Understanding Global Fisheries

Grant McDermott

Join Grant McDermott for his presentation entitled: Using big data to better understand global fisheries.

McDermott is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Oregon. His research fields consist of environmental and resources economics, with particular interest in climate, energy, water, and fisheries.

His work is mostly applied and uses a mix of classical econometrics, Bayesian methods, GIS, and (increasingly) newer data science tools like machine learning. Broadly speaking, he is interested in questions like: How do changes in environmental conditions affect the economy, and vice versa? How should societies manage their natural resources when they are faced with uncertainty, and how does this behaviour change if new information becomes available? And, do environmental policies function as intended, or are there unexpected consequences?

This is part of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's (OIMB) 2018 Summer Series. McDermott's lecutre will take place on Wednesday July 11th, at 4 p.m. in the OIMB Boathouse Auditorium (63466 Boat Basin Road, Charleston, OR).