Barry A. Costa-Pierce
Office Phone: (401) 874-6800
Office Cell: (401) 474-2349
bcp@gso.uri.edu

1984.  Ph.D. Oceanography, University of Hawaii
1980.  M.S.   Zoology, University of Vermont
1976.  B.A.   Zoology, Drew University (Madison, New Jersey)

Current Professional Positions

2001— Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program and Professor of Fisheries & Aquaculture with tenure, Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science, with a Joint Appointment as Professor of Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island

Other Professional Positions

2005— Senior Research Fellow, The World Fish Center (Penang, Malaysia)
2003— Associate Director, The Coastal Institute, University of Rhode Island
1999— Editor, Husbandry & Mangement Section, Aquaculture (Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Overall Research Interests: Ecological Aquaculture — Environmental Impacts Ecological design, engineering, systems & trophic ecology of aquatic food production systems in land-based & marine ecosystems, in both coastal and exposed, "offshore" environments, in societies both rural & urban. Capture Fisheries — Fisheries science of clupeid, salmonid, and scombrid fish.

Current Research & Outreach Projects: Northern bluefin tuna & Pacific sardine capture-based aquaculture in Baja California, Mexico; Team leader for the WWF Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue Nutrients & Carrying Capacity Working Group; FAO study on Ecosystem Approaches to Marine Aquaculture; Development of sustainability indices for mariculture (ICES Working Group on the Environmental Impacts of Mariculture); Inclusion of fisheries/aquaculture science into the "sustainable seafoods movement" (Sustainable Seafood Forum, Aquarium of the Pacific)

Leadership Interests: Strategic & implementation planning, organizational development, team-building & implementation of partnership principles; development of environmental & sustainability programs & their evaluation especially "Outcome Mapping" at universities, schools, foundations, multilateral & bilateral donor institutions; design & implementation of international & diversity initiatives in universities & environmental organizations.

Current Professional Service  (professional societies)

2007—  Board of Directors, World Aquaculture Society
2006— Advisory Council, NOAA HBCU Diversity Initiative (NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center), University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2006—  Board of Directors, Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center (USDA)
2005—  Member, Sustainable Seafood Forum, Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, California)
2004—  Scientific Liaison Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development for The World Fish Center (Penang, Malaysia)
1999—  Member, ICES Working Group on the Environmental Impacts of Mariculture

Past Professional Positions

1998—2001: Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, USM, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, plus 1998—2001: Adjunct Faculty, Univ. of Southern Mississippi. Adjunct Professor at Auburn Univ., Mississippi State Univ., Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham & Univ. of Mississippi
1997—1998: Student Recommended Faculty in Global Sustainability, University of California-Irvine and Lecturer in the Graduate School, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego
1995—1997: Visiting Scholar, John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
1993—1995: Associate Professor of Aquatic Biology, Department of Biology, Bemidji State University (Minnesota State Universities and Colleges), Bemidji, Minnesota, plus 1993—1995: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota
1985—1993:International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM)—The WorldFish Center, Manila, Philippines. ICLARM Positions - 1993: Consultant in Strategic Planning; 1989—1992: Director and Research Scientist, ICLARM Africa Project Office, Zomba, Malawi, Africa; 1985—1989: Associate Research Scientist & Team Leader, ICLARM-World Bank Project Office, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
1984—1985: Post-Doctoral Staff Scientist, Biosystems Division, United Energy Corporation, Foster City, California
1981—1984: Ph.D. Student and Aquaculture Instructor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
1977—1980: Core Faculty, Institute for Social Ecology and Visiting Faculty, Resident Undergraduate Program, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont

Selected Professional Awards

2006.  Outstanding Service Award, Sea Grant Association (Secretary, Board of Directors, 2005-2007)
2005.  Outstanding Service Award, Sea Grant Association (Chair, Program Mission Committee, 2003-2005)
2001.  Exceptional Leadership Award as Director (1998-2001), Board of Directors and Administrative Staff, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
1998.  Exceptional Impact on Undergraduate Education, 1998 Honors Convocation. University of California-Irvine
1996.  Fellow, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, USA
1995.  First Visiting Scholar, John T. Lyle Center For Regenerative Studies, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, California, USA

Selected Professional Invitations/Recognitions

2007.  Invited Speaker, Instituto Oceanographia, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Ensenada, Mexico
2007.  Invited Speaker, Environmental Science Program, Washington College, Maryland
2007.  Invited Speaker, Sustainable Shrimp Forum, International Boston Seafood Show, Boston, Massachusetts
2006.  Invited Speaker: Lowell Lecture Series, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts
2006.  Keynote Speaker: Aquaculture  Pacific Exchange, Campbell River, B.C., CANADA
2004.  Keynote Speaker: AquaVision: The World Aquaculture Business Conference, Stavanger, NORWAY
2002.  Distinguished Lecturer: AquaNet: The Canadian Network Centre of Excellence, Moncton, New Brunswick, CANADA
2002.  Keynote Speaker, University Public Lecture Series, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., USA

