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Ana Pitchon

California State University, Dominguez Hills
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About me

I am a cultural anthropologist with doctoral training in ecological and environmental anthropology. My primary expertise is in the field of fisheries anthropology, with concentrations in fisheries management, marine protected areas, coastal community development, and most recently, the exploration of alternatives to wild-capture fisheries including aquaculture.

I have conducted extensive fieldwork in the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Chile, and Europe. I have been contracted by the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council to work on Social Impact Assessments and community profile studies and, the Pacific Regional Fisheries Policy Center (NOAA) to conduct research on commercial fisheries in the Port of Los Angeles. Prior to joining the CSU, I worked as a post-doc at the Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development in Denmark , conducting multiple research projects funded by the European Union.

I am currently collaborating with the Northwest Regional Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) on a project funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act National Standard 8 research program to assess multiple variables of subsistence fishing in Los Angeles County.

Publications

1. Pitchon, Ana. 2008. Crisis or opportunity on the island of Chiloé, Chile? One community’s response to change. Presented at American Anthropological Association, November 22-35, in San Francisco, CA. (presentation)

2. Pitchon, Ana. 2008. Innovation, Socio-Cultural Persistence, and a Story of Success in Coastal Chile. Presented at Society For Applied Anthropology, March 25-29, in Memphis, TN. (presentation)

3. Pitchon, Ana and Karma Norman. 2008. Methodologies for Social and Geographic Integration of Mandatory and Voluntary Bycatch Reduction Technology. Presented at Southern California Academy of Sciences , May 2-3, in Carson, CA. (presentation)

4. Degnbol, D and Ana Pitchon. 2008. Stakeholder Perceptions of the Use and Abuse of Quantitative Models in Fisheries. Presented at The International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology , June 23-27, in Copenhagen. (presentation)

5. Pitchon, A. and C. Garcia-Quijano. 2008. Marine Ethnobiology. UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK. (article)

6. Pitchon, Ana. 2007. Stakeholder Perspectives on Fisheries Science and Modeling. Technical Report . Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development, Hirtshals, DK. http://www.ifm.dk/ (report)

7. Pitchon, A. 2007. Aquaculture. Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. (article)

8. Blount, B.G. and A. Pitchon. 2007. Marine Protected Areas: A Role for Anthropology? Human Organization 66(2): 103-111. (article)

9. Pitchon, Ana. 2006. Maritime Adaptive Strategies for Social Ecological Resilience on Chiloé, Chile. Presented at Society for Applied Anthropology, April 1-4, in Vancouver, BC. (presentation)

10. Pitchon, Ana. 2006. Institutional Transformations Within the Working Seascape on the Island of Chiloé, Chile. Presented at American Anthropological Association, November 14-19, in San Jose, CA. (presentation)

11. Pitchon, Ana. 2006. Operational Evaluation Tools for Fisheries Management Options – Modeling Framework. Basque Region. Technical Report . Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development, Hirtshals, Denmark. http://www.ifm.dk (report)

12. Pitchon, Ana. 2006. Understanding the Mechanisms of Stock Recovery: Community Impacts of the Northern Hake Recovery Plan in the Basque Region of Spain. Technical Report . Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development, Hirtshals, Denmark. http://www.ifm.dk (report)

13. Kitner, Kathi and A. Pitchon. 2005. Potential Fishing Communities in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida: An Effort in Baseline Profiling and Mapping. Technical Report . South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, Charleston, SC. http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sf/socialsci/SA%20Fishing%20Community%20Report.doc (report)

14. Pitchon, Ana and Colleen O'Brien. 2004. Cultural Tourism as an Economic Alternative in Southeastern Fishing Communities. Presented at Society for Applied Anthropology, March 19-23, in Dallas, TX. (presentation)

Positions & Honors

2004 – Fulbright Comprehensive Fellowship, Fulbright Commission

2004 – Graduate Field Research Grant, Tinker Foundation

Grants

1. Research and Funded Projects Sally Casanova

2. Research grant

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