Gina Shamshak

Shamshak, Gina. L., Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Tracy Yandle. 2020. Evaluating the Economic Viability of Inland Seafood Markets in Georgia. Marine Resource Economics. Volume 35 (1). 21-42.

Shamshak, Gina L., James L. Anderson, Frank Asche, Taryn Garlock, and David Love. 2019. U.S. seafood consumption. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 2019: 1–13. http://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12619

Yandle, Tracy, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Gina L. Shamshak. 2019. Methodological Recommendations: Pilot Study of Federal Regulatory Impact on Southeastern Crews and Processor Employees A Report Prepared in Partial Fulfillment of: MARFIN Grant # NA17NMF4330319 “Federal regulatory impact on Southeastern crew and processor employees: A pilot study”. March 29, 2019.

Bast, Ellen (Former Goucher Student) and Gina L. Shamshak. 2017. "Environmental Problems facing the US Economy" in The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty. Ed. Robert Rycroft. ABC-CLIO.

Shamshak, Gina L. and Jonathan King. 2015. "From Cannery to Culinary Luxury: The Evolution of the Global Geoduck Market (PDF)." Marine Policy. Volume 55. 81-89.

Shamshak, Gina L. 2011."Economic Evaluation of Capture-Based Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture on the US East Coast (PDF)." Marine Resource Economics. Volume 26(4). 309-328.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2011. "Application of a Dynamic Stochastic Adaptive Bioeconomic Model to Evaluate the Economics of Offshore Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture in the United States." Stickney, R., R. Iwamoto, and M. Rust (Editors). Interactions of Fisheries and Fishing Communities Related to Aquaculture: Proceedings of the 38^th US-Japan Natural Resources Aquaculture Panel Symposium. Corpus Christi, Texas. October 26 - October 27, 2009. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-113.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2011. (In Spanish) "Ventajas de la produccion de proteina frente al incremento en el costo de alimentos: identificando oportunidades en la industria acuicola" Panorama Acuicola Mayo-Junio 2011. Vol. 16. No. 4.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2010. Protein Production Advantages in the Face of Increasing Feed Costs: Identifying Opportunities within the Aquaculture Industry. Bulletin of Fisheries Research Agency. No. 31. 55-62.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2009. “Dynamic Stochastic Adaptive Bioeconomic Model of Offshore Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture,” Aquaculture Economics and Management, Vol. 13:2. 155-175.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2008. “Chapter 4: Future Aquaculture Feeds and Feed Costs: The Role of Fish Meal and Fish Oil,” Offshore Aquaculture in the United States: Economic Considerations, Implications and Opportunities, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Aquaculture Program, Silver Spring, MD, July 2008.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2008. “Chapter 5: Lessons From the Development of the US Broiler and Catfish Industries: Implications for Offshore Aquaculture in the United States,” Offshore Aquaculture in the United States: Economic Considerations, Implications and Opportunities, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Aquaculture Program, Silver Spring, MD, July 2008.

Anderson, James L. and Gina L. Shamshak. 2008. "Chapter 11: Future Markets for Aquaculture Products," In Offshore Aquaculture in the United States: Economic Considerations, Implications and Opportunities. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Aquaculture Program Silver Spring, MD. July 2008.

External Grants

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(Successful grants in bold)

2018-2020

Georgia Sea Grant / NOAA Sea Grant Program. “A Social Census of Georgia’s Working Waterfronts.” ($150,000 awarded) Subcontract with Jennifer Sweeney Tookes (PI) Georgia Southern University.

2017-2018

FY 2017 Marine Fisheries Initiative /NOAA-NMFS. “Federal regulatory impact on Southeastern crews and processor employees: A pilot study” ($108,788 Awarded). Subcontract with Tracy Yandle (PI), Emory University.

2016-2017

FY 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program. NOAA-NMFS. “Quantification and mitigation of elasmobranch interactions with trawl nets in the Georgia shrimp fishery” ($293,989 requested). Subcontract with Dr. Christine Bedore (PI) Georgia Southern University.

2014-2016

Georgia Sea Grant / NOAA Sea Grant Program. “Can the Local Food Movement Be an Opportunity for Georgia Seafood Producers to Participate in the Inland Seafood Market?” ($120,000 awarded) Subcontract with Tracy Yandle (PI), Emory University.

2012-2014

NOAA Aquaculture, National Marine Aquaculture Initiative Grant Program. “Assessing the Bioeconomics of Intertidal Farmed Geoduck Production in Washington State: A Dynamic Stochastic Bioeconomic Modeling Approach.” ($51,000 requested) Principal Investigator.

2006-2008

NOAA Aquaculture Research Grant. “Economics of Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture.” ($65,000 awarded) Co-PI with James L. Anderson.

 

Honors and Awards

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Excellence in Teaching Award for Tenure-Track Faculty 2014-2015, Goucher College

Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper, North American Association of Fisheries Economists 2011 Conference Honolulu, Hawaii

International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management (IAAEM) Dissertation of the Year, 2010

Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper, North American Association of Fisheries Economists 2009 Conference Newport, Rhode Island

Thomas Weaver Award: Outstanding Contribution to the URI Academic Community, 2008-2009

Knauss Sea Grant Fellow, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, DC, 2005-2006

Shamshak, Gina L., James L. Anderson, Frank Asche, Taryn Garlock, and David Love. 2019. “US Seafood Consumption.” Presented at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 22-24, 2019.

Shamshak, Gina L., Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Tracy Yandle. 2017. “Evaluating the Economic Viability of Inland Seafood Markets in Georgia: A Two-Pronged Approach.” Presented at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Conference, La Paz, Baja California Mexico. March 21-24, 2017.

Shamshak, Gina L., Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Tracy Yandle. 2015. “Assessing the Willingness to Pay for Local Seafood in Georgia’s Farmers Markets and CSAs.” Presented at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Conference, Ketchikan, Alaska. May 20-22, 2015.

Shamshak, Gina L., William Daly*, and Joseph Fink*. 2013. “Economic Evaluation of Lettuce Production at Goucher College.” Presented by student authors at the Fifth Annual Landmark Conference Summer Research Symposium Poster Session. Susquehanna University, Susquehanna, PA. July 24, 2013.

Shamshak, Gina L. 2012. “Economic Evaluation of Capture-Based Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture on the US East Coast.” Presented at AQUA 2012, Prague, Czech Republic. September 1-5, 2012.

Shamshak, Gina L. 2012. “Economic Evaluation of Capture-Based Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture on the US East Coast.” Presented at the Special Session: Tuna Aquaculture and Stock Management for Sustainability. Aquaculture America, Las Vegas, Nevada. February 29- March 2, 2012.

Shamshak, Gina L. 2011. “Economic Evaluation of Capture-Based Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture on the US East Coast.” Presented at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. May 11-13, 2011.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2009. “Application of a Dynamic Stochastic Adaptive Bioeconomic Model to Evaluate the Economics of Offshore Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture.” Presented at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Conference, Newport, Rhode Island. May 17-20, 2009.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2008. “Development of a Dynamic Stochastic Adaptive Bioeconomic Model to Evaluate the Economics of Offshore Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture.” Presented at the biennial conference of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET). Nha Trang, Vietnam. July 2008.

Shamshak, Gina L. and James L. Anderson. 2007. “Managing for Sustainability: The Role of the Government in Establishing a Sustainable Aquaculture Industry.” Presented at the biennial conference of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE), Merida, Mexico, March 2007.

Reviewer for Marine Resource Economics, Marine Policy, Aquaculture Economics and Management, and the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.