Richard Pollnac   Job Title: Research Professor Address: Coastal Institute Building, 2nd Floor, Room 209 Phone: (401) 874-5107 Email: pollnac3@gmail.com

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Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Missouri B.A., Anthropology, Pennsylvania State U Courses:

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Richard Pollnac has conducted research among coastal peoples in almost all world regions. Prior to 2005 research and consulting concerning fishery and coastal development projects was carried out in East and West Africa, South and Central America, the Azores, the Middle East, India, New England & Alaska, USA, and Southeast Asia. In 2005 he participated in an Evaluation of distribution of community development quota shares from the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation where he conducted fieldwork in coastal communities in Norton Sound, Alaska. Also in 2005 he conducted an initial rapid assessment and set up a tsunami recovery project monitoring and evaluation system in Ranong Province, Thailand. Current projects include (2006-2008) fieldwork in Central America and the Caribbean evaluating factors influencing success of marine protected areas. (NSF funded, Co-PI); (2005-2008) preparation of fishery community profiles and methods for social impact assessment for the Northeast Region (NOAA, CMER funded, PI); (2007-2008) fieldwork concerning networking of marine protected areas, Cebu, Philippines July-August, 2007. (Governance Feasibility of marine ecosystem-based management: A comparative Analysis; National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, Co-PI); and (2007-2008) an examination of job satisfaction in capture fisheries, a world-wide comparative study funded by the project for Ecosystems, Societies, Consilience and the Precautionary Principle: Development of an assessment method for societal cost for best fishing practices and efficient public policies (European Commission).