Selected Past Professional Service

2006—2007.  Vice President, World Aquaculture Society
2006.  Member of the National Sea Grant Review Panel Program Assessment Team (PAT) for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
2003—2005.  Scientific Advisory Board, Seafood Watch Program, Monterey Bay Aquarium, California
1999—2005.  Co-Chair, National Sea Grant Ecosystems & Habitats Theme Team
2003—2004.  Commissioner, R.I. Governor D.L. Carcieri Narragansett Bay and Watershed Team
1999—2004.  Associate Editor, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
1995—2004.  Subject Editor for Fisheries in Developing Countries, Journal of Applied Ichthyology
2003—2004.  Chair, Fisheries/Aquaculture Panel, Sustainable Partnerships for Agricultural Research and Education (SPARE), U.S. Agency for International Development
1999—2001.  Co-Chair, EPA Research Committee, Gulf of Mexico Program, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
1999—2000.  Member of the National Sea Grant Review Panel Program Assessment Team (PAT) for WHOI Sea Grant and for Texas A&M University Sea Grant
1989—1992.  Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi, Africa

Professional Certifications

1998. Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America (recertified in 2003)
1978. Certified Fisheries Scientist, American Fisheries Society

Professional Consulting

1987— Registered Staff Consultant in Post-Evaluation, Post-Evaluation Office, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Registered Staff Consultant, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
Consulting Experiences in Coastal Ocean/Large Lake Programs/Projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Sustainable Agriculture in Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, Egypt); Asia (China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines), Latin America/Caribbean (Bahamas, Costa Rica, Mexico) and Oceania (Fiji, Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia).

Field Station Experiences

1998.  Summer Session Faculty in Marine Fish Biology, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Charleston, Oregon
1995—1997.  Visiting Scholar, John T. Lyle Center For Regenerative Studies, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
1995.  Summer Session Faculty in Fisheries Science, Itasca Biological Station, University of Minnesota, Itasca, Minnesota
1976.  Undergraduate Fellowship, January Semester in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.
1976.  Undergraduate Fellowship, Semester in Science Program, Ecosystems Center, MBL & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1975.  Undergraduate Fellowship, University of Michigan Douglas Lake Biological Station, Pellston, Michigan
1975.  Undergraduate Exchange Student, Rosenstiel School, University of Miami, Florida

Selected Education and Teaching Contributions(complete resume)

2006.  Ecological Aquaculture, University of Rhode Island
2004.  Aquaculture & The Environment, University of Rhode Island (co-taught with Prof. David Bengtson)
2004.  External Ph.D. Examiner, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
2000.  External Ph.D. Examiner, University of British Columbia, Canada
1998—2001.  External Ph.D. Advisor, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
1998.  Biology of Fishes, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Charleston, Oregon
1997.  Aquaculture Research & Development, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego
1997-1998.  Global Sustainability, University of California-Irvine
1997-1998.  Sustainable Oceans and Coastal Zones, University of California-Irvine
1992.  External Examiner, Department of Applied Zoology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Current Graduate Students

Carrie Byron (Ph.D. NSF IGERT Coastal Institute Fellow, URI); Greg Mataronas (M.S., URI); Kifle Hagos (Ph.D. NSF IGERT Coastal Institute Fellow, URI); Raul Jesus del Moral Simaneck (External Ph.D. Committee Member, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Ensenada)

Past Graduate Students

Joseph Ofori (Ph.D.), Orten Msiska (Ph.D.), Fredson Chikafumbwa (M.S.), Daniel Jamu (M.S.), Sloans Chimatiro (M.S.), Winston Kadongola (M.S.), Alfred Maluwa (M.S.)

Selected Publications   (complete list)

Books

Desbonnet, A. and B.A. Costa-Pierce, Editors. 2008. Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer Science, New York, N.Y.
Costa-Pierce, B.A. et al., Editors. 2005. Urban Aquaculture. CABI Publishing Co., Wallingford, U.K.
Bridger, C.J. & B.A. Costa-Pierce, Editors. 2003. Open Ocean Aquaculture: From Research to Commercial Reality. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
Costa-Pierce, B.A., Author/Editor. 2002. Ecological Aquaculture. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Peer-reviewed journal articles & book chapters

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2008, in press.  An Ecosystem Approach to Marine Aquaculture. A Global Review  to the FAO Working Group on an Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture. In: Soto, D., Aguilar-Manjarrez, J. and Hishamunda, N. (eds). Building an Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA): Initial steps for guidelines. FAO Expert workshop, 7–11 May, 2007. Mallorca, Spain. FAO Fisheries Proceedings. No. xx,  FAO, Rome, Italy.

