July 30, 2012

Matt Reimer, a doctoral student in the Agricultural and Resource Economics graduate program, was recently honored at the 16th Biennial Meeting of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET).

Reimer won the Best Student Paper Prize in a competition sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The award included a cash prize and travel support to attend the meeting, which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Reimer's paper is entitled "Unraveling the Multiple Margins of Rent Generation from ITQ Fisheries". For more information about Reimer's paper, go online.

IIFET was formed in 1982 as a forum for economists interested in fisheries economics issues. It meets very two years at locations alternating between developed and developing countries.