Publications

  • Smith, N., Burgess, K., Clements, K. R., Burgess, J. C., Lavoie, A., & Solomon, J. N. (2023). Serving conservation from reef to plate: Barriers and opportunities for invasive lionfish consumption in restaurants. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3933

  • Rickard, L. N., Deline, M. B., & Smith, N. (2024). The fish scales of justice: The influence of perceived justice on social license to operate for aquaculture development. Journal of Risk Research, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2024.2315999

Presentations

  • Smith, N., & Burgess, K. (2021, June 20-24th). Market Based Options for Controlling Invasive Lionfish in Florida [Oral presentation]. 2021 IASNR Virtual Conference.

  • Smith, N., & Burgess, K. (2021, July 20th). Reef to Plate: Barriers and Opportunities for a Consumptive Market for Invasive Lionfish in Florida [Twitter/social media presentation]. Society for Conservation Biology Social Science Working Group Twitter Conference.

  • Gurney, G., Smith, N., & Rickard, L. (2022, July 20th). Fish out of water: Exploring sense of place salience in community acceptance of land-based aquaculture projects [Poster presentation]. 2022 IASNR Conference, San Pedro, Costa Rica.

  • Gurney, G., Smith, N., & Rickard, L. (2022, August 4th). Fish out of water: Exploring sense of place salience in community acceptance of land-based aquaculture projects [Poster presentation]. 2022 Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Detroit, U.S.A. *Top poster award for the Communicating Health, Science, Environment, and Risk division.

  • Smith, N., and Rickard, L. (2022, December 4-8th). Site Suitability Analysis for RAS Development in Maine: Exploring the social-ecological spatial dimension of recirculating aquaculture systems [Oral presentation]. 2022 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

  • Smith, N., and Rickard, L. (2023, June 11-15th). Restorative RAS: Exploring the spatial dimensions of adaptive reuse for recirculating aquaculture systems in Maine [Oral presentation]. 2022 IASNR Conference, Portland, Maine, U.S.A..

  • Smith, N., and Rickard, L., & Johnson, B. (2023, December 5-9th). Community Change, Trust, Information, and Cooperation with Recirculating Aquaculture System Developments [Oral presentation]. 2023 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

  • Smith, N., and Rickard, L. (2024, February 19th-21st). From Conflict to Collaboration: Exploring the social and ecological dimensions of recirculating aquaculture system development through a mixed methods approach [Oral presentation]. Aquaculture America 2024, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

  • Bouchard, D., Hawkyard, M., Morefield, B., Smith, N., Tudor, M., Turner, S. (2024, February 19th-21st). Salty Talks Live! Sustainable Aquaculture Research At UMaine’s ARI [Panel discussion]. Aquaculture America 2024, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

  • Frederick, C., and Smith,N., (2024, February, 19th-21st) Aquaculture Extension in Maryland: Assessing Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards Land-based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) [Oral presentation]. Aquaculture America 2024, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

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