James N. Sanchirico
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Tel: (530) 754-9883
Fax: (530) 752-3350
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Web page: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Sanchirico.html

Education
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, 1998
B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Boston University, 1991

  Research Interests
Jim Sanchirico's main research focus is on the economic analysis of fishery policy design, implementation, and performance with a particular interest in analyzing the ecosystem impacts of polices such as individual transferable quotas (ITQs) and marine reserves. In the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project, he is focusing on modeling the bioeconomic effects of marine reserves, which depend critically on the responses by small-scale fishers, recreational and commercial fishing, and tourists. Planned work includes development of spatial and inter-temporal bioeconomic models that depict in a stylized way the complexity inherent in The Bahamas' ecological and socioeconomic system.

Selected Publications
Broad, K. and J. Sanchirico. Demographics, economic and culture: Explaining Perceptions of coral reef management in the Bahamas. Coral Reefs. In review.

Harborne, A.R., P.J. Mumby, C.V. Kappel, C.P. Dahlgren, F. Micheli, K.E. Holmes, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Broad, I.A. Elliott, and D.R. Brumbaugh. 2008. Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1010-1018.

Sanchirico, J.N., U. Malvadkar, A. Hastings, and J.E. Wilen. 2006. When are no-take zones an economically optimal fishery management strategy? Ecological Applications 16(5): 1643-1659.

Mumby, P.J., C.P. Dahlgren, A.R. Harborne, C.V. Kappel, F. Micheli, D.R. Brumbaugh, K.E. Holmes, J.M. Mendes, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Buch, S. Box, R.W. Stoffle, and A.B. Gill. 2006. Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101.

Mumby, P.J., F. Micheli, C.P. Dahlgren, S.Y. Litvin, A.B. Gill, D.R. Brumbaugh, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, C.V. Kappel, A.R. Harborne, and K.E. Holmes. 2006. Marine parks need sharks? Response to letter. Science 312: 527-528.

Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen. 2005. Optimal spatial management of renewable resources: Matching policy scope to ecosystem scale. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 50(1): 23-46. [PDF]

Sanchirico, J.N. 2005. Additivity properties in metapopulation models: Implications for the assessment of marine reserves. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 49(1): 1–25. [PDF]

Holland, D., J.N. Sanchirico, R. Curtis, and R. L. Hicks. 2004. An Introduction to Spatial Modeling in Fisheries Economics, Marine Resource Economics 19(1): 1-6.

Sanchirico. J.N. 2004. Designing a cost-effective marine reserve network: A bioeconomic metapopulation analysis. Marine Resource Economics 19: 41-65. [PDF]

Sanchirico. J.N. 2004. Marine Resources Foundation Designing a Cost-Effective Marine Reserve Network: A Bioeconomic Metapopulation Analysis. Marine Resource Economics 19: 41-65.

Sanchirico, J.N., R. Stoffle, K. Broad, and L. Talaue-McManus. 2003. Modeling Marine Protected Areas. Letter. Science 301: 47-48.

Lutz, S., K. Broad, L Talaue-Mcmanus, J. Sanchirico, R. Stoffle. 2002. Human Dimensions of Marine Reserve Policy: Applications in Bimini. Bahamas Journal of Science 5(2):50-57.

Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen. 2002. The impacts of marine reserves on limited-entry Fisheries. Natural Resource Modeling 15(3): 291-310. [PDF]

Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen. 2001. Dynamics of spatial exploitation: A metapopulation approach. Natural Resource Modeling 14(3): 391-418.

Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen. 2001. A bioeconomic model of marine reserve creation, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 42: 257-276.

Sanchirico, J.N. 2000. Marine protected areas: Can they revitalize our nation's fisheries? Resources 140(summer): 15-18.

Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen.1999. Bioeconomics of spatial exploitation in a patchy environment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 37: 129-150.