Renae Tobin
Adjunct Research Fellow
Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture
James Cook University
Australia
Biography
Dr Renae Tobin is a social science Research Fellow with the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and the School of Earth and Environmental Science at JCU. Working primarily in a research only role, she has worked with Queensland fishers and fisheries and marine park managers through social science research for more than 10 years, making the transition from marine ecology to social science during her PhD.Dr Renae Tobin is a social science Research Fellow with the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and the School of Earth and Environmental Science at JCU. Working primarily in a research only role, she has worked with Queensland fishers and fisheries and marine park managers through social science research for more than 10 years, making the transition from marine ecology to social science during her PhD.
Research Interest
Her research has been primarily stakeholder driven and therefore diverse, ranging from exploring conflict between fishing sectors, investigating attitudes and perceptions of fishers and consumers to fisheries and their management, documenting effects of management change on industry, developing socio-economic indicators, investigating potential for co-management in regional areas, and exploring the adaptive capacity of industry to change.
