Improving the management of aquatic resources requires an understanding of institutional arrangements and the social and economic context of management. Many of our projects combine institutional analysis, bio-economic modelling and livelihoods assessments with ecological research.

Representative publications

If you can’t access a paper you are interested in, email Kai Lorenzen (klorenzen@ufl.edu) to receive it for free.

Hervas, S., Talley, T.S., Palinkas, A., Camp, E.V., Hazell, J. & Lorenzen, K. (2026). Just a good thing to have: Stakeholder support for a long-running marine stock enhancement program is based on broad criteria and only weakly contingent on biological outcomes. Fisheries Research 296: 107690. 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 50: 486-491. LINK (open access)

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

Perry, D., Siders, Z.A., Crandall, C., Morales, N., Arlinghaus, R., Lorenzen, K. & Camp, E. (2024). Commitment of freshwater anglers and its relation to their preferences for stocking and other management actions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81: 768-780. LINK (open access)

Marin, C., Adewumi, O.M., Asche, F., Garlock, T.M., Kristofersson, D.M., Lorenzen, K. & Yang, B. (2024). Does seafood trade enhance seafood availability in developing countries? The case of Nigeria. Marine Policy 161: 106030. 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)

Crandall, C.A., Monroe, M. & Lorenzen, K. (2019) Why won’t they listen to us? Communicating science in contentious situations. Fisheries, in press LINK

Crandall, C.A.C., Monroe, M.C., Dutka-Gianelli, J. & Lorenzen, K. (2019). Meaningful action gives satisfaction: Stakeholder perspectives on participation in the management of marine recreational fisheries. Ocean and Coastal Management 179: 104872. LINK

Lowe, B.S., Jacobson, S.J., Anold, H., Mbonde, A.S. & Lorenzen, K. (2019) The neglected role of religion in fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries 20: 1024-1033. LINK

Montes, N., Sidman, C., Lorenzen, K., Tamura, M. & Ishida, T (2019). Influence of fish aggregating devices on the livelihood assets of artisanal fishers in the Caribbean. Ocean and Coastal Management 179: 104823. LINK

Dutka-Gianelli, J., Crandall, C.A., Garlock, T.M., Camp, E.V. & Lorenzen, K. (2019) Effects of short educational workshops on stakeholder knowledge and attitudes on coastal fish stocking programs. Fisheries Management and Ecology 26: 306-309. LINK

Crandall, C.A., Monroe, M., Dutka-Gianelli, J., Fitzgerald, B. & Lorenzen, K. (2018).
How to bait the hook: identifying what motivates anglers to participate in a volunteer angler data program. Fisheries 43: 517-526. LINK

Miller, T., Jones, C.M., Hanson, C., Heppell, S., Jensen, O., Livingston, P., Lorenzen, K., Mills, K., Patterson, W., Sullivan, P. & Wong, R. (2018) Scientific considerations informing Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act reauthorization. AFS Special Committee. Fisheries 43: 533-541. LINK

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

Crandall, C.A.C., Garlock, T.M. & Lorenzen, K. (2018) Understanding resource-conserving behaviors among fishers: Barotrauma mitigation and the power of subjective norms in Florida’s reef fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38: 271-280. LINK

Camp, E.V., Ahrens, R.N.M., Crandall, C.A & Lorenzen, K. (2018) Angler travel distances: implications for spatial approaches to marine recreational fisheries governance. Marine Policy 87: 263-274. LINK

Garlock, T.M. & Lorenzen, K. (2017) Marine angler characteristics and attitudes toward stock enhancement in Florida. Fisheries Research 186: 439-445. LINK

Martin, S.M. & Lorenzen, K. (2016) Livelihood diversification in rural Laos. World Development 83: 231-243. LINK

Mintzer, V.J., Schmink, M., Lorenzen, K. & Frazer, T.K. Martin A.R., da Silva V.M.F (2015) Attitudes and behaviors toward Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in a sustainable use protected area. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 247-269.

Martin, S., Lorenzen, K. & Bunnefeld, N. (2013) Fishing farmers: fishing, livelihood diversification and poverty in rural Laos. Human Ecology 41: 737-747. PDF

Lorenzen, K., Sutt, J., Hazell, J., Fluech, B., Monroe, M. (2013) Stakeholder perspectives on goliath grouper management: summary report. University of Florida/Florida Sea Grant. PDF

Garaway, C.J., Arthur, R.I., Chamsingh, B., Homekingkeo, P., Lorenzen, K., Saengvilaikham, B. & Sidavong, K. (2006) A social science perspective on stock enhancement outcomes: lessons learned from inland fisheries in southern Lao PDR. Fisheries Research 80: 37-45. PDF

Smith, L.E.D., Nguyen Khoa, S. & Lorenzen, K. (2005) Livelihood functions of inland fisheries: policy implications in developing countries. Water Policy 7: 359-383. PDF