Jie Cao

Bio

Education

Ph.D., Marine Biology, University of Maine (2015)

Research Interests

My research is in the general area of quantitative fisheries ecology with an emphasis on population dynamics and ecosystem modeling. I am most interested in ecologically motivated and statistically innovative research that may improve science-based natural resource management. Specifically, I evaluate and develop quantitative techniques for assessing the past and current status of fish and invertebrate populations. This includes optimizing sampling schemes; developing more biologically realistic assessment models; estimating biological processes that vary over space and time; evaluating management strategies; and exploring how to manage marine populations in the face of climate change. The results are used to inform management decision making in US and international marine management bodies. As such, I work closely with state, federal and international natural resource agencies.

Publications

• A Meta-Analysis of Bycatch Mitigation Methods for Sea Turtles Vulnerable to Swordfish and Tuna Longline Fisheries , FISH AND FISHERIES (2024)
• Evaluating impacts of environmental stress and bioactive chemicals on the North Carolina blue crab population: An individual-based model , MARINE AND COASTAL FISHERIES (2024)
• Exploring tradeoffs in southeast United States marine fisheries management using management strategy evaluation , FISHERIES RESEARCH (2024)
• Fishery management strategies for Red Snapper in the southeastern US Atlantic: A spatial population model to compare approaches , NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (2024)
• Nonstationary response of commercially pelagic species in the Humboldt current ecosystem to climate variability , REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES (2024)
• Numerical simulation-based hydrodynamic interaction of bottom-set gillnet with current and ecological implications , OCEAN ENGINEERING (2024)
• Spatiotemporal dynamics of Atlantic reef fishes off the southeastern US coast , ECOSPHERE (2024)
• Spatiotemporal dynamics of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the western Atlantic Ocean , FISHERY BULLETIN (2024)
• A step towards the integration of spatial dynamics in population dynamics models: Eastern Bering Sea snow crab as a case study , ECOLOGICAL MODELLING (2023)
• Integrating information from semi-structured interviews into management strategy evaluation: a case study for Southeast United States marine fisheries (vol 9, 1063260, 2022) , FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE (2023)