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Gilbert Sylvia


gil.sylvia [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-867-0284

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Hatfield Marine Science Center 2030 SE Marine Science Drive

Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365

Research Areas: Fishery and aquaculture management and policy, seafood marketing, and bioeconomic modeling

Gil Sylvia is a Marine Resource Economist, former Director of the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station (COMES), and Professor Emeritus in the department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University.  His research focuses on fishery and aquaculture management and policy, seafood marketing, and bioeconomic modeling.  Gil has published in numerous economic and fishery management journals and consulted in a variety of national and international fishery and aquaculture projects.   

In his 21 years as Director of COMES, the largest applied marine research group in Oregon, Gil worked closely with the fishing/seafood industry, coastal communities, and management agencies to increase benefits from utilizing and sustaining West Coast marine resources. COMES partnerships and signature programs included the Pacific Whiting Project, Molluscan Broodstock Program, Marine Mammal Institute, Community Seafood Initiative, Surimi Technology School, Astoria Seafood Laboratory, Salmon Ecology Initiative, and Project CROOS (Collaborative Research on Oregon Ocean Salmon).  Since its establishment in 1988, COMES research has generated more than $100 million in economic impacts and produced more than 300 jobs for Oregon and Pacific Northwest coastal communities.