Education

Research interests

My research focuses on the human dimensions of marine fisheries, particularly the science and management processes in the Northeast U.S. My research is concerned with (1) the role of public participation and different forms of expertise, including scientists’ research-based knowledge and fishermen’s experience-based knowledge, in the policy-making process and (2) the interactions between fisheries management and fishing communities, including the cumulative effects of fisheries decision-making on fishing communities and the potential role of fishing communities in fisheries management. My most recent research focuses on the implications of including fishermen in scientific research in what is known widely as cooperative or collaborative research. I am also involved in an international comparative study of extended peer communities and other participatory approaches in marine fisheries management.

Publications

• Johnson, T.R. 2008. Book Review: Fishers knowledge in fisheries science and management, Fish and Fisheries, 9(1): 118

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• Johnson, T.R. and W.L.T van Densen. 2007. Benefits and organization of cooperative research. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64(4): 862

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• St. Martin, K., B. McCay, G. Murray, T.R. Johnson, and B. Oles. 2007. Communities, Knowledge, and Fisheries of the Future. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 7(3): 221-239

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• McCay, B.J., T.R. Johnson, K. St. Martin, and D.C. Wilson. 2006. Gearing Up for Improved Collaboration: The Potentials and Limits of Cooperative Research for Incorporating Fishermens Knowledge. Pages 111-115 in A. N. Read and T. W. Hartley, editors. Partnerships for a Common Purpose: Cooperative Fisheries Research and Management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
• Murray, G., T.Johnson, B.McCay, M.Danko, K.St. Martin, and S.Takahashi. (forthcoming). Cumulative effects, creeping enclosure, and the marine commons of New Jersey. International Journal of the Commons. (Accepted)
• Johnson, T.R. (in press) Cooperative Research and Knowledge Flow in the Marine Commons. International Journal of the Commons
• Johnson, T.R. (forthcoming) Fishermen, Scientists, and Boundary Spanners: Cooperative research in the US Illex Squid Fishery. Society and Natural Resources.(forthcoming)

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