• Professor, Natural Resources Policy and Management
• Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space

Research

• Comparative Analysis of Ecosystem-based Management Initiatives Around the World (Packard Foundation 2005)
• Modeling the Synergistic Effects of Social and Ecological Change in the 19th-Century North American Cod Fishery (NSF: Human and Social Dynamics 2004-2006)
• The History of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA/NOS 2004-2006)
• History of Marine Animal Populations ( Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2001-2009)
• The monitoring and evaluation of marine protected areas. (NOAA, 2002-2006)
• Modeling recovery scenarios for the Northwest Mediterranean (Oak Foundation, 2007-2009)

Graduate Students

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• NR 602: Natural Resources and Environmental Policy

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Selected Publications

Halpern, B., K. O. McLeod and A. A. Rosenberg.  In press. Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning. Ocean and Coastal Manag.

Myers, R. A., S. A. Boudreau, R. D. Kenney, M. J. Moore, A. A. Rosenberg, S. A. Sherrill-Mix, B. Worm. 2007. Saving Endangered Whales at No Cost. Current Biology 17(1): R10-R11.

Crowder, L. B., G. Osherenko, O.R. Young, S. Airame, E.A. Norse, N. Baron, J.C. Day, F. Douvere, C.N. Ehler, B.S. Halpern, S.J. Langdon, K.L. McLeod, J.C. Ogden, R.E. Peach, A.A. Rosenberg and J.A. Wilson. 2006. Resolving mismatches in U.S. ocean governance. Science 313: 617-618.

Stefansson, G. and A. A. Rosenberg. 2006. Designing marine protected areas for migrating fish stocks. J. Fish. Biol.  69: 66-78.

Rosenberg, A. A., J. H. Swasey, M. B. Bowman. 2006. Rebuilding US fisheries: progress and problems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(7);303-308.

P. Sandifer and A. A. Rosenberg. 2006. Practical Recommendations for Improving the Use of Science in Marine Fisheries Management.  In C. Oliver. Managing our Nations Fisheries. 

Rosenberg. A. A. 2006. Regional Governance and Ecosystem-Based Management of Ocean and Coastal Resources: can we get there from here? Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 16: 179-186.

Harrington, J. M., R. A. Myers and A. A. Rosenberg. 2005. Wasted fishery resources: discarded by-catch in the USA. Fish and Fisheries 6: 350-361.

Safina, C., A. A. Rosenberg, R. A. Myers, T. Quinn, and J. Collie 2005. U.S. Ocean fish recovery: keepers, throwbacks, and staying the course. Science 309: 707-708.

Rosenberg, A. A. and K. O. MacLeod 2005. Implementing ecosystem-based approaches to management for the conservation of ecosystem services. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 300: 270-274.

Rosenberg, A. A., W. J. Bolster, K. E. Alexander, W. B. Leavenworth, A. B. Cooper, and M. G. McKenzie. 2005. The history of ocean resources: modeling cod biomass using historical records.  Frontiers Ecol. Envir. 3:84-90.

Stefansson G. and A. A. Rosenberg. 2005. Combining control measures for more effective management of fisheries under uncertainty; quotas, effort limitation and protected areas.  Phil. Trans. Royal Soc Ser. B. 360:133-146.

Cooper, A. B., A. A. Rosenberg, G. Stefánsson, and M. Mangel 2004. Examining the importance of consistency in multi-vessel trawl survey design based on the U.S. west coast groundfish bottom trawl survey. Fisheries Research 70:239-250. (second author with).

Rosenberg, A. A. 2003. Managing to the margins: the overexploitation of fisheries. Frontiers in Ecology and the Envir. 1(2): 102-106.

Rosenberg, A. A. 2003.  Multiple uses of marine ecosystems.  In Sinclair, M. and G. Valdimarsson (eds). Responsible fisheries in the marine ecosystem. CAB International. Oxford University Press.

Rosenberg, A. A. 2002. The precautionary approach from a manager’s perspective.  Bull. Marine Sci. 70:577-588.

Rosenberg, A. A. 2001. Point of View: Marine Reserves and Population Recovery or How Do Closed Areas Affect Exploited Population Dynamics. Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries.

Maguire, J.J., R. Hilborn, A. Parma and A. A. Rosenberg. 2000. The precautionary approach and risk management: can they increase the probability of successes in fishery management?  Can. J. Fish Aquatic Sci.  58:99-107.

Rosenberg, A. A., T. E. Bigford, S. Leathery, R. L. Hill and K. Bickers. 2000. Ecosystem approaches to fishery management through essential fish habitat. Bull. Marine Sci. 66(3): 535-542.

Education

Selected Service Activities

• Member, Panel of Experts, U.N. Global Marine Assessment, 2006-present
• Member of the Joint Ocean Commissions Initiative; present
• Member of Review Panel on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing, National Academy of Sciences; 2005
• Scientific Advisor, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; 2005 - 2007
• Chair, U.S. Steering Committee for the Census of Marine Life; 2006-present
• Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy; 2001 - 2005
• Senior Vice President, MRAG Americas Inc; 2004 - present
• Member, NOAA Research Review Team; 2004
• Senior Fellow, World Wildlife Fund; 2000 - present
• Senior Science Advisor, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea; 1999 – present