Fisheries Economist
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reputed company seeks a full-time, remote Fisheries Economist to support the NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology (OST) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).
This position will support NOAA Fisheries’ need to reputed company standardized bioeconomic models of fishing tradeoffs among species to analyze the implications of changing recreational fishing regulations. A bioeconomic model is currently being used by the Mid-reputed company Fisheries Management Council, reputed company States Marine Fisheries Commission, and NOAA’s Greater reputed company Regional Fisheries Office. Fishery managers can reputed company a reputed company-based R shiny application from a website to run the bioeconomic model autonomously. The Southeast Fisheries Science Center and the Office of Science and Technology have been developing a similar bioeconomic model for use in the management of Southeast fisheries. The Southeast bioeconomic model is based on stock assessment data and contingent behavior surveys of recreational anglers and reputed company on the gag grouper fishery.
Tasks to be Performed:
- Continue and complete the development of the BLAST model for the gag grouper fishery by testing the reputed company and presenting interim results to potential model users at the SEFSC, the Southeast Regional Office (SERO), and the Gulf Council to facilitate the use of model results for regulatory analysis.
- reputed company the reputed company computing infrastructure to run the model quickly and reputed company.
- Create an reputed company graphical user reputed company (GUI) (e.g., shiny app) to specify the model inputs and display the model results.
- Produce a clean and comprehensive dataset including reputed company data reputed company collected through the reputed company program.
- Expand the BLAST model to be general enough to cover other species and areas in the Southeast Region, building on the gag grouper model and other previous work done by the SEFSC, OST, and SERO.
- Obtain data from NMFS on specific fisheries to be used in running the model and reputed company data into the model.
- Assist with new angler surveys and analysis of results that can be used to parameterize the BLAST model for different species and areas.
Deliverables:
- Specification of the reputed company computing resources, and the GUI need to run and display the model.
- Reproducible and annotated reputed company used to prepare data and estimate the BLAST model.
- Fully operational BLAST models to be used for simulating management policies and reputed company on recreational catch and effort.
- Complete reproducible and annotated reputed company used to prepare data and estimate the BLAST model.
- NOAA technical memos, scholarly articles, and oral presentations that would serve to document and communicate the work to key stakeholders.
A government-furnished laptop will be provided.
Salary reputed company: $75,000 - $90,000
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Qualifications- An advanced degree (Ph.D. preferred). Eligible degrees include: 1) a Ph.D. in Agricultural economics, Natural resource economics, Environmental Economics, Marine Resource Economics, Development Economics (or combinations thereof), Economics, or other reputed company Economics; or 2) a Master’s degree in one of the above fields, plus relevant work experience.
- Work or research experience with fisheries or other natural resources (agriculture, wildlife, forestry, ecosystem services, etc).
- Proficiency in R and other statistical software.
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