Barbara Hutniczak Ph.D.

Branch Manager

Overview

The Fisheries Regulations and Data Services Branch (FRDSB) Manager leads the annual revision of the IPHC Fishery Regulations; serves as the primary advisor to the IPHC’s Executive Director on 1) fisheries policy matters arising from the Contracting Parties, and 2) socio-economic aspects of Pacific halibut fisheries; and provides leadership and management oversight of services for fisheries data entry, storage and distribution, and otolith ageing.

The FRDSB manager is responsible for personnel management of a team currently consisting of six FTE’s organized in two teams:

Fisheries Data Services
Otolith Ageing Services

Various team members have percentages of their time assigned to FRDSB activities, and the FRDSB manager is required to coordinate time usage with managers from other branches.

Background

Fisheries Economist for the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Nov 2019- Sept 2021
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2017–2019
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), 2015–2017

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern Denmark, 2011-2014
M.Sc., Environmental and Resource Management, University of Southern Denmark, 2009-2011
B.Sc., Oceanography, University of Gdansk, 2006-2009

Publications

Hutniczak, B. 2022. Assessing cross-regional flows of economic benefits: A case study of Pacific halibut commercial fishing in Alaska. Fisheries Research 255: 106449
Hutniczak, B. 2022. Efficient updating of regional supply and use tables with the national-level statistics. Journal of Economic Structures 11: 16
Hutniczak, B. and F. Meere. 2020. International Co-operation as a Key Tool to Prevent IUU Fishing and Disputes over It. International Community Law Review 22(3-4): 439-448
Hutniczak, B. 2019. Coordination between RFMOs on mutual recognition of IUU vessel lists. Marine Policy 107: 103596
Delpeuch, C. and B. Hutniczak. 2019. Encouraging policy change for sustainable and resilient fisheries. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers. OECD Publishing, Paris
Hutniczak, B., C. Delpeuch and A. Leroy. 2019. Closing Gaps in National Regulations Against IUU Fishing. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers. OECD Publishing, Paris
Hutniczak, B., C. Delpeuch and A. Leroy. 2019. Intensifying the Fight Against IUU Fishing at the Regional Level. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers. OECD Publishing, Paris
Hutniczak, B., D. Lipton, J. Wiedenmann and M. Wilberg. Valuing Changes in Frequency of Fish Stock Assessments. 2019. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(9): 1640-1652
Hutniczak, B., N. Vestergaard and D. Squires. 2019. Policy Change Anticipation in the Buyback Context. Environmental and Resource Economics 73: 111–132
Hutniczak, B. and A. Münch. 2018. Fishermen’s Location Choice under Spatio-temporal Update of Expectations. Journal of Choice Modelling 28: 124-136
Martini, R., J. Innes, W. Nam, B. Hutniczak, C. Delpeuch and A. Leroy. 2017 OECD Review of Fisheries. OECD Publishing, Paris
Yun, S., B. Hutniczak, J. Abbott and E. Fenichel. 2017. Ecosystem-based management and the wealth of ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: 6539-6544
Hutniczak, B. 2015. Modeling heterogeneous fleet in an Ecosystem Based Management Context. Ecological Economics 120: 203-214
Hutniczak, B. 2014. Increasing Pressure on Unregulated Species due to Changes in Individual Vessel Quotas: an Empirical Application to Trawler Fishing in the Baltic Sea. Marine Resource Economics 29(3): 201-217
Hutniczak, B. 2012. Recovery of the Eastern Baltic Cod Fishery: Perspectives Revealed through Bioeconomic Modelling. Journal of Management and Sustainability 2(1): 3-15
Hutniczak, B. and L. Grønbæk Kronbak. 2011. The Two-sector Economic Problem of Persistent Organic Pollution and Baltic Sea Salmon Fisheries. Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development 6 (1): 113-132