Work

Pam works with coastal communities to develop market-based solutions for improving fishery management and ocean conservation practices in the Gulf of Mexico region. She specializes in marine protected areas, individual fishing quotas, and reef and shrimp fisheries.

Background

• Serves on the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's red snapper and grouper IFQ advisory panels and the Texas shrimp advisory committee.
• Marine extension agent, Federated States of Micronesia (1993-1995).
• Assistant for coastal resources, U.S. Navy (1992).
• Fisheries biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service (1990 and 1986).
• Marine reserve biologist, Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize (1987-1989).

Degrees

• M.A., Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island.
• B.S. Marine Biology, Texas A&M University.

Published Works

• Co-author: "A review of Gulf of Mexico marine protected areas: successes, failures, and lessons learned" (Fisheries, 2004).
• "Assurance bonds: A tool for managing environmental costs in aquaculture" (Aquaculture Economics and Management 2002).
• "Coastal shrimp farming in Texas" (Murky Waters: Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the United States, Environmental Defense Fund. 1997).
• "A comparison of fish communities between protected and unprotected areas of the Belize reef ecosystem: Implications for conservation and management" (Proceedings of the 45th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting 1992).