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Contact Information

Fisheries Division
203 Lena Point
17101 Pt. Lena Loop Rd.
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: (907) 796-5449
Fax: (907) 796-5447
kcriddle@alaska.edu

Keith Criddle Professor

• Aquaculture • Fisheries and Conservation • Fisheries Human Dimensions • Fishery Management • Sustainable Harvesting

Specialties

Bioeconomics
Marine Policy

Office Hours

TR 1:00-2:00 or by appointment

Research Overview

My research focuses on the intersection between the natural sciences and economics and is driven by an interest in the sustainable management of marine resources. My particular focus has been on the management of commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in the North Pacific. My focus will be expanding to consider a broader array of marine policy issues.

Current Research Projects

Characterization of the salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fisheries and its effects.
Straddling the line: cooperative and non-cooperative strategies for management of Bering Sea pollock (NPRB)
The eastern Bering Sea pollock stock is not wholly contained within the US EEZ. In this project, we will use stochastic simulations to identify optimal cooperative and non-cooperative harvest management strategies from the perspective of US and Russian pollock fisheries under climate-induced changes in abundance and the distribution of abundance.
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Research and Information Plan: A stakeholder set of research priorities (Sea Grant)
The Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Research and Information Plan will address the interdisciplinary (ecology, oceanography, fisheries, social, economic) ecosystem needs for this region of vital importance to the state of Alaska and the nation. It is anticipated that an Aleutian Islands planning effort will serve as a model for the future development and implementation of other Alaska-region marine research plans, and ultimately a comprehensive statewide marine research and information plan.
Fishing for Pollock in a Sea of Change (NMFS-SK)
The eastern Bering Sea fishery for walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) yields gross exvessel revenues of about $300 million and a first wholesale value of over $1 billion. Small variations in exvessel prices, total allowable catches, or allocation of catches between seasons and among industry sectors can lead to large changes to exvessel revenues. Similarly, changes in fuel prices, changes in the price of essential admixtures, changes in technology, changes in the ability to produce byproducts or prices of the byproducts, changes in regulation, and changes in the spatial distribution of catches can lead changes in harvesting or processing costs. Together, these changes affect the relative profitability of different sectors, which can, in turn, affect the benefits that accrue to communities, the evolution of regulation, and create pressure to reallocate sector shares. In this project, we will retrace the evolution of the pollock fishery, model its current economic and institutional structure, and explore the resiliency of that structure to substantive changes in pollock biomass and fuel costs.

Publications

Criddle KR, D Evans, & D Stram. 2011. Marine fisheries off Alaska. Pages 7-4 to 7-23 in AL Lovecraft & H Eicken (editors) North by 2020: Alaskan Perspectives on Changing Circumpolar Systems. UA Press, Fairbanks.

Steiner E, KR Criddle, & MD Adkison. 2011. Balancing biological sustainability with the economic needs of Alaska’s sockeye salmon fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management (31: 431-444)

Williams AH, M Herrmann, KR Criddle. 2009. The effects of Chilean salmon and trout aquaculture on markets for Alaskan sockeye salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 1777-1796.

Banik N, B Biswas and KR Criddle. 2009. An optimum currency area in South Asia: a state space approach. International Review of Economics and Finance 18: 502-510.
Committee on the Effectiveness of International & National Measures to Prevent & Reduce Marine Debris & its Impacts. 2009. Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century. National Research Council, National Academy Press. Washington DC 206p.

Criddle KR and M Herrmann. 2008. A state space bioeconomic model of Pacific halibut. Natural Resource Modeling 21:29-60.

Olson TK and KR Criddle. 2008. Industrial evolution: a case study of Chilean salmon aquaculture. Aquaculture Economics and Management 12:1-18.

Criddle KR. 2008. Examining the interface between commercial and sport fishing: a property rights perspective. Pages 123-147 in DR Leal & V Maharaj (editors), Evolving Approaches to Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries. Lexington Books.

Criddle KR. 2008. The legal context of US fisheries management and the evolution of rights-based management in Alaska. Pages 369-382 in R Townsend, R Shotton, & H Uchida (editors). Case Studies in Fisheries Self-Governance. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 504. Rome, FAO.

Herrmann M and KR Criddle. 2006. An econometric market model for the Pacific halibut fishery. Marine Resource Economics. 21:129-158.

Committee on the Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process (JM Coleman, RJ Bailey, JB Rose, BJ Copeland, SE Cozzens, KR Criddle, E Geisler, MW Howell, RC Karney, GI Matsumoto, AR Solow, F Speiss). 2006. Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process. National Research Council, National Academy Press. Washington DC 195p.

Criddle KR. 2005. Intermediate Statistics and Applied Regression Analysis. 2nd Edition. East-West Bridge Publishing, Providence, UT. 383p.

Committee on the Introduction of Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (J Anderson, D Hedgecock, M Berrigan, KR Criddle, W Dewey, S Ford, P Goulletquer, R Hildreth, M Paolisso, N Targett and R Whitlach). 2004. Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. National Research Council, National Academy Press. Washington DC 325p.

Criddle KR. 2004. Economic principles of sustainable multi-use fisheries management, with a case history economic model for Pacific halibut. Pages 143-171 in DD MacDonald and EE Knudson (editors), Sustainable Management of North American Fisheries, American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD

Criddle KR. 2004. Property rights and the management of multiple use fisheries. Pages 85-110 in DR Leal (editor), Evolving Property Rights in Marine Fisheries. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD.

Criddle KR, M Herrmann, ST Lee and C Hamel. 2003. Participation decisions, angler welfare, and the regional economic impact of sportfishing. Marine Resource Economics 18:291-312.

Hamel C, M Herrmann, ST Lee, KR Criddle and HT Geier. 2002. Linking sportfishing trip attributes, participation decisions, and regional economic impacts in Lower and Central Cook Inlet, Alaska. Annals of Regional Science 36: 247-264.

Herrmann M, ST Lee, KR Criddle and C Hamel. 2001. A survey of participants in the Lower and Central Cook Inlet halibut and salmon sport fisheries. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 8: 107-117.

Criddle KR, M Herrmann and JA Greenberg, 2001. Territorial use rights: a rights based approach to spatial management. Pages 573-590 in M Dorn, S Hills, G Kruse and D Witherell (Editors). Spatial Processes and the Management of Fish Populations, Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks AK.

Criddle KR and AY Streletski. 2000. Multiple criterion management of a sequential fishery. Annals of Operations Research 94: 259-273. Criddle KR, and S Macinko. 2000. A requiem for the IFQ in US fisheries? Marine Policy 24: 461-469.

Henderson MM, KR Criddle and ST Lee. 2000. The economic value of Alaska’s Copper River personal-use and subsistence fisheries. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 6: 63-69.

Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas (JS Stevens, JH Annala, JH Cowan Jr., KR Criddle, WH Goodenough, SS Hanna, R Hannesson, BJ McCay, MK Orbach, G Palsson, A Rieser, DB Sampson, EC Schlager, RE Stroble and TH Tietenberg). 1999. Sharing the Fish: Toward a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas, National Research Council, National Academy Press. Washington DC. 422p.

Criddle KR, M Herrmann, JA Greenberg and EM Feller. 1998. Climate fluctuations and revenue maximization in the eastern Bering Sea fishery for walleye pollock. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18: 1-10.

Herrmann M, JA Greenberg and KR Criddle. 1998. Proposed pot limits for the Adak brown king crab fishery: a distinction between open access and common property. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 5: 25-38.