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Social Science Research Group

Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico off Sanibel Island
Photo Credit: NOAA's Fisheries Collection


Shrimp Boat at Tarpon Springs, FL
Photo Credit: William B. Folsom


Malecon de Naguabo (Naguabo Waterfront), Puerto Rico
Photo Credit: Juan Agar 

The Social Science Research Group (SSRG) conducts applied socioeconomic and cultural research on the use and management of living marine resources under federal jurisdiction from North Carolina to Texas and in the U.S. Caribbean. Our group:

• interprets available fisheries information from an economic and cultural perspective
• designs data collection programs to support socioeconomic research
• develops models and estimates relationships to evaluate the economic effects of fishery policies
• evaluates the sociocultural effects of fishery policies on fishers and fishing communities
• provides research results and policy advice to fishery management councils
• supplies social sciences support for other NMFS programs

Research Programs

• On-going Economic Data Collections
  • Coastal Fisheries
  • Southeast Shrimp Fisheries
• Economic Research
• Socio-cultural Research

Contacts

• Juan Agar - Economist (Commercial Fisheries)
• David W. Carter - Economist (Recreational Fisheries)
• Scott Crosson - Economist (Commercial Fisheries)
• Christopher Liese - (Acting) Lead Economist (Commercial and For-hire Fisheries)
• Akbar Marvasti - Economist (Commercial Fisheries)
• Larry Perruso - Economist (Commercial Fisheries)
• Brent Stoffle - Anthropologist (Fishing Communities)

Documents

• Technical Memoranda
• Peer-reviewed Publications

Tools

• Southeast Recreational Fisheries Social Science Literature
• South Florida Sportfishing Geodatabase

More Information on Social Sciences at NOAA Fisheries Service

• NMFS Southeast Regional Office: Fisheries Economics
• NMFS Office of Science and Technology: Economics & Social Sciences Program