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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 >

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2008 Economic Status Report

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Alaska Fisheries and Global Trade

Econometric Measurement of Fishing Capacity and Capacity Utilization

Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the North Pacific Marine Environment

Recent Publications, Poster Presentations, Reports & Activities

Commons and markets: Opportunities for development of local sustainability.
VACCARO, I., L. ZANOTTI, and J. SEPEZ. 2009. Commons and markets: Opportunities for development of local sustainability. Environ. Politics 18:522-538.
North Pacific region
SEPEZ, J. 2009. North Pacific region, p. 13-17. In Fishing Communities of the United States 2006. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-98.
Demographics of Commercial Fishing Communities in Alaska
By: CHRISTINA PACKAGE, JENNIFER SEPEZ
Conference: Society for Applied Anthropology 67th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Mar 2007
(2007 poster, .pdf, 229KB) Online.
Demographics of Recreational Fishing in Alaska
By: JODIE LITTLE, JENNIFER SEPEZ
Conference: Society for Human Ecology Conference (15th), Bar Harbor, ME, Oct 2006
(2006 poster, .pdf, 225KB) Online.
Multi-attribute Utility Function Approach to Developing Socio-economic Indicators for Fisheries
Data Collection from Alaska Communities
NPFMC Takes Action to Limit Chinook Salmon Bycatch in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery
Chinook Salmon Bycatch Economic Data Collection Evaluation
Division Research Reports and Activities

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