Curriculum Vitae ~ Jim Cato

School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida
1053 McCarty D, PO Box 110230, Gainesville, FL 32611-0400 USA
Telephone: 352.392.7622, Fax 352.846.2856
email: jcato@ifas.ufl.edu

Experience

Senior Associate Dean and Director, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, 2003-present
Director, Florida Sea Grant College Program, University of Florida, 1982-present
Visiting Scientist, Fisheries Industries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome, Italy, 1998 (four months)
Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, 1982-present
Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, 1977-1981
Assistant Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, 1973-1977
Agricultural Economist, Natural Resource Economics Division, ERS, USDA, 1969-1973

Education

University of Florida, Gainesville, Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics, 1973
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, M.S. in Agricultural Economics, 1969
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, B.S. in Agricultural Economics, 1968

University, Professional, and Public Service

Kiwanis Club of Gator City, 1981 to Present (Senior Member)
Gator Tip-Off Club, 1988 to Present (President 1998)
University Senate 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
Faculty Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 1984, 1985
University Athletics Association Board of Directors, Inc., 1984, 1985
Blue Ribbon Marina Committee on Florida's Marina Policy and Submerged Land Lease Fee Schedule, Chairman, Appointed by Governor, 1982-83
Florida Institute of Oceanography, Advisory Board, 1985 to present
Aylesworth Foundation for the Advancement of Marine Sciences, Board of Directors, 1990 to present
Florida Aquaculture Interagency Coordinating Committee, 1989 to present
Florida Coastal Management Program, Citizens Advisory Committee, Appointed by Governor, 1993-1997
Florida Aquarium, Board of Directors, 1996 to 2002
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Scientific and Statistical Committee, Vice Chairman, 1977-1983, Chairman, 1984-1991
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Scientific and Statistical Committee, 1977-1981
Sea Grant Association, President, 1990, 1995-96
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Board on Oceans and Atmosphere, Executive Committee, 1990-1994

Sample Publications (of 166 total)

Cato, J. C. and C. A. Lima dos Santos. 1998. European Union 1997 Seafood Safety Ban: The Economic Impact on Bangladesh Shrimp Processing. Marine Resource Economics. 13(3):215-227.

Cato, J. C. 1998. Seafood Safety: Economics of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Programmes. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 381. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 70 Pp.

Cato, J.C., and C. A. Lima dos Santos. 2000. Costs to Upgrade the Bangladesh Frozen Shrimp Processing Sector to Adequate Technical and Sanitary Standards and to Maintain a HACCP Program. In The Economics of HACCP: New Studies of Costs and Benefits, L. Unnevehr, ed. St. Paul, MN: Eagan Press. Pp. 385-402.

Lopez, Mayra, Charles Adams, James C. Cato and Donald Sweat. 2002. Cost and Returns Budgets for an Intensive Zero Water-Exchange Shrimp Culture Demonstration Project in Nicaragua, 2001. Final Florida Sea Grant Report on USAID project. Gainesville: University of Florida. 28 pp.

Cato, James C. and Christopher L. Brown, editors. 2003. Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture & Conservation. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press. 395 pp.

Corbin, John, James C. Cato and Christopher L. Brown. 2003. Marine Ornamentals Industry 2001: Priority Recommendations for a Sustainable Future. In Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture and Conservation, James C. Cato and Christopher L. Brown, eds. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press. Pp. 3-9.

Cato, J. C., W. Steven Otwell and Agnés Saborío Coze. 2003. Nicaragua's Shrimp Subsector: Developing a Production Capacity and Export Market During Rapidly Changing Worldwide Safety and Quality Regulations. Final Report for the World Bank. Washington, D.C. 60pp.

Cato, J. C. An Investment in Florida's Future: Sea Grant Sponsored Graduate Education. Florida Sea Grant Technical Paper 117. Gainesville: University of Florida, November, 2004. 42 pp.

Adams, C.M., E. Hernandez and J.Cato. The Economic Significance of the Gulf of Mexico related to population, income, employment, minerals, fishes and shipping. Ocean and Coastal Management, Integrated Coastal Management in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem, Volume 47, Issues 11-12, Pp. 565-580. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2004.12.002. 2004.

Cato, J.C., W. Steven Otwell and Agnés Saborío Coze. 2004. Nicaragua's Shrimp Subsector: Developing a Production Capacity and Export Market During Rapidly Changing Worldwide Safety and Quality Regulations. Final Report for the World Bank. Washington, D.C. 60pp.

Cato, J.C. and S. Subasingh. 2004. An Overview of the Bangladesh Shrimp Industry with Emphasis on the Safety and Quality of Exported Products. Final Report of the World Bank. Washington. D.C. 37pp.

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