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Economic and Social Sciences Research

The primary mission of the Economic and Social Sciences Research Program is to provide economic and sociocultural information that will assist NMFS in meeting its stewardship responsibilities. Those responsibilities are in part identified by the Federal regulatory analyses requirements.  More >

Distance photo of the UNISEA plant in Dutch Harbor, Alaska A hanging brailer of Tanner crabs
Staff sociologist working with commercial fisherman 

Current Issues and Interests

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2012 Groundfish Economic Status Report from the Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation

2000-2010 Alaska Community Profiles - Updated with regional profiles

 Highlighted Current Research

Southeast Alaska Fisheries Economic Activity Survey

Alaska Community Survey

Alaska Fisheries and Global Trade


Recent Publications, Poster Presentations, Reports & Activities

  • Public willingness to pay for recovering and downlisting threatened and endangered marine species.
    WALLMO, K., and D. K. LEW. 2012. Public willingness to pay for recovering and downlisting threatened and endangered marine species. Conserv. Biol. 26:830–839. 
     
  • Economic values for saltwater sport fishing in Alaska: a stated preference analysis.
    LEW, D. K., and D. M. LARSON. 2012. Economic values for saltwater sport fishing in Alaska: a stated preference analysis. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage. 32:745-759. 
     
  • Climate Change and Fisher Behavior in the Bering Sea Pollock Trawl and Pacific Cod Longline Fisheries
    By:  ALAN HAYNIE, LISA PFEIFFER
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2013
    (2013 poster, .pdf, 1.2 MB)   Online.

     
  • The Effects of Climate Regimes on the Pacific Cod Longline Fishery
    By:  ALAN HAYNIE, LISA PFEIFFER
    Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2012
    (2012 poster, .pdf, 1.98 MB)   Online.

     
  • Division Research Reports and Activities
     


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