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Reniel Cabral

Projects

3

Publications

22

Awards

0

Biography

I combine ecological and economic theories and methods, big data analytics, and computation to find solutions to fisheries and conservation problems.

To learn more about the work I do, visit my Lab website (Fisheries Reform Lab): https://www.fisheriesreform.com

and my Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=nnlPZC0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao/


 


Research

Projects
Using Outcomes of Marine Protected Area Implementation to Infer Potential Socioeconomic Consequences of Offshore Energy Development to Commercial Fisheries
04 Oct 2023 - 03 Oct 2025
Incorporating fisheries, food security, livelihoods, and tourism in Marine Protected Area designs in Indonesia – Part 1: Scoping (Old ID 31112)
01 Aug 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
Developing Partnerships Towards Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change on the Ocean Ecosystem Economy of the Pacific (Old ID 29030)
01 Mar 2023 - 01 Mar 2025

Teaching

Taught Modules
[MB5610] Fishing Gear and TechnologiesCoordinator, Lecturer
2022
Current JCU Research Students
A benefit-cost comparison of coral reef restoration policies and exploring their application in differentlocal government contexts in the Philippines
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
How social characteristics affect cooperation and trust in Indonesian small-scale fisheries communities
Master of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
Integrating Citizen science into long-term monitoring of fisheries- What value does it serve in capturing trends of harvested populations?
Master of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
Addressing governance challenges for sustainable coastal wetlands management
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
Optimising marine protected areas for nature and people
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)

Activities

Associations
Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture
2024
High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy
2020
The Philippine Journal of Fisheries
2020
Frontiers in Marine Science
2022
Employment
Research Faculty (Assistant Researcher), University of California, Santa Barbara
2019 - 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
2014 - 2019
Senior Lecturer in Fisheries, James Cook University
2021

Output

A synthesis of socioeconomic and sociocultural indicators for assessing the impacts of offshore renewable energy on fishery participants and fishing communities
2024
Willis-Norton, Ellen; Mangin, Tracey; Schroeder, Donna; Cabral, Reniel B.; Gaines, Steven D. (2024) ...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling
2024
Atwood, Trisha B.; Romanou, Anastasia; DeVries, Tim; Lerner, Paul E.; Mayorga, Juan S.; Bradley, Dar...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Ensuring Aquatic Food Security in the Philippines
2023
Cabral, Reniel B.; Geronimo, Rollan C.; Mamauag, Samuel S.; Silva, Juan A.; Mancao, Roquelito H.; At...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
A scientific synthesis of marine protected areas in the United States: status and recommendations
2022
Sullivan-Stack, Jenna; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Brooks, Cassandra M.; Cabral, Reniel; Caselle, Jenni...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Expanding ocean food production under climate change
2022
Free, Christopher M.; Cabral, Reniel B.; Froehlich, Halley E.; Battista, Willow; Ojea, Elena; O’Reil...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Satellites can reveal global extent of forced labor in the world's fishing fleet
2021
McDonald, Gavin G.; Costello, Christopher; Bone, Jennifer; Cabral, Reniel B.; Farabee, Valerie; Hoch...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate
2021
Sala, Enric; Mayorga, Juan; Bradley, Darcy; Cabral, Reniel B.; Atwood, Trisha B.; Auber, Arnaud; Che...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Data-driven approach for highlighting priority areas for protection in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction
2020
Visalli, Morgan E.; Best, Benjamin D.; Cabral, Reniel B.; Cheung, William W.L.; Clark, Nichola A.; G...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Simple Adaptive Rules Describe Fishing Behaviour Better than Perfect Rationality in the US West Coast Groundfish Fishery
2020
Carrella, Ernesto; Saul, Steven; Marshall, Kristin; Burgess, Matthew G.; Cabral, Reniel B.; Bailey, ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Opportunities for agent-based modelling in human dimensions of fisheries
2020
Burgess, Matthew G.; Carrella, Ernesto; Drexler, Michael; Axtell, Robert L.; Bailey, Richard M.; Wat...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
A computational approach to managing coupled human–environmental systems: the POSEIDON model of ocean fisheries
2019
Bailey, Richard M.; Carrella, Ernesto; Axtell, Robert; Burgess, Matthew G.; Cabral, Reniel B.; Drexl...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Sovereign states in the Caribbean have lower social-ecological vulnerability to coral bleaching than overseas territories
2019
Siegel, Katherine; Cabral, Reniel; McHenry, Jennifer; Ojea, Elena; Owashi, Brandon; Lester, Sarah E....
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Leveraging satellite technology to create true shark sanctuaries
2019
Bradley, Darcy; Mayorga, Juan; McCauley, Douglas J.; Cabral, Reniel; Douglas, Patric; Gaines, Steven...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Designing MPAs for food security in open-access fisheries
2019
Cabral, Reniel B.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Lester, Sarah E.; White, Crow; Gaines, Steven D.; Costello,...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
How important are coral reefs to food security in the Philippines? Diving deeper than national aggregates and averages
2018
Cabral, Reniel B.; Geronimo, Rollan C. (2018) 'How important are coral reefs to food security in the. Marine Policy, 91 :136-141. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Rapid and lasting gains from solving illegal fishing
2018
Cabral, Reniel B.; Mayorga, Juan; Clemence, Michaela; Lynham, John; Koeshendrajana, Sonny; Muawanah,...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Unexpected Management Choices When Accounting for Uncertainty in Ecosystem Service Tradeoff Analyses
2017
Cabral, Reniel B.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Costello, Christopher; Gaines, Steven D. (2017) 'Unexpected. Conserva, 10 (4)...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Drivers of redistribution of fishing and non-fishing effort after the implementation of a marine protected area network
2017
Cabral, Reniel B.; Gaines, Steven D.; Johnson, Brett A.; Bell, Tom W.; White, Crow (2017) 'Drivers o. Ecologi, 27 (2...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Siting marine protected areas based on habitat quality and extent provides the greatest benefit to spatially structured metapopulations
2016
Cabral, Reniel B.; Gaines, Steven D.; Lim, May T.; Atrigenio, Michael P.; Mamauag, Samuel S.; Pedemo...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes
2016
Costello, Christopher; Ovando, Daniel; Clavelle, Tyler; Kent Strauss, C.; Hilborn, Ray; Melnychuk, M...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Linking structure and function in food webs: maximization of different ecological functions generates distinct food web structures
2016
Yen, Jian D.L.; Cabral, Reniel B.; Cantor, Mauricio; Hatton, Ian; Kortsch, Susanne; Patrício, Joana;...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Benefits and challenges of scaling up expansion of Marine Protected Area networks in the Verde Island Passage, Central Philippines
2015
Horigue, Vera; Pressey, Robert L.; Mills, Morena; Brotánková, Jana; Cabral, Reniel; Andréfouët, Serg...
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU