Andrew Scheld

Education

B.S., Resource Economics (summa cum laude), University of Massachusetts, Amherst

M.S., Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island

Ph.D., School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

About

I use economic theory and quantitative modeling approaches to study questions related to human use and management in fisheries and aquaculture. I am actively engaged in a variety of research projects, ranging from sustainable expansion of the commercial fishery for invasive blue catfish in Virginia, to improving reporting compliance among recreational Atlantic bluefin tuna anglers, to assessing the impacts of offshore wind energy development on commercial shellfish industries in the US Atlantic. I am interested in changing human uses, impacts, and management objectives in marine ecosystems, how uncertainty and risk influence decision-making and economic behavior, and development and application of integrated modeling tools to advance sustainability of coastal communities. I engage in state and regional fisheries management through participation on the Committee on Economics and Social Sciences of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.