1. Marine protected area success in combined population, health and environment projects. Presented in the symposium: The costs of conservation: impacts on coastal livelihoods, health, and equity at the 178th Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), February 16-20, Vancouver, BC.
2. Dalton, T. G. Forrester & R.B. Pollnac 2011 Formal Co-management Arrangements and MPA Success in the Wider Caribbean. Proceedings of the 63rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute November 1 - 5, 2010 San Juan, Puerto Rico.
3. Pollnac, R.B., Iris Monnereau, Victor Ruiz, John Poggie & Azure Westwood 2011 Stress and the occupation of fishing. in Langan-Fox J & Cooper C.L., Eds. Chapter 15 (309-321) in Handbook of Stress in the Occupations. Chichester, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
4. Pollnac, R.B.& Tarsila Seara 2011 Factors influencing success of marine protected areas in the Visayas, Philippines as related to increasing protected area coverage. Environmental Management47:584-592.
5. Do integrated population, health and environment projects produce added value? Presented at the 6th International Conference on Environmental Futures (ICEF): Interdisciplinary research and management practice across the environmental domain. 18-22 July, University of Newcastle, Newcastle UK.
6. Methods for adequate explanations of factors influencing levels of multiple outcomes of changes in resource governance institutions: An example from the Philippines. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Environmental Futures (ICEF): Interdisciplinary research and management practice across the environmental domain. 18-22 July, University of Newcastle, Newcastle UK.
7. Using multivariate analysis to select indicators for large scale surveys. Presented at the NOAA Well-being Indicator Workshop, Charleston SC 8-9 March 2011.
8. Assessing Changing Perceptions of Catch Share Management Systems in New England. (with A. Fraser & R. Pomeroy) Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 2011.
9. Smith, S.L., R.B. Pollnac, L.L. Colburn & J. Olson 2011 Classification of Coastal Communities Reporting Commercial Fish Landings in the U.S. Northeast Region: Developing and Testing a Methodology. Marine Fisheries Review 73(2): 41-61.
10. Using multivariate analysis to select indicators for surveys in fishing communities. Presented at the NOAA Indicators Indicator Workshop, Miami FL May 2011.
11. Finding Success: Socioeconomic Drivers of Marine Reserve Performance (with J.Cinner, P. Christie, et al.) in Symposium on Marine Reserves in a Changing World: Connecting Research with Human Needs. AAAS Annual Meetings 18-22 Feb. San Diego, CA.
12. Factors Influencing MPA Scale-up Efforts in Developing Countries (with P. Christie & T. Dalton). Paper presented in Symposium Ensuring Marine Policy is Responsive to Social Dynamics and Management Experience. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meetings 18-22 Feb. San Diego, CA.
13. Pollnac, R.B., P. Christie, J. Cinner, T. Dalton, et al. 2010. Marine reserves as linked social-ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Early Edition Feb. 22, 2010)
14. Mahon, R, L. Fanning, P. McConney, R.B. Pollnac 2010 Governance characteristics of large marine ecosystems. Marine Policy (2010),doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2010.01.016.
15. Pollnac, R.B.& Tarsila Seara 2010 Factors influencing success of marine protected areas in the Visayas, Philippines as related to increasing protected area coverage. Environmental Management, DOI 10.1007/s00267-010-9540-0
16. Steven D. Gaines, Sarah E. Lester, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Christopher Costello, and Richard Pollnac 2010 Evolving science of marine reserves: New developments and emerging research frontiers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (no. 43): 18251–18255
17. Factors Influencing MPA Scale-up Efforts in Developing Countries (with P. Christie & T. Dalton). Paper presented in Symposium Ensuring Marine Policy is Responsive to Social Dynamics and Management Experience. AAAS Annual Meetings 18-22 Feb. San Diego, CA.
18. Finding Success: Socioeconomic Drivers of Marine Reserve Performance (with J.Cinner, P. Christie, et al.) in Symposium Marine Reserves in a Changing World: Connecting Research with Human Needs. AAAS Annual Meetings 18-22 Feb. San Diego, CA.
19. Monnereau, I., V. Ruiz & R.B. Pollnac 2010 Fishers’ job satisfaction in the Caribbean. Études caribéennes 15 (April)1-19. Mis en ligne le 21 décembre 2010. URL : http://etudescaribeennes.revues.org/4379.
20. Pollnac, R.B. & P. Christie (Co-Editors) 2009. Tropical Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Feasibility. Special Issue of Coastal Management:37(No. 3-4).
21. Christie, P., R.B. Pollnac, et al. 2009. Tropical marine EBM feasibility: a synthesis of case studies and comparative analyses. Coastal Management 37(4-4):374-385.
22. Pietrie, D. P. Christie, R.B. Pollnac, Roxie Diaz & A. Sabonsolin 2009. Information diffusion in two marine protected area networks in the Central Visayas Region, Philippines. Coastal Management 37(4-4):331-348.
23. Pollnac, R.B. & P. Christie 2009. Introduction: Scaling-up to ecosystem based management—case studies and comparative analysis. Coastal Management 37(4-4):215-218.
24. Selecting Quality of Life Indicators for Social Impact Analysis (with Azure D. Westwood) Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, SantaFe, New Mexico, March.
25. Management implication of scaling up MPAs and EBM: Empirical findings from Southeast Asia and the Caribbean (with Tracey Dalton). Paper presented at the International Marine Conservation Congress, Washington DC, May.
26. Social and Ecological Factors Affecting Marine Reserves in the Wider Caribbean (with T. Dalton, G. Forrester & S. Smith). Paper presented at the Gulf Caribbean Fisheries Institute Del Congreso 62ava Conferencia Annual, Cumana, Venezuela, November.
27. Aspects of scaling-up to ecosystem management of coral reefs in the Philippines (with Patrick Christie) Presented at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 7-11.
28. Indicators for non-economic impact analysis. Presentation at Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation Social Indicators Workshop. Houston, Texas June 15-17.
29. Typing of fishing communities using multivariate analysis I & II (papers co-authored with Sarah Smith) two presentations at the 7th NMFS Economic and Social Sciences Workshop, Port Townsend, Washington May 6-8.
30. Fisheries conflict in Southeast Asia. Presented at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC, May 15.
31. Pollnac, R.B. and J.J. Poggie. 2008. Happiness, Well-being and Psychocultural Adaptation to the Stresses Associated with Marine Fishing. Human Ecology Review Vol. 15(2):194-200.
32. Pollnac, Richard B., Susan Abbott-Jamieson, Courtland Smith, Marc L. Miller, Patricia M. Clay, and Bryan Oles. 2006 (2008). Toward a model for fisheries social impact assessment. Marine Fisheries Review 68(1-4):1–18.
33. Pomeroy, R. John Parks, R.B. Pollnac, et al 2007. Fish wars: Conflict and collaboration in fisheries management in Southeast Asia. Marine Policy 31:645-656.
34. Modeling social factors that influence marine protected areas’ success. Paper presented the 173rd National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, February, 2007.
35. Developing a model for fisheries non-economic social impact analyses. Invited paper presented in the symposium Multidimensional Approaches and Scale to Understanding Social Change in Fishing Communities at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2007.
36. Modeling Factors Influencing Fishermen’s Control over Marine Resources. Invited paper presented at the symposium Una revisión de las Áreas de Manejo y Explotación de Recursos Bentónicos (AMERB) a 10 años de su implementación: ¿qué hace falta modificar o perfeccionar? At the Congreso de Ciencias del Mar de la Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias del Mar, Iquique, Chile, May 26 - 31, 2007
37. Aspects of Job Satisfaction among Fishers of Na Pru Village, Thailand (With D. Kotowicz) Invited paper presented at the 4th International Conference of the Center for Maritime Research, Amsterdam 5-7 July.
38. Pollnac, Richard B. 2007. Theme section on the “Aspects of interactions between humans and coral reefs” Coral Reefs 26(4) 913.
39. Pollnac, R.B. 2007. Cooperation and conflict between large and small-scale fisheries: A Southeast Asian example. In W.W. Taylor, ed. Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources. Pp 228-243 Cambridge University Press.
40. Crawford, B., M. Kasmidi and F. Korompis & R.B. Pollnac 2006. Factors influencing progress in establishing community-based marine protected areas in Indonesia. Coastal Management 34: 39-64
41. Pollnac, R.B. , J.J. Poggie 2006. Job satisfaction in the fishery in two Southeast Alaskan towns. Human Organization 65(3).
42. Christy, P., K. Lowry, A.T. White, E.G. Oracion, L. Sievanan, R.S. Pomeroy, R.B. Pollnac, J.M. Patlis, R.-LL.V. Eisma 2005. Key findings from a multidisciplinary examination of integrated coastal management process sustainability. Ocean & Coastal Management 48 (3-6):468-483.
43. Thiele, R.B. Pollnac, & P. Christy 2005. Relationships between coastal tourism and ICM sustainability in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. Ocean & Coastal Management 48 (3-6):378-392.
44. Pomeroy, R., E.G. Oracion, R.B. Pollnac, & D.A. Caballes 2005. Perceived economic factors influencing the sustainability if integrated coastal management projects in the Philippines. Ocean & Coastal Management 48 (3-6):360-377.
45. Sievanen, L., B. Crawford, R.B. Pollnac & C. Lowe 2005. Weeding through assumptions of livelihood approaches in ICM: Seaweed farming in the Philippines and Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management 48 (3-6):297-313.
46. Pollnac, R.B. and R.S. Pomeroy 2005. Factors influencing the sustainability of integrated coastal management projects in the Philippines and Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management 48 (3-6):233-251.
47. Pollnac, R.B. and J.C. Johnson 2005. Folk management and conservation of marine resources: Towards a theoretical and methodological assessment. in ( Kishigami, N. and J.M. Savelle, eds) Indigeneous Use and Management of Marine Resources. Senri Ethnological Studies 67:33-50. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.