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Gavin Fay

faculty

Gavin Fay, PhD

Associate Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography

Fisheries & Ecosystem Management Lab Website

Contact

508-910-6363

School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 228

Education

2012University of WashingtonPhD
2004University of WashingtonMS
2000University of StirlingBSc

Teaching

Programs

Courses

Allows completion of a numbered course formally in the graduate program listing but not being offered as a scheduled class.

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. Graded P/F.

Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the School for Marine Science and Technology. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the SMAST Graduate Program Director.

Research

Research activities

  • Evaluating the performance of ecosystem-based fisheries management strategies
  • Stock assessment statistical methods development
  • Simulation testing of management, monitoring, and assessment procedures
  • Social-ecological ecosystem modeling and indicators for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
  • Testing decision support tools for living marine resource management

Research awards

  • $ 345,395 awarded by MID-ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL for Developing Climate-ready Updates to the Essential Fish Habitat Source Documents in the Northeast
  • $ 353,016 awarded by VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY for DISES: Dynamics of Socio-environmental Factors Driving Resilience of Coastal Fisheries
  • $ 149,080 awarded by WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION for CINAR Postdoctoral Scholar Program in Stock Assessment and Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management, Climat & Ecosystems, & Ecosystem Observing
  • $ 156,761 awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MAINE for NCLIM: Northeast U.S. Climate Integrated Modeling Initiative to Meet Ocean Decision Challenges
  • $ 297,220 awarded by Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for Ocean Observing, Modeling, and Management for Offshore Wind Certificate Program

Select publications

  • Fay, G., G. DePiper, S. Steinback, R.J. Gamble, J.S. Link (2019).
    Economic and ecosystem effects of fishing on the Northeast US shelf
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:133, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.0.
  • Fay, G., J.S. Link, J.A. Hare (2017).
    Assessing the effects of ocean acidification in the Northeast US using an end-to-end marine ecosystem model
    Ecological Modelling, 347, 1-10.
  • Fay, G., J.S. Link, S.I. Large, and R.J. Gamble (2015).
    Management performance of ecological indicators in the Georges Bank finfish fishery
    ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72, 1285-1296.