inferred using a combination of instantaneous and archival methods. Environmental
  Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01210-2.