Curriculum Vitae
Z. Teresa A’mar
Email: zta at myuw dot net
NOAA Fisheries, AFSC, F/AKC2,
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349, USA
Tel: 1-206-526-4068 Fax:
1-206-526-6723
Education
- 2009: Ph.D. Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM),
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 2004: M.S. Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM),
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Graduate coursework included: Quantitative fishery science,
Fisheries stock assessment,
Advanced
analysis in fisheries stock assessment, Mathematical biology and
population dynamics,
Statistical inference, Advanced theory of statistical inference,
Time series analysis, Age-structured Modeling for Fisheries
Applications, Numerical computing for fisheries assessment
& management,
Ecological modeling and spatial analysis, Analysis of ecological and
environmental data, Applied statistics and experimental design,
Estimation of population parameters,
Applied microeconomics for marine affairs, Economics of Living Marine
Resources, Marine resource conservation
and management, Conservation and
management: sharks and rays of the Puget Basin
- 1989: B.S. Applied Mathematics, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California
Professional Positions
- 2009 - present: Operations Research Analyst, REFM,
NOAA Fisheries - AFSC, Seattle, Washington
- 2009 - 2009: Research Associate, SAFS,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 2004 - 2009: Ph.D.-level Graduate Research Assistant, QERM,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 2001 - 2004: M.S.-level Graduate Research Assistant, QERM,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 1998 - 2001: Software Engineer, Philips Medical Systems - ATL
Ultrasound, Bothell,
Washington
- 1994 - 1998: Software Engineer, MAJIQ, Redmond, Washington
- 1992 - 1994: Software Engineer, SAIC, San Diego, California
- 1991 - 1992: Applied Mathematician, Titan Corporation, San Diego,
California
- 1989 - 1990: Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst, CSC/NASA Ames,
Moffett Field, California
- 1988 - 1989: Computer Programmer, JPL, Pasadena, California
- Summer 1987: Computer Programmer, Aerojet, Downey, California
- 1987: Computer Programmer, Aberdeen Proving Ground/BRL, Aberdeen,
Maryland
- Summer 1986: Computer Programmer, Aerojet, Tustin, California
Peer-reviewed Publications
Holtgrieve, G.W., Schindler, D.E., Branch, T.A., and A’mar,
Z.T. In review. Simultaneous quantification of aquatic ecosystem
metabolism and re-aeration using a Bayesian statistical model of
oxygen dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography.
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn. In press. Incorporating
ecosystem forcing through predation into a Management Strategy
Evaluation for the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock (Theragra
chalcogramma) fishery. Fisheries Research.
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn. In press. The
impact of regime shifts on the performance of management
strategies for the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
Hollowed, A.B., Bond, N.A., Wilderbuer, T.K., Stockhausen,
W.T., A’mar, Z.T., Beamish, R.J., Overland, J.E., and
Schirripa, M.J. 2009. A framework for modelling fish and
shellfish responses to future climate change. ICES Journal
of Marine Science, 66: 1584-1594.
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn. 2009. The
evaluation of two management strategies for the Gulf of Alaska
walleye pollock fishery under climate change. ICES Journal of
Marine Science, 66: 1614-1632.
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn. 2008. The Management
Strategy Evaluation Approach and the Fishery for Walleye Pollock in the
Gulf of Alaska.
Pages 317-346. In: Kruse, G.H., Drinkwater, K., Ianelli, J.N., Link,
J.S.,
Stram, D.L., Wespestad, V., and Woodby, D. [Eds.] Proceedings of 24th
Lowell
Wakefield Fisheries Symposium: Resiliency of Gadid Stocks to Fishing
and
Climate Change. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK.
A’mar, Z.T., and A.E. Punt. 2005. Minimum Stock Size Thresholds: How
well can we detect whether stocks are below them? Pages 487-505. In: G.
Kruse, V. F. Gallucci, D. E. Hay, R. I. Perry, R. M. Peterman, T. C.
