Anne and her team conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research to understand how fisheries social-ecological systems and coastal communities respond and adapt to environmental, regulatory, and social change. We draw approaches and perspectives from diverse knowledge systems and disciplines, including fisheries science, ecology, anthropology, geography, and policy science. Major research foci include: stewardship and community engagement in fishery management and conservation; harvesters’ perceptions of and responses to environmental and regulatory change; resource portfolios and resilience of fisheries systems; and responses of marine and estuarine fishes and ecological communities to environmental drivers.

Anne began her career as a fishery analyst at the New England Fishery Management Council, where she saw firsthand that the necessary ingredients for good decision-making are not only the ‘best available science’, but also relationship-building, communication, and trust. This early experience in fisheries policy informs her work today. Anne went on to earn a Ph.D. in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington and completed a postdoc at the University of Washington and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. She held a faculty position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences in Juneau from 2012 to 2020. Coastal Fisheries and Communities Lab website: www.annebeaudreau.com

Dr. Beaudreau teaches:

• SMEA 500: Marine and Environmental Affairs Theory and Practice
• SMEA/FISH 539: U.S. Fisheries Management and Policy
• SMEA 550: Data Synthesis and Communication for Decision-Making