Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Marine Economics Publications

NATURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS

  1. Posadas, Benedict C. 2019. Economic Impacts of Coastal Hazards on Mississippi Commercial Oyster Fishery from 2005 to 2016. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics. Vol. 6: Issue 1, Article 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1115.

  2. **Posadas, Benedict C., and Benedict Kit A. Posadas, Jr. 2017. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery. Journal of Food Distribution Society, 48(1). 42-45. 

  3. **Posadas, Benedict C., and Benedict Kit A. Posadas, Jr. 2017. Economic Impacts of the Opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to the Mississippi Oyster Fishery. Mississippi State University Extension Service publication 2846- and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant publication MASGP-11-041. Mississippi State, Mississippi. 

  4. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2010. Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Gustav on Coastal Mississippi Seafood Processors and Dealers, Marinas and Livebait Dealers. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1190, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  5. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2010. Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Coastal Mississippi Charter Boats for Hire, Marinas and Livebait Dealers. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1185, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  6. **Posadas, Benedict C., Ruth A. Posadas, and William S. Perret. 2008. Estimating Economic Damages to Mississippi Commercial and Recreational Fishing Industries From Hurricane Katrina. In pages 131-144 Katherine McLaughlin (ed). Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards of Fishery Ecosystems. American Fisheries Society Symposium 64, Bethesda, Maryland.

  7. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2008. Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Commercial Fishing Fleet. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1165, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  8. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2007. Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Seafood Processing Plants and Dealer Houses. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 435. Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  9. Posadas, Benedict C. and Ruth A. Posadas.  2006.  Assessment of the Impacts of Katrina on Mississippi Commercial and Recreational Fisheries. Proceedings of the 13th Biennial International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade's Conference. Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

  1. Posadas, Benedict C. 2016. Wage Survey of Mississippi Shrimp Processing Plants. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Extension Program, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  2. Posadas, Benedict C. 2016. Wage Survey of Mississippi Oyster Processing Plants. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Extension Program, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  3. Posadas, Benedict C. 2015. Wage Survey of Alabama Oyster Processing Plants. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Extension Program, Biloxi, Mississippi.

 ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SEA GRANT PROGRAMS TRAINING MODULES

  1. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of Sea Grant Programs: Training Modules. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  2. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of Sea Grant Programs: Training Module I. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  3. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of Sea Grant Programs: Training Module II. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  4. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of Sea Grant Programs: Training Module III. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  5. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of Sea Grant Programs: Training Module IV. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

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ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SEA GRANT RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS

  1. Posadas, Benedict C. 2017. Employment and Incomes in Restaurants and Other Eating Places in the Gulf of Mexico and the  United States. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 23.

  2. Posadas, Benedict C. 2017. Fish and Seafood Markets Employment and Incomes in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 22.

  3. Posadas, Benedict C. 2017. Seafood Wholesaling Employment and Incomes in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 21. 

  4. Posadas, Benedict C. 2017. Seafood Processing Employment and Incomes in the Gulf of Mexico and the United States. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 20.

  5. Posadas, Benedict C. 2017. Commercial Fishing Employment in Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico and the United States. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 19.

  6. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2015. Suggested Approach in Estimating the Economic Impacts of Research, Education And Outreach Projects. Mississippi State University Extension Service publication 2883 and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant publication MASGC-14-035. Mississippi State, Mississippi. 

  7. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2014. Economic Sectors Targeted By The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Research, Extension, Education And Outreach Programs. Mississippi State University Extension Service publication 2849 and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant publication MASGC-14-007. Mississippi State, Mississippi. 

  8. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Sectors Targeted By Sea Grant Research, Education, and Outreach Programs. Abstract submitted to the 2014 Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 2-4, 2014.

  9. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Sectors Targeted By Sea Grant Research, Education, and Outreach Programs. Poster presented at the 2014 Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 2-4, 2014.

  10. Economic Impacts of Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Research, Education and Outreach Programs. Project website.

  11. Economic Impacts of the Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Research, Education, and Outreach Programs. Project website.

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

  1. Posadas, Benedict C. Economic Impacts of the Seafood Industry. Project website.

  2. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2018. Economic Contributions of the Mississippi Seafood Industry by Major Species in 2015.  MSU Extension Publication 3194 and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Publication MASGP-17-070. Mississippi State, Mississippi. 

