Dr. Heidi Dewar, NOAA Fisheries - Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Until her retirement in December 2023, Heidi Dewar was a fisheries research biologist in the Life History Program at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center. She completed her Ph.D. at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1993 where she worked on the physiology of tropical tunas. She has since worked in a range of disciplines and species and has worked closely with fishers. Her overarching scientific interest is in how the interplay between physiology and the environment determine the movements and behaviors of fish. She currently works with a range of highly migratory species collecting biological data to support management, specializing in species like sharks, tunas, opah, and billfish. Her broader interests include reducing waste and adding value across the seafood supply chain and working with coastal and island communities towards sustainable marine resource management.