Costa-Pierce, B.A. and A. Desbonnet. 2008. An "ecofunctional" approach to ecosystem-based management for Narragansett Bay, p. 537-554. In: A. Desbonnet & B.A. Costa-Pierce, Editors. 2008. Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer Science, New York, N.Y., 554 p.

Wilburn, S.M., J. Tobey, J. Hepp, S. Olsen, and B.A. Costa-Pierce. 2007. Sea Grant in Latin America? Adapting the US Sea Grant model of linked applied research, extension, and education to a Latin American Context—Is there a fit? Marine Policy 31: 229-238.

Caskey, L.L., R.R. Riedel, B.A. Costa-Pierce, J. Butler and S.H. Hurlbert. 2007. Population dynamics, distribution, and growth rate of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in the Salton Sea, California, with notes on bairdiella (Bairdiella icistia) and orangemouth corvina (Cynoscion xanthulus). Hydrobiologia 576:185–203.

Riedel, R. and B. A. Costa-Pierce. 2005.  Feeding ecology of Salton Sea tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 104(1): 26-36.

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2003. Rapid evolution of an established feral tilapia (Oreochromis spp.): the need to incorporate invasion science into regulatory structures. Bio. Inv. 8: 71-84.

Riedel, R., D. Schlenk, D. Frank, and B.A. Costa-Pierce. 2002. Analyses of organic and inorganic contaminants in Salton Sea fish. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44(5): 403-411.

Riedel, R. and B.A. Costa-Pierce. 2002. Review of the fisheries of the Salton Sea, California, USA: past, present, and future. Reviews in Fisheries Science 10(1): 77-112.

Monographs

Costa-Pierce, B.A., A. Buschmann, S. Cross, J.L. Iriarte, Y. Olsen, and G. Reid. 2008. Nutrient impacts of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) on pelagic ecosystems and implications for carrying capacity. Report of the Technical Working Group on Nutrients and Carrying Capacity of the World Wildlife Fund Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue. WWF, Washington, DC, USA.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/cci/pubs/Nutrient_Impacts_SalmonCulture_Commissioned_By_Salmon_Dial.pdf

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2008. An ecosystem approach to marine aquaculture. A Report to the FAO Working Group on an Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture. FAO, Rome, Italy.

Stickney, R.R., B.A. Costa-Pierce, D.M. Baltz, M. Drawbridge, C. Grimes, S. Phillips and D. LaDon Swann. 2006. Toward sustainable open ocean aquaculture in the United States. Fisheries 31(12): 607-610.

Kelleher, K., R. Zweig, E. Hoshino and B.A. Costa-Pierce. 2006. Investment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Module 6, AgInvestment Sourcebook. The World Bank, Washington, DC.

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2006. Sustainability indices for mariculture operations. P. 14-31 In: ICES. 2006. Report of the Working Group on Environmental Interactions of Mariculture (WGEIM), 24-28 April 2006, Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA. ICES CM 2006/MCC:03. 195 pp. http://www.ices.dk/reports/MCC/2006/WGEIM06.pdf

Bireley, L.E., J.E. Claussen, B.A. Costa-Pierce, W.J. Daley, J. Geubtner, J. Jolley, B. Knuth, B.G. Parsons, G. Rassam, and C. Stevens. 2004. American Fisheries Society 2005-2009 strategic plan summary. Fisheries 29 (12): 31-37.

Costa-Pierce, B.A., R. Hardy and J.M. Kapetsky. 2003. Review of the Status, Trends and Issues in Global Fisheries and Aquaculture, with Recommendations for USAID Investments. Strategic Partnerships for Agricultural Research and Education (SPARE), U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

Costa-Pierce, B.A. and L. Cammen. 2003. Restoring and Conserving America's Coastal Ecosystems and Habitats. NOAA—Sea Grant, Washington, DC.

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2003. Use of ecosystems science in ecological aquaculture. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 103(2): 32-40.

Selected press

Costa-Pierce, B.A. 2007. Don't opt out of the blue revolution. World Aquaculture Magazine 38(2): 1-3.
-Seafood exports flat as imports soar. April 2006. Providence Business News.
-Are the Oceans Half Empty? October 2004. Seafood Business News.
-Eco-Buying Ups the Ante  October 2004. Seafood Business News.
-There Goes the Neighborhood June 2003. Christian Science Monitor.