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Economic Impacts of Coastal Hazards on Mississippi Commercial Fisheries by Major Species

More than 13 years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastal areas in the Northern Gulf of Mexico in August 2005. The closures of significant portions of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational fishing due to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in April 2010 altered the production, recreation, and consumption decisions of households and businesses in affected communities.

The recent natural and technological disasters and coastal events affecting the commercial fisheries:

Long-term data were compiled to develop economic recovery models (ERM) for commercial harvesting by major species. The ERM explains the individual and joint effects of the recent natural and technological disasters, output and input markets, environmental conditions, and regulatory and management strategies on the levels of commercial oyster harvests and dockside values.

Publications and Presentations:

  1. Posadas, B.C. Economic Impacts of Coastal Hazards on Mississippi Commercial Oyster Fishery from 2005 to 2016. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics. Manuscript no. 1115 in review. 

  2. Posadas, B.C. 2019. Commercial Shrimp Fishery Impacts of the Protracted Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Horticulture and Marine Economics Blog. 

  3. Posadas, B.C. 2019. Commercial Blue Crab Fishery Impacts of the Extended Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Horticulture and Marine Economics Blog.

  4. Posadas, B.C. 2019. Commercial Oyster Fishery Impacts of the Protracted Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Horticulture and Marine Economics Blog. 

  5. Posadas, B.C. 2019. Economic impacts of coastal hazards on the Mississippi oyster fishery. Staff Blog, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

  6. Posadas, B.C. (Author & Presenter), (May 2019). "Economic Recovery Paths of Mississippi Oyster Harvesting." Oral presentation. CNREP 2019: 6th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy, New Orleans, LA.Scope: International. Refereed: Yes. Invited or accepted: Accepted.

  7. Posadas, B.C. (Author & Presenter), (December 2018). "Economic Recovery Paths of Mississippi Oyster Harvesting." Abstract. CNREP 2019: 6th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy, New Orleans, LA.Scope: International. Refereed: Yes. Invited or accepted: Accepted.

  8. Posadas, B.C. (Author & Presenter), (November 2018). "Economic Recovery Paths of the Mississippi Oyster Fishery." Oral Presentation. 2018 Bays & Bayous Symposium, Bays & Bayous Symposium, Mobile, Alabama.Scope: International. Refereed: Yes. Invited or accepted: Accepted.

  9. Posadas, B.C. (Author & Presenter), (November 2018). "Economic Recovery Paths of the Mississippi Oyster Fishery." Abstract. 2018 Bays & Bayous Symposium, Bays & Bayous Symposium, Mobile, Alabama.Scope: International. Refereed: Yes. Invited or accepted: Accepted.

  10. **Posadas, B.C. and B.K.A. Posadas, Jr. 2017. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery.  Mississippi State University Extension Service publication 3038 and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant publication MASGP-11-041. Mississippi State, Mississippi. 

  11. **Posadas, Benedict C. and Benedict Kit A. Posadas, Jr. 2017. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery.  Journal of Food Distribution Research. 48(1).

  12. Posadas, B.C. and B.K.A. . Posadas, Jr. 2016. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery. Oral presentation at the 2016 Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference. New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  13. Posadas, B.C. and B.K.A. Posadas, Jr. 2016. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery. Abstract submitted to the 2016 Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference. New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center, 859 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana.