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CURRICULUM VITAE
LIAM M. CARR, PHD
LIAM.M.CARR@NUIGALWAY.IE
Education
PhD Geography, Texas A&M University, 2012
Reducing uncertainty in fisheries management: the time for fishers’ ecological knowledge.
Cert. Secondary Education, Mathematics, Connecticut Department of Education, 2003
MFS Forestry and Environmental Studies, Resource Economics, Yale University, 2002
Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier Reef.
BS Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, University of Southern California, 1999
BA Environmental Studies, Social Sciences, University of Southern California, 1999
Fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in Catalina Harbor, Catalina Island, CA.
Expertise and Research Interests
A critical environmental geographer examining marine resource management, with a focus on how
policy decisions impact communities and economies dependent upon the health of those natural
resources. Experienced in: social-ecological systems research; marine spatial planning; behavioural and
economic modelling of resource utilisation; valuation studies; tourism; aquaculture; fisheries; public
policy review; international, national, and regional regulatory analyses; stakeholder-led research and
management; marine geomatics; GIScience; physical geography; marine ecology and ecosystem
characterisation; science-based public outreach; and media communications. Research interests:
community participation in coastal tourism development, stakeholder perspectives of aquaculture as an
economic alternative in coastal Ireland, and marine spatial planning policy in Ireland.
Teaching Experience
2016- Marine Spatial Planning and Policy (TI 6102, Lecturer) – NUI Galway, Discipline of
Geography, Galway, Ireland.
2015 Directed Research: Social-Ecological Systems and Policy (SFS 4910, Resident Lecturer) –
School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, TCI.
2015 Environmental Policy and Socioeconomic Values (SFS 3020, Resident Lecturer) – School for
Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, TCI.
2015 Tropical Marine Ecosystems, Monitoring and Management (SFS 3530, Resident Lecturer) –
School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos, TCI.
2012 Field Methods and Scuba-Aided Research (Field Course Coordinator) – Comunidad y
Biodiversidad, Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
2011 Planet Earth (GEOG 203, Graduate Lecturer) – Texas A&M University, Department of
Geography, College Station, TX.
2011 Planet Earth (GEOG 203, Head Laboratory Teaching Assistant) – Texas A&M University,
Department of Geography, College Station, TX.
2009 Resources and the Environment (GEOG 330, Teaching Assistant) – Texas A&M University,
Department of Geography, College Station, TX.
2008 Human Geography (GEOG 201, Teaching Assistant) – Texas A&M University, Department
of Geography, College Station, TX.
2007-08 GIS and Field-Based Mapping Techniques (Field Course Coordinator) – Southern
Environmental Association, Placencia, Belize.
2006-07 Planet Earth (GEOG 203, Laboratory Teaching Assistant) – Texas A&M University,
Department of Geography, College Station, TX.
2004-06 AP Calculus (Instructor) – New London High School, New London, CT.

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Refereed Papers
Carr, L.M. In Review. Fishing for consensus: stakeholder identity and salmon aquaculture conflict in
western Ireland. Local Environment.
Farrell D., Carr, L.M., and Fahy, F. In Review. On the subject of typology: how Irish coastal
communities’ subjectivities reveal intrinsic values towards coastal environments. Geoforum.
Carr, L.M. and Liu, D.Y. 2016. Measuring stakeholder perspectives on environmental and economic
stability for a tourism-dependent community. International Journal of Tourism Research
doi:10.1002/jtr.2084.
Carr, L.M. and Heyman, W.D. 2016. Testing fisher-developed alternatives to fishery management tools
for community support and regulatory effectiveness. Marine Policy 67: 40-53.
Carr, L.M. and Heyman, W.D. 2014. Using a coupled behavior-economic model to reduce uncertainty
and assess fisheries management in a data-limited, small-scale fishery. Ecological Economics 102:
94-104.
Carr, L.M. and Heyman, W.D. 2012. “It’s about seeing what’s actually out there”: quantifying fishers’
ecological knowledge and biases in a small-scale commercial fishery as a path toward co-
management. Ocean & Coastal Management 69: 118-132.
Heyman, W.D., Carr, L.M., Lobel, P. 2010. Diver ecotourism and disturbance to reef fish spawning
aggregations: it is better to be disturbed than to be dead. Marine Ecology Progress Series 419: 201-
210.
Carr, L.M. and Heyman, W.D. 2009. Jamaica bound? Marine resources and management at a
crossroads in Antigua and Barbuda. The Geographical Journal 175: 17-38.
Carr, L.M. and Mendelsohn, R. 2003. Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier
Reef. Ambio 32: 353-357.
Proceedings and Working Papers
Carr, L. 2016. Stakeholder perspectives on a tourism-dependent economy. SEMRU Working Paper
Series, 16-WP-SEMRU-02.
Carr, L. 2016. Preserving identity along the Wild Atlantic Way. Whitaker Institute Policy Brief Series,
Policy Brief 8.
Carr, L. and Massey, L. 2010. Age-frequency distributions of protected mutton snapper (Lutjanus
analis) aggregation following seventeen years of protection. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute 63: 533.
Carr, L. and Heyman, W. 2007. Using acoustic tags to track fish movements at spawning aggregations
in Belize. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 60: 651.
Nemeth, R., Kadison, E., Blondeau, J., Idrisi, N., Watlington, R., Brown, K., Smith, T. and Carr, L.
2008. Regional coupling of red hind spawning aggregations to oceanographic processes in the
eastern Caribbean. NOAA Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series 2008: 171-84.
Carr, L.M., Ouverney, C., and Fuhrman, J. 1999. Comparison of bacterial and archaeal family
concentrations between near-shore and open-ocean depth profiles off southern California. American
Society for Limnology and Oceanography 1999: 298.
Technical Reports and Collaborations
NOAA Fleet Composition Report: 2012-2027. NOAA Fleet Advisory Committee, 2013.
NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy, NAO-202-735D. NOAA Research Council. 2012.
Ecosystem-based fisheries management of commercially important species: designing a network of
refugíos in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Niparajá, 2012.
Planet Earth laboratory manual. Texas A&M University, Hayden-McNeil Publishing, 2011.

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Long-term subsidence of Barnes Island. Port of Houston, 2011.
St. Croix mutton snapper spawning aggregation assessment and age validation. Caribbean Fishery
Management Council, 2011.
Spatial stock assessment and fishing effort analysis for St. Croix, USVI. NOAA Fisheries Service, 2010.
Red light cameras at intersections: estimating preferences using a stated choice model. Texas A&M
University, Department of Agricultural Economics. 2010.
Identifying and characterizing fish spawning aggregations at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St.
Croix, USVI. The Nature Conservancy and The National Park Service, 2008.
State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the USVI. NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring, 2008.
Bioassessment tools for stony corals: field-testing of monitoring protocols in the USVI. US
Environmental Protection Agency, 2006.
Frederiksted Pier dredging project: environmental impacts report. USVI Port Authority, 2006.
Professional and Invited Presentations
Carr, L. 2016. Meaningful stakeholder engagement. Coastal risk and climate change workshop.
National University of Ireland, Galway, Westport, County Mayo.
Carr, L. 2016. Selling one village at a time: collectivism and identity along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic
Way. School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside.
Carr, L. 2015. Linking local knowledge and fishery management to improve community support and
compliance. 6th
Annual Beaufort Socio-Economic Marine Research Workshop, National University
of Ireland, Galway.
Carr, L. 2015. Let’s not leave out the locals: measuring community perspectives in a tourism-dependent
economy. J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Carr, L. 2014. Fishing for knowledge: the importance of community voices in reducing uncertainty,
improving fishery policies, and managing fisheries sustainably. School for Field Studies, South
Caicos, TCI.
Carr, L. 2013. Identifying and modeling fishers’ ecological knowledge through a coupled behavioral-
economic model as a means to describing the commercial fishery of St. Croix, USVI. Virgin Islands
EPSCoR Conference, St. Thomas, VI.
Carr, L. 2012. South-South exchanges, fishing cooperatives, and managing fishery resources for
multiple industries: the Banco Chinchorro perspective. NOAA Seminar Series, Silver Spring, MD.
Carr, L. 2010. The voice of the fisher. Virgin Islands EPSCoR Conference, St. Thomas, VI.
Heyman, W. and L. Carr. 2010. It is better to be disturbed than to be dead: the effect of dive ecotourism
on reef fish spawning aggregations. 63rd
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, San Juan, PR.
Carr, L. 2009. Disturbing divers: fishing, dive tourism, and the future of Belize’s spawning
aggregations. 62nd
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Cumaná, Venezuela. Short film.
Carr, L. and W. Heyman. 2007. Using acoustic tags to track fish movements at spawning aggregations
in Belize. 60th
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Blondeau, J. and L. Carr. 2005. US Virgin Islands sediment monitoring program. Virgin Islands
EPSCoR Conference, St. Thomas, VI.
Blondeau, J. and L. Carr. 2005. Recent rates of terrigenous sedimentation on US Virgin Islands reefs:
from nearshore to offshore. 9th
Virgin Islands Non-Point Source Pollution Conference, St. John, VI.
Carr, L.M. and R. Mendelsohn. 2002. Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier
Reef. American Museum of Natural History Sustaining Seascapes Symposium, New York, NY.
Carr, L.M. 1999. Comparison of bacterial and archaeal family concentrations between nearshore and
open-ocean depth profiles off southern California. American Society for Limnology &
Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.

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Public Media
Birds on the brain: students take flight on birding research. News from the Field, School for Field
Studies, 2015.
Island-focused research turns landward. News from the Field, School for Field Studies, 2015.
Jonathan Bird’s Blue World. Webisode 86: marine biology, 2015. Short film.
http://www.blueworldtv.com/webisodes/watch/marine-biology. Interview, 211,949 views.
South Caicos: birds in paradise. Times of the Islands, 2015.
Turks & Caicos Islands: human impact on the marine environment, 2015. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjGhoxtNQ0. Interview, 1,401 views.
Turks & Caicos Islands: monitoring and maintaining healthy fisheries, 2015. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0HmEd6-Jrc. Interview, 3,087 views.
St. Croix deserves facts, not fear, about proposed Salt River Marine Research and Education Center. The
Virgin Islands Daily News, 2014. Guest editorial.
The sex lives of reef fish. Texas A&M University and Belize Fisheries Department, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlGNz2eKKSc. 1,690 views.
Cubera snapper spawning. Texas A&M University, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__8WSFliYU. 19,529 views.
Disturbing divers: fishing, dive tourism, and the future of Belize’s spawning aggregations. Texas A&M
University, Boston University, and Southern Environmental Association, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4ghqLlDBw. 490 views.
Dog snapper spawning. Texas A&M University, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-re70t-S24. 2,035 views.
Nassau grouper spawning. Texas A&M University, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yunHhIrft6w. 1,967 views.
Sampling mutton snapper: safely removing otoliths for aging and microchemistry. Texas A&M
University and Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 2010. Short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_FaPH3aZuQ. 7,882 views.
Straight from the VINE: the environmental and cultural education newsletter for the Virgin Islands
community. University of the Virgin Islands, 2005-2006. Managing editor.
Good Hope School to hold science and engineering fair. The Virgin Islands Daily News, 2005.
Coastweeks activities making VI shores safer, cleaner. The Virgin Islands Daily News, 2004.
Economists put a price on Great Barrier Reef. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2003.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s973013.htm. Interview.
Professional History
2016- Coordinator, MSc in Coastal and Marine Environments, NUI Galway.
2016- Lecturer, Discipline of Geography, NUI Galway.
2015-16 Fulbright US Scholar and Visiting Lecturer, NUI Galway.
2015 Resident Lecturer, School for Field Studies, South Caicos, TCI.
2014- Founder and President, St. Croix Science & Conservation, St. Croix, VI.
2013-14 Senior Policy Associate, US Southeast and Caribbean Fisheries, The Pew Charitable Trusts,
Charleston, SC.
2012-13 Senior Advisor to the Director, NOAA Office of Communications and External Affairs,
Washington, DC.
2011-12 Graduate Lecturer, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
2010 Virgin Islands EPSCoR Fellow, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, VI.
2008-09 Researcher, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
2006-07 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

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2004-06 Research Analyst, Marine Advisory Service, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, VI.
2002-04 Mathematics Teacher, New London High School, New London, CT.
2000 Visiting Research Fellow, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.
Honours, Fellowships, Grants, and Contracts
2016 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Reducing marine debris in St. Croix, VI ($77,717).
2015 Fulbright US Scholar, National University of Ireland, Galway (€37,000).
2013 Virgin Islands EPSCoR Grantee, University of the Virgin Islands ($2,000).
2013 NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Service Award – NOAA Fleet Composition Report.
2012 Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for Outstanding Service – Scientific Integrity Policy.
2012 Comunidad y Biodiversidad – Fisher-to-Fisher Forum, Banco Chinchorro, Mexico ($2,500).
2012 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Sea Grant Fellowship, NOAA ($49,000).
2011 Vinson and Elkins, LLP – Analysis of Barnes Island subsidence, Port of Houston ($3,500).
2010 NOAA – Spatial assessment of reef fish communities, St. Croix, VI ($7,600).
2010 National Science Foundation – Mapping fishermen behavior and resource conflicts in a small,
opportunistic commercial fishery in St. Croix, VI ($38,417).
2009 Caribbean Fishery Management Council – Characterization and age validation of aggregating
mutton snapper at Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area, St. Croix, VI ($8,000).
2008 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Spawning aggregations at Buck Island Reef National
Monument, The Nature Conservancy Sustainability Program ($46,400).
2008 Texas A&M University – Characterization of reef communities in St. Croix, VI ($1,500).
2007 Texas A&M University – Excellence in Teaching Award.
2000 Teresa Heinz Scholar for Environmental Research – Economic valuation of the Great Barrier
Reef, Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation ($8,000).
Service Experience
Fulbright – CIES Ireland Applicant Review Panel, 2016.
Fulbright Commission Ireland: Social Science Review Panel, 2016.
National Sea Grant Office: Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Sea Grant Fellowship Panel, 2014.
Virginia Sea Grant Office: Research Fellowship Grant Review Panel, 2014.
St. Croix Science Academy: Science Coordinator, Grant Writer, 2004-2006, 2010.
Association of Geography Graduate Students: Emeritus Lecture Series Coordinator, 2006-2007.
Virgin Islands Network of Environmental Educators (VINE): Co-founder, Managing Editor, 2004-2006.
Yale Forestry Club: President, Fund Raiser, Writer, 1999-2000.
Peer Review Experience
Ecological Economics, 2014-current; Fisheries & Aquaculture, 2014-current; Ocean & Coastal
Management, 2011-current; The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2013; Tourism Management, 2016-current.
Professional Affiliations
Association of American Geographers; Geographical Society of Ireland; Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute.
Qualifications and Skills
SCUBA Certifications: PADI Advanced Open Water, 2004; AAUS Science Diver (45-m certification),
1999; NAUI Nitrox, 1999; SSI Open Water, 1998.
Languages: Spanish (conversational fluency in reading, writing, speaking); Irish (beginner).
Computer Skills: ArcGIS, Final Cut Pro 6, MatLab, MS-Office Suite, QMethod, R, SPSS.
Personal Skills: Cinematography, Jazz Piano, Still Photography, Eagle Scout.