Shirley, P. D. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Woodby, editors. Proceedings
of 21st Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium: Assessment and management
of new and developed fisheries in data-limited situations. Alaska Sea
Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK.
Technical Reports
A’mar, Z.T. 2009. "A Management Strategy Evaluation of the
harvest policies of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
used for the fishery for walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
in the Gulf of Alaska", Ph.D. Thesis. 257pp. University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn. 2006. "The Management
Strategy Evaluation Approach and the Fishery for Walleye Pollock in the
Gulf of Alaska," 2006 Proceedings of the American Statistical
Association, Statistics and the Environment Section [CD-ROM],
Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association: 8pp.
Stockhausen, W.T., B.J. Turnock, Z.T. A’mar, M.E. Wilkins and M.H.
Martin. 2005. "Dover Sole" In: Plan Team for
Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (editor), Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation Report for the Groundfish Resources of the Gulf
of Alaska as Projected for 2006, Chapter 4 Appendix. 48 pp. North
Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar. 2005. "Rex Sole" In: Plan Team for
Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (editor), Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation Report for the Groundfish Resources of the Gulf
of Alaska as Projected for 2006, Chapter 5. 36pp. North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar. 2004. "Dover Sole" In: Plan Team for
Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (editor), Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation Report for the Groundfish Resources of the Gulf
of Alaska as Projected for 2005, Chapter 4 Appendix. 32 pp. North
Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar. 2004. "Rex Sole" In: Plan Team for
Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (editor), Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation Report for the Groundfish Resources of the Gulf
of Alaska as Projected for 2005, Chapter 4 Appendix. 42pp. North
Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501
A’mar, Z.T. 2004. "Quantifying Error and Uncertainty in Fishery Stock
Assessment Models", M.S. Thesis. 108pp. University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
98195
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar. 2003. "Dover Sole" In: Plan Team for
Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (editor), Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation Report for the Groundfish Resources of the Gulf
of Alaska as Projected for 2004, Chapter 4 Appendix. 28pp. North
Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501
Presentations
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The impact on management
performance of climate change for the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock
fishery"
Developing Practical and Innovative Strategies for Marine Climate Change
Impacts Assessment and Management (IMAGINE) workshop
International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) meeting on "Making
Marine Science Matter"
20 - 24 May 2009, Washington, D.C., USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "Management Strategy Evaluation
and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery: incorporating climate
variability"
Workshop 2 & 3: Linking Global Climate Model output to (a) trends
in commercial species productivity and (b) changes in broader
biological communities in the world's oceans
ICES/PICES/IOC Symposium on "Effects of Climate Change on the World
Oceans"
18 - 23 May 2008, Gijón, Spain
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
NOAA Fisheries National Stock Assessment Workshop 10
6 - 8 May 2008, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "Management Strategy Evaluation
and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery: including environmental
change"
UW/NWFSC/AFSC Quantitative Fisheries Mini-workshop
10 October 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "Evaluating the effects of
ecosystem changes on the management of the fishery for walleye pollock
in the Gulf of Alaska"
Session 43 - Ecosystem modeling applications in fishery management
American Fisheries Society (AFS) annual meeting
2 - 6 September 2007, San Francisco, California, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The impact on management
performance of including indicators of decadal change in management
strategies for the fishery for walleye pollock in the Gulf of Alaska"
NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) annual PI meeting
27 - 28 August 2007, San Jose, California, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
The 6th R.O.K. – U.S. Panel Conference on Fisheries Sciences
24 - 26 July 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery: the
effects of climate forcing"
PICES and NPRB Workshop on Forecasting Climate Impacts on Future
Production of Commercially Exploited Fish and Shellfish
19 - 20 July 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
PICES/ICES Early Career Scientists Conference: "New Frontiers in Marine
