Patricia M Clay
Biographic Data
| ID | 649304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia M Clay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia M |
| FAMILY NAME | Clay |
| SIGNATURE | CLAY P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5923-4133 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Conceptualizing communities of place and practice
As the first anthropologist hired in a NOAA Fisheries research laboratory devoted to fisheries science in support of fisheries management in federal waters, I faced many challenges. Federal laws required social impact assessment of fishery management plans, use of ecosystem-based management, and taking into account the impacts to fishers and fishing communities of both of these. But laws provide overarching guidance and policy documents need to r…
Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Patricia M. Clay, Courtland L. Smith; Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being: Analyses from Five Marine Commercial Fisheries—Where Are We Now?. Human Organization 1 March 2022; 81 (1): 83–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525…
Scale Matters
Interdisciplinary science and environmental management involve bringing together data and expertise at multiple spatial scales. The most challenging part of merging scales is aligning the scale of inquiry with the research application. Through the Louisiana case study relating wetland loss and commercial fishing, we examine how the nature and strength of the relationship changes depending on the scale of investigation. Resulting management implic…
Behavioral responses to competing incentives and disincentives
In 2010, the Northeast U.S. sink gillnet fleet faced threats of indefinite closures to fishing if compliance rates with acoustic deterrent devices did not increase. Simultaneously, a catch share program with multiple “sectors” was implemented for groundfish, an important target for this fleet. This research examines whether the threat of closures, the transition to sectors, or both, influenced the increased compliance rate after 2010. We learned …
Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship
Carothers, C., J. Black, S. J. Langdon, R. Donkersloot, D. Ringer, J. Coleman, E. R. Gavenus, W. Justin, M. Williams, F. Christiansen, C. Stevens, B. Woods, S. Clark, P. M. Clay, L. Mack, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, A. Akall'eq Sanders, B. L. Stevens, and A. Whiting. 2021. Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship: a critical relationship. Ecology and Society 26(1):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11972-260116
Compliance with marine mammal protection
Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework
Donkersloot, R., J. C. Black, C. Carothers, D. Ringer, W. Justin, P. M. Clay, M. R. Poe, E. R. Gavenus, W. Voinot-Baron, C. Stevens, M. Williams, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, F. Christiansen, S. J. Breslow, S. J. Langdon, J. M. Coleman, and S. J. Clark. 2020. Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework. Ecology and Society 25(2):18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11549-250218
Eating the Ocean. Elspeth Probyn. Durham, NC
Perceived adaptive capacity and natural disasters
The Role of Oral Histories in the Conduct of Fisheries Social Impact Assessments in Northeast US
In the US and elsewhere, a social impact assessment is required when the government implements regulations affecting the human environment. Because there is no standardized approach for conducting social impact assessments, an array of methods and data types are used. While greater validity is currently given to quantitative data and methods, we argue that the use of focused oral histories provides more timely and in-depth information on current …
Defining and Applying Sustainability
sustainability, biological anthropology, fisheries management, food system, sustainable fishery, Community Supported Agriculture, food and nutrition, ecology and environment
Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being
Well-being is an important indicator of how participants in an industry are doing. Since the 1970s, anthropologists have been developing and utilizing as an indicator, along with identifying the advantages and disadvantages of such a metric. Building on this experience, a index is useful if it (1) is easily developed from available data; (2) enables temporal and spatial comparisons; (3) can be applied at multiple scales; and (4) possesses subject…
Defining Fishing Communities
Characterizations of fishing communities range from containers of cultural traditions to sites of resistance, from places of management to spaces of global connection. We review key themes and issues from the literature on fishing communities, in light of theoretical work on communities and the context of applied anthropological work in the United States, where fishing community is defined as a term of law as well as art
Anthropological Applications in the Management of Federally Managed Fisheries
1has employed anthropologists and sociologists internally and externally to support fisheries management since 1974, although it used economists earlier; recent expansion of NMFS’ sociocultural analysis effort is generating new initiatives and findings of interest to the wider social science community. This introduction provides the background for this issue through a brief account of past, present, and future directions of this new growth area w…
Perceived adaptive capacity and natural disasters
Defining Fishing Communities
Characterizations of fishing communities range from containers of cultural traditions to sites of resistance, from places of management to spaces of global connection. We review key themes and issues from the literature on fishing communities, in light of theoretical work on communities and the context of applied anthropological work in the United States, where fishing community is defined as a term of law as well as art
Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship
Carothers, C., J. Black, S. J. Langdon, R. Donkersloot, D. Ringer, J. Coleman, E. R. Gavenus, W. Justin, M. Williams, F. Christiansen, C. Stevens, B. Woods, S. Clark, P. M. Clay, L. Mack, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, A. Akall'eq Sanders, B. L. Stevens, and A. Whiting. 2021. Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship: a critical relationship. Ecology and Society 26(1):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11972-260116
Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework
Donkersloot, R., J. C. Black, C. Carothers, D. Ringer, W. Justin, P. M. Clay, M. R. Poe, E. R. Gavenus, W. Voinot-Baron, C. Stevens, M. Williams, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, F. Christiansen, S. J. Breslow, S. J. Langdon, J. M. Coleman, and S. J. Clark. 2020. Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework. Ecology and Society 25(2):18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11549-250218
The Role of Oral Histories in the Conduct of Fisheries Social Impact Assessments in Northeast US
In the US and elsewhere, a social impact assessment is required when the government implements regulations affecting the human environment. Because there is no standardized approach for conducting social impact assessments, an array of methods and data types are used. While greater validity is currently given to quantitative data and methods, we argue that the use of focused oral histories provides more timely and in-depth information on current …
Defining and Applying Sustainability
sustainability, biological anthropology, fisheries management, food system, sustainable fishery, Community Supported Agriculture, food and nutrition, ecology and environment
Anthropological Applications in the Management of Federally Managed Fisheries
1has employed anthropologists and sociologists internally and externally to support fisheries management since 1974, although it used economists earlier; recent expansion of NMFS’ sociocultural analysis effort is generating new initiatives and findings of interest to the wider social science community. This introduction provides the background for this issue through a brief account of past, present, and future directions of this new growth area w…
Defining Fishing Communities
Characterizations of fishing communities range from containers of cultural traditions to sites of resistance, from places of management to spaces of global connection. We review key themes and issues from the literature on fishing communities, in light of theoretical work on communities and the context of applied anthropological work in the United States, where fishing community is defined as a term of law as well as art
Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being
Well-being is an important indicator of how participants in an industry are doing. Since the 1970s, anthropologists have been developing and utilizing as an indicator, along with identifying the advantages and disadvantages of such a metric. Building on this experience, a index is useful if it (1) is easily developed from available data; (2) enables temporal and spatial comparisons; (3) can be applied at multiple scales; and (4) possesses subject…
Defining and Applying Sustainability
sustainability, biological anthropology, fisheries management, food system, sustainable fishery, Community Supported Agriculture, food and nutrition, ecology and environment
The Role of Oral Histories in the Conduct of Fisheries Social Impact Assessments in Northeast US
In the US and elsewhere, a social impact assessment is required when the government implements regulations affecting the human environment. Because there is no standardized approach for conducting social impact assessments, an array of methods and data types are used. While greater validity is currently given to quantitative data and methods, we argue that the use of focused oral histories provides more timely and in-depth information on current …
Perceived adaptive capacity and natural disasters
Eating the Ocean. Elspeth Probyn. Durham, NC
Compliance with marine mammal protection
Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework
Donkersloot, R., J. C. Black, C. Carothers, D. Ringer, W. Justin, P. M. Clay, M. R. Poe, E. R. Gavenus, W. Voinot-Baron, C. Stevens, M. Williams, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, F. Christiansen, S. J. Breslow, S. J. Langdon, J. M. Coleman, and S. J. Clark. 2020. Assessing the sustainability and equity of Alaska salmon fisheries through a well-being framework. Ecology and Society 25(2):18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11549-250218
Behavioral responses to competing incentives and disincentives
In 2010, the Northeast U.S. sink gillnet fleet faced threats of indefinite closures to fishing if compliance rates with acoustic deterrent devices did not increase. Simultaneously, a catch share program with multiple “sectors” was implemented for groundfish, an important target for this fleet. This research examines whether the threat of closures, the transition to sectors, or both, influenced the increased compliance rate after 2010. We learned …
Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship
Carothers, C., J. Black, S. J. Langdon, R. Donkersloot, D. Ringer, J. Coleman, E. R. Gavenus, W. Justin, M. Williams, F. Christiansen, C. Stevens, B. Woods, S. Clark, P. M. Clay, L. Mack, J. Raymond-Yakoubian, A. Akall'eq Sanders, B. L. Stevens, and A. Whiting. 2021. Indigenous peoples and salmon stewardship: a critical relationship. Ecology and Society 26(1):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11972-260116
Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Patricia M. Clay, Courtland L. Smith; Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being: Analyses from Five Marine Commercial Fisheries—Where Are We Now?. Human Organization 1 March 2022; 81 (1): 83–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525…
Scale Matters
Interdisciplinary science and environmental management involve bringing together data and expertise at multiple spatial scales. The most challenging part of merging scales is aligning the scale of inquiry with the research application. Through the Louisiana case study relating wetland loss and commercial fishing, we examine how the nature and strength of the relationship changes depending on the scale of investigation. Resulting management implic…
Conceptualizing communities of place and practice
As the first anthropologist hired in a NOAA Fisheries research laboratory devoted to fisheries science in support of fisheries management in federal waters, I faced many challenges. Federal laws required social impact assessment of fishery management plans, use of ecosystem-based management, and taking into account the impacts to fishers and fishing communities of both of these. But laws provide overarching guidance and policy documents need to r…
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