Effective management of aquatic resources often requires combining multiple technical measures (e.g. harvest regulation, habitat management and hatchery enhancement), integrating biological/technical with social/economic considerations, and creating reciprocal links between research and management. We develop integrative concepts, tools and processes that allow scientists and stakeholders to ‘put the pieces together’.

Representative publications

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Benjamin, E.D., Murray, C.A., Riquelme, R., Camp, E., Jeffs, A., Patterson, J., Pilnick, A., Gumm , J., Lipscomb, T., Aroca, G. Avila, M., Richards, H. & Lorenzen, K. (2026) Aquaculture-aided aquatic restoration and conservation: Highlights, challenges, and key lessons from global case studies. Fisheries Research 298: 107752. LINK

Harrison, H.L., White, S., Loneragan, N.R., Hazell, J.E. & Lorenzen, K. (2025) Fish(eries) management on the third rail: Defusing and advancing the dialogue on hatcheries and stocking for enhancement, conservation, and restoration. Fisheries in press LINK

Asche, F., Garlock, T.M., Anderson, J.L. Pincinato, R.B., Anderson, C.M. Camp, E.V., Chu, J., Cojocaru, A.L., Eggert, H., Lorenzen, K., Love, D.C., Tveteras, R. (2025) A review of global fisheries performance. Fish and Fisheries 26: 444-453. LINK

Golden, A.S., Arlidge, W.N.S., Crandall, C., Ehrlich, E., van den Heuvel, L., Klefoth, T., Kochalski, S., Lorenzen, K., Sbragaglia, V., Skov, C., Venturelli, P., Arlinghaus, R. & Shephard, S. (2025). What is(n’t) environmental stewardship? Eliciting unspoken assumptions using fisheries as a model. Conservation Letters 18: e13083. LINK

Chong, L., Siders, Z., Lorenzen, K., Ahrens, R. & Camp, E. & (2024). Global synthesis of effects and feedbacks from artificial reefs on socioecological systems in recreational fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 25: 303-319. LINK (open access)

Garlock, T. Asche, F. Anderson, J.D., Hilsenroth, J., Lorenzen, K., Pincinato, R.B.M. & Tveterås, R. (2023). Global and regional determinants of diversity in blue foods. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture 31 LINK

Chong, L. Fisch, N., Borsum, J.S., Granneman, J., Perry, D., Love, G., Hall-Scharf, B., Botta, R. Lorenzen, K., Camp, E. & Siders, Z. (2023). Examining the performance of alternative harvest regulations for short-lived taxa: A case study of Florida bay scallop management. Fisheries Research 263: 106683. LINK

Arthur, R., Valbo-Jørgensen, J., Lorenzen, K., Kelkar, N. (2023). Stocking in inland food fisheries of South and Southeast Asia: issues, risks and rewards. Fisheries Management and Ecology (early view) LINK

Garlock, T, Anderson, J. Asche, F. Smith, M.D., Camp, E., Chu, J., Lorenzen, K. & Vannuccini, S. (2022). Global insights on managing fishery systems for the three pillars of sustainability. Fish and Fisheries 23: 899-909. LINK

Twardek, W. Cowx, I.G., Lapointe, N.W.R., Paukert, C., Beard, T.Asche, F., Garlock, T.M., Anderson, J.L., Bush, S.R., Smith, M.D., Anderson, C.M., Chu, J., Garrett, K.A., Lem, A., Lorenzen, K., Oglend, A., Tveteras, S. & Vanniccini, S. (2018). Three pillars of sustainability in fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115: 11221-11225. LINK

Lorenzen, K., Ainsworth, C.H., Baker, S.M., Barbieri, L.R., Camp, E.V., Dotson, J.R., Lester, S.E. (2017) Climate change impacts on Florida’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors and options for adaptation. In: E.P. Chassignet, J.W. Jones, V. Misra & J. Obeysekera. (Eds.) Florida’s Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts. pp. 427-455. Gainesville, FL: Florida Climate Institute. LINK

Lynch, A.J., Cowx, I.G., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Glaser, S.M., Phang, S.C., Beard, T.D., Bower, S.D., Brooks, J.L., Bunnell, D.B., Claussen, J.E., Cooke, S.J., Kao, Y.-C., Lorenzen, K., Myers, B.J.E., Reid, A.J., Taylor, J.J. & Youn, S. (2017) Inland fisheries – invisible but integral to the UN Sustainable Development Agenda for ending poverty by 2030. Global Environmental Change 47: 167-173. LINK

Lynch, A.J., Cooke, S.J., Beard, T.D., Kao, Y.-C., Lorenzen, K., Song, A.M., Allen, M.S. Basher, Z., Bunnell, D.B., Camp, E.V., Cowx, I.G. Freedman, J.A., Nguyen, V.M., Nohner, J. K., Rogers, M.W. Siders, Z.A., Taylor, W.W. & Youn. S. (2017) Grand challenges in the management and conservation of North American inland fish and fisheries. Fisheries 42: 115-124. LINK

Cooke, S.J., Allison, E.H., Beard, T.D., Arlinghaus, R., Arthington, A.H., Bartley, D.M., Cowx, I.G., Fuentevilla, C., Leonard, N.J., Lorenzen, K., Lynch, A.J., Nguyen, V.M., Youn, S.-J., Taylor, W.W. & Welcomme, R.L. (2016) On the sustainability of inland fisheries: Finding a future for the forgotten. Ambio 45: 753-764. LINK

Arlinghaus, R., Lorenzen, K., Johnson, B.M., Cooke, S.J. & Cowx, I.G. (2016) Management of freshwater fisheries: addressing habitat, people and fishes. In: Craig, J.F., Freshwater Fisheries Ecology. pp. 557-579. Chichester, UK: Wiley. LINK

Lorenzen, K. (2014) Understanding and managing enhancements: why fisheries scientists should care. Journal of Fish Biology 85: 1807-1829. PDF

Sale, P.F. Agardy, T., Ainsworth, C.H., Feist B.E., Bell, J.D., Christie, P., Hoegh-Guldberg., O., Mumby, P.J., Feary, D.H., Saunders, M.I., Daw, T.M., Foale, S.J., Levin, P.S., Lindeman, K.C., Lorenzen, K., Pomeroy, R.S. Allison, E.H., Bradbury, R.H., Corrin, J., Edwards, A.J., Oburat, D.O., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., Samoilys, M. A., Sheppard, C.R.C. (2014) Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85: 8-23. LINK

Camp, E.V., Lorenzen, K., Ahrens, R.N.M., Barbieri, L. & Leber, K.M. (2013) Potentials and limitations of stock enhancement in marine recreational fisheries systems: an integrative review of Florida’s red drum enhancement. Reviews in Fisheries Science 21: 388-402. PDF

Lorenzen, K., Leber, K.M. & Blankenship, H.L. (2010) Responsible approach to marine stock enhancement: an update. Reviews in Fisheries Science 18: 189-210. PDF

Lorenzen, K., Steneck, R.S., Warner R.R., Parma, A.M., Coleman, F.C. & Leber, K.M. (2010) The spatial dimensions of fisheries: putting it all in place. Bulletin of Marine Science 86: 169-177. PDF

Lorenzen, K. (2008) Understanding and managing enhancement fisheries systems. Reviews in Fisheries Science 16:10-23. PDF

Lorenzen, K., Smith, L., Nguyen Khoa, S., Burton, M. & Garaway, C. (2007) Guidance Manual: Management of Impacts of Irrigation Development on Fisheries. Colombo: International Water Management Institute. 161 pp. [ISBN 978-9290907107] PDF