Science"
26 - 29 June 2007, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
24th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium: "Resiliency of Gadid Stocks
to Fishing and Climate Change"
31 October - 3 November 2006, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
FIS Workshop W2: Linking climate to trends in productivity of key
commercial species in the subarctic Pacific
15th North Pacific Marine Research Organization (PICES) annual meeting
13 - 22 October 2006, Yokohama, Japan
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
Invited talk
American Statistical Association Joint Statistical meeting (with IBS,
IMS, and SSC)
6 - 10 August 2006, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
UW/NWFSC/AFSC Quantitative Fisheries Mini-workshop
17 May 2006, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
NOAA Fisheries National Stock Assessment Workshop 9
18 - 20 April 2006, San Francisco, California, USA
A’mar, Z.T., A.E. Punt, and M.W. Dorn, "The Management Strategy
Evaluation approach and the Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
14th Western Groundfish Conference
30 January - 3 February 2006, Newport, Oregon, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "Management Strategy Evaluations and the
Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Groundfish Plan Team meeting
21 September 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "Management Strategy Evaluations and the
Gulf of Alaska walleye pollock fishery"
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Scientific and Statistical
Committee
Workshop on Multispecies and Ecosystem Modeling
9 February 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar, "2005 Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation Report for Gulf of Alaska Rex Sole"
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Plan Team Meeting
16 September 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "Estimating hypervariances using ADMB"
UW/NWFSC/AFSC Quantitative Fisheries Mini-workshop
20 May 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "Minimum Stock Size Thresholds: How Well Can
We Detect Whether Stocks Are Below Them?"
14th Graduate Student Symposium, School of Aquatic and Fishery Science,
University of Washington
13 November 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "Minimum Stock Size Thresholds: How Well Can
We Detect Whether Stocks Are Below Them?"
21st Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium: "Assessment and Management
of New and Developed Fisheries in Data-limited Situations"
22 - 25 October 2003, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Turnock, B.J. and Z.T. A’mar, "2004 Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation Report for Gulf of Alaska Dover Sole"
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Plan Team Meeting
11 September 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA
A’mar, Z.T. and A.E. Punt, "The ABDs of Model Selection"
UW/NWFSC/AFSC Quantitative Fisheries Mini-workshop
12 June 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA
Additional Conferences and Workshops Attended
"Recipes for adaptation: marine management under climate change and ocean acidification"
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) and Conservation International workshop
18 - 19 May 2009, Washington, D.C., USA
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB) 50th anniversary symposium
13 - 15 February 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
2005 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and
Student Research Conference
3 - 6 November 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA
13th North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) annual meeting
14 - 24 October 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
"Beyond Hypothesis Testing: An introduction to Bayesian and
information-theoretic methods for the analysis of ecological data"
The Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Committee of the
Washington Forest and Fish Adaptive Management Program
23 - 24 October 2002, Lacey, Washington, USA
"Using ADMB to Fit Generalized Nonlinear Models"
NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
20 - 23 May 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA
Computer Skills
- Languages: C, Java, Fortran, SQL, PL/I, PostScript, Pascal,
bash, csh, Basic
- Analysis software packages: R, S-plus, AD Model Builder, Matlab
- Operating systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, UNIX (many
variants), Linux, MacOS, DOS, VOS, OS/2
Memberships and Affiliations
American Fisheries Society
American Statistical Association
Resource Modeling Association
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
Caltech Alumni Association
Awards
NASA travel grant
University of Washington Graduate School Fund for Excellence and
Innovation (GSFEI) travel grant
North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) travel grant
Field Experience
NOAA-AFSC Aleutian Islands Atka mackerel tagging cruise: Kiska and
Seguam
Cruise PE200601
F/V Pacific Explorer
8 - 21 July 2006
NOAA-AFSC Gulf of Alaska Echo-integration trawl (EIT) Survey: 3rd leg,
Shelikof Strait
Cruise MF-05-05
NOAA R/V Miller Freeman
22 March - 4 April 2005