Education
- J.D., 1999, University of Washington
- M.M.A., 1993, School of Marine Affairs
- B.S., 1989, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, with specialization in Fisheries Biology, U.C. Davis
Specialties
- Environmental law
- Environmental policy analysis
- Management institutions and organizational behavior
- Integration of science and law in natural resource management
Additional Background
Beth is currently managing the NEPA Compliance Project at SMA, which was established in December 2002 with grants from NOAA Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Her research is examining how NOAA Fisheries scientists are responding to the challenge of managing North Pacific living marine resources within a complex multi-statutory regulatory regime and during a time of increasing litigation pressure. She is conducting workshops, publishing research papers, training students, and developing procedures and informational tools that will help NOAA Fisheries and the NPFMC meet legal requirements in this area.
After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in 1999, Beth served as a judicial clerk at the Washington State Court of Appeals, where she researched cases and drafted judicial opinions on a wide variety of subjects. She has also done various fisheries-related work projects for government, private companies, and non-profit organizations.
Selected Publications
Bryant, Beth C. NEPA Compliance in Fisheries Management: The Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Alaskan Groundfish Fisheries and Implications for NEPA Reform. 30 Harvard Environmental Law Review 441 (2006).
Bryant, Beth C., and Dan Huppert. "Why 'Separating Science and Management' Confuses the Debate over Management Reform in U.S. Fisheries." Fisheries(31):127-129 (2006).
Bryant, Beth C. Forensic Fisheries Science: Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research. Marine Fisheries Review 66(1) (2005).
Bryant, Beth C. FERC's Dam Decommissioning Authority Under the Federal Power Act, 74 Washington Law Review 95 (1999).
Bryant, Beth C. The Regional Marine Research Program (RMRP): A New Approach to Marine Research Planning. Coastal Management 21(4): 327-332 (1993).
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