Directory
Julie Lively
Job Title:
Executive Director
Office Phone:
(225) 578-2423
Email:
julieann@lsu.edu
Area of Specialty:
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community and Economic Development, Marketing/Communications, Extension Directory/Administrator, Sea Grant
FEMA Courses Completed:
Biography
Dr. Julie Lively is the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program’s executive director and an associate professor with Louisiana State University AgCenter. She was the Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter’s Fisheries Specialist for 11 years before becoming director. Her work centers around commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. Her applied research focuses on blue crab and shrimp including soft shell crab production, bait and disease work with blue crabs, derelict crab traps and ghost fishing, and post-harvest processes in the shrimp industry. In addition to extension and outreach on these topics, she has also worked on characterizing the freshwater commercial fishery and the Louisiana Fisheries Forward Program to improve economic success in commercial fisheries. She received her B.S. in biology from Truman State University and Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of Delaware.
