SC&E - Walter Keithly

Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Stidies

2143 Energy, Coast & Environment Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA - 70803

Tel: 225-578-6296
Fax: 225-578-4286
E-mail: walterk@lsu.edu

Education

B.S., University of Delaware (1973)
M.S., University of Florida (1981)
Ph.D. University of Florida (1985)

Research Interests

Environmental economics
Seafood production and marketing
Natural resource economics

Grants

2000. Use of Economic Incentives as a Means of Reducing Southeast Shrimp Fleet Bycatch. Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, Inc. $55,701.8/1/00-7/30/01.
2000. The Value of Louisiana Oyster Reefs to Recreational Fishermen. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. $29,935.
1999. Investigation of the Estuarine Biological, Hydrological, Predator-prey, and Habitat Factors Influencing Louisiana’s White Shrimp Landings. (PI with R. Shaw and M. Benfield). Louisiana Sea Grant. $97,262/$75,598.
1998. An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of OCS Activities on Ports and Surrounding Areas in the Gulf of Mexico Region. (Co-PI with J. Singlemann, D.M. Tootle, J.J. Beggs, and D.M. Hughes). LSU-MMS-CMI. $558,255 requested.
1998. Issues of Compensation to Louisiana Fishermen. Governor’s Office of Coastal Restoration. $33,664. 5/98-12/98.
1997. An Economic Analysis of Private Wetland Values in Coastal Louisiana and Relevance in Designing Appropriate Economic Instruments for Restoration. Louisiana Sea Grant. (PI with K. Roberts). Louisiana Sea Grant. $114,563/$50,001. 2/1/98-1/31/00.
1997. The Size Distribution of Shrimp Processing Firms in the Southeast Region of the United States. Louisiana Sea Grant. (PI with R.W. Harrison). Louisiana Sea Grant. $3,500. 10/97-10/98.
1997. Investigation of the Relationship Between Louisiana Postlarval Brown Shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, Two Estimates of Juvenile Abundance, and the Inshore Fishery Landings in Pounds and Numbers. (PI with Shaw, R.F. and M.C. Benfield) Louisiana Sea Grant. $113,512/$55,640. 2/1/98-1/31/00.
1996. A Socioeconomic Analysis of Port Expansion at Port Fourchon. (PI with D. Hughes) Minerals Management Service. $85,767/$86,001. 11/01/96-10/31/97.
1996. Keithly, W. R. "Fishery Displacement Study (Economic Component)." U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. $8,918.
1996. Keithly, W. R. "An Economic Analysis of Louisiana's Commercial Seafood Industry for an Orderly Transition Into the Next Century." Economic Development Agency (through Louisiana Sea Grant). 2/96-1/97. $72,040.
1996. Wilson, C. A., W. R. Keithly, K. Rusch, and R. Seals. "The Substrate Suitability of Phosphogypsum Composites for Marine Habitat Enhancement." Florida Institute for Phosphate Research. $83,601.
1994-96. Keithly, W. R. "An Economic Analysis of the U.S. Shrimp Market and Impacts of Management Measures." Saltonstall-Kennedy Program (NOAA, NMFS), 10/1/94-3/30/96. $96,776.
1994-95. Keithly, W. R. "Southeast Finfish Processing Activities of Federally Managed Species, Particularly Reeffish, and Potential Impacts of Regulation." Saltonstall-Kennedy Program (NOAA, NMFS), 9/1/94-8/31/95. $63,868.

Recent Publications

2000. Keithly, W. R., A. Diagne, and R. J. Dugas. “The Demand for Oyster Relaying Activities in Louisiana: 1976-95.” Journal of Shellfish Research. 19(1):439-44.
2000. Keithly, W. R. and K. J. Roberts. Economics: Contrast With Wild Catch Fisheries. In: Encyclopedia of Aquaculture (Ed. In Chief: R. R. Stickney) John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York. pp. 261-277.
1999. Schrank, W. E. and W. R. Keithly. “The Concept of Subsidies.” Marine Resource Economics. 14(2):151-64
1997. Adams, C. M., E. M. Thunberg, and W. R. Keithly. Resource Economics Issues Concerning Molluscan Fisheries in the United States. In: The History, Present Condition, and Future of the Molluscan Fisheries of North and Central America and Europe (Eds. MacKenzie, C.L., V.G. Burrell, A. Rosenfield, and W. Hobard). NOAA Technical Report NMFS 128. pp. 173-188.
1997. Keithly, W.R.Louisiana Seafood Industry Study: A Summary. In: The
Louisiana Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History: Agriculture and Economic Development in Louisiana. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwest Louisiana. (XV1):516-534
1997. McKenzie, L.S., M.W. Wascom, W.R. Keithly, et.al. Socioeconomic Status and Trends: The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History: Agriculture and Economic Development in Louisiana. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of South Louisiana (XV1):615-632.
1996. Keithly, W. R. Economic Effects of Water Quality on Gulf of Mexico Region Oyster Production and Demand. Pages 303-313 In: Proceedings of the Gulf of Mexico Symposium on Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy. National Academy of Science Press, Washington, D.C.
1995. Leard, R., B. Mahmoudi, H. Blanchet, H. Lazavski, K. Spiller, M. Buchanan, C. Dyer, and W. Keithly. The striped mullet fishery of the Gulf of Mexico: A regional management plan. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
1994. Keithly, W.R. and K.J. Roberts. Central and South American shrimp and their role in the U.S. shrimp market. Proceedings of the 44th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (peer review section).
1993. Keithly, W. R., K. J. Roberts, and J. M. Ward. Effects of shrimp aquaculture on the U.S. market. Pages 125-156 in: (Eds., U. Hatch and H. Kinnucan) Aquaculture: models and economics, Westview Press, Colorado.