  3. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2014. Economic Impacts of the Mississippi Seafood Industry in the Year 2009 by Major Species. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1209, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  4. Posadas, B.C. 2000. Economic Impact of Seafood Harvesting, Processing and Distribution in Mississippi: 1991, 1994, 1997. Unpublished report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi Sea Grant Extension Program, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  5. Posadas, Benedict C.  1996.  Economic Impact of Dockside Gaming on the Commercial Seafood Industry in Coastal Mississippi.  Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Publication Number 95-015.   Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  6. MSU-CREC. 1991. Preliminary Report on the Economic Impact of the Mississippi Seafood Industry. Unpublished report submitted to the Performance Evaluation Review Committee of the Mississippi Legislature. Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi.

OYSTER POSTHARVEST PROCESSING AND CONSUMPTION

  1. **Posadas, Benedict C., Ruth A. Posadas, and Linda S. Andrews. 2011. Consumer Preferences for Postharvest Processed Raw Oyster Products in Southern California. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1194, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  2. **Posadas, Benedict C. and Linda S. Andrews. 2011. Consumer Preferences for Irradiated Oysters. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1193, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  3. **Posadas, Benedict C. and Ruth A. Posadas. 2011. Consumer Preferences for Postharvest Processed Raw Oyster Products in Coastal Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1192, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  4. **Posadas, Benedict C. 2010. Economic Alternatives for Gulf of Mexico Oyster Processing Sector. Proceedings of the Special Symposium: Setting the Agenda for Food Marketing and Economics Research. 2010 Annual Conference (October 19, 2010). Co-Sponsored by: The Agribusiness, Food, & Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC) and the Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS).

  5. Posadas, Benedict C. and Ruth A. Posadas. 2004. Economic Models of Postharvest Processing Systems for Raw Oyster Products in the Gulf of Mexico States. Final report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  6. **Hanson, Terrill, Lisa House, S. Sureshwaran, Benedict Posadas and Angel Liu. 2003.Opinions of U.S. Consumers Toward Oysters: Results of A 2000-2001 Survey. Bulletin 1133, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  7. **Posadas, Benedict C., David D. Burrage, Jurij Homziak, and C. David Veal. 1993.Comparative Enterprise Budgets for Oyster Relaying in Mississippi. Cooperative Extension Service Publication 1848 and Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Publication Number 90-033. Mississippi State, Mississippi.

  8. Posadas, Benedict C., David D. Burrage, Jurij Homziak, and C. D. Veal. 1992. Oyster Relaying Enterprise Budgets. In The Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the Coastal Society, 13: 565-571.

  9. Burrage, D., B. Posadas, and C. D. Veal. 1991. Revitalizing a Northern Gulf Fishery: Costs Versus Benefits of Relaying Oysters. Technical report submitted to the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute, Newport, Oregon.

  10. Burrage, D., B. Posadas, and C. D. Veal. 1991. Revitalizing a Northern Gulf Fishery: Costs Versus Benefits of Relaying Oysters. National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute Publication No. NCRI-W-91-007, Newport, Oregon.

SHRIMP PROCESSING WASTES

  1. Waste Management Options For Mississippi Shrimp Processors. Compiled by the Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi, October, 1998.

COASTAL MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC ACCESS

  1. Burrage, D., C. Hollomon and B. C. Posadas. 2000. Mississippi Coastal Recreational Boating Access: Assessment and Projected Needs. Final report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, Mississippi.

  2. MSU-CREC. 1999. Assessment of Iberville Drive Boat Launch Facility. Final report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, Mississippi.

See publications of Dr. B.C. Posadas in horticulture and marine resource economics (Please note that the LINKS to all MAFES publications have been changed to http://www.mafes.msstate.edu/publications/): 

  1. Aquaculture Economics and Marketing 

  2. Fisheries Economics and Marketing 

  3. Horticulture Economics and Marketing 

  4. Natural and Technological Disasters 

  5. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources 

  6. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Extension

  7. MAFES and MSUES Publications 

  8. Working Papers in Marine Economics 

  9. Mississippi MarketMaker Newsletter