Courtney Cochran was a RIOS intern in 2015 and graduated from Texas Christian University. Courtney studied the effects of global fisheries on waved whelk (Buccinum undatum) size of maturity and growth. In her research, Courtney used a wide meta-analysis of the literature to examine the patterns among global stocks and compared those to samples taken in from the MidAtlantic. Her results suggest that global stocks may change in response to fishing, with size of maturity decreasing with fishing pressure.