Research

Publications

10. Raynor, J., S. Orofino, C. Costello, G. McDonald, J. Mayorga, and E. Sala (2025). “Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas.” Science 389: 392-395. [Full-text]

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Selected media coverage: The New York Times, NPR, Space.com, The Conversation

9. Lewis, L., J. Raynor, and L. Richardson (2024). “The nature of the beast: wildlife valuation from the iconic to the ordinary.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 16: 11.1-11.20. [Full-text]

8. G. McDonald, J. Bone, C. Costello, G. Englander, J. Raynor (2024). “Global expansion of marine protected areas and the redistribution of fishing effort.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(29): e2400592121. [Full-text]

7. Paolo, F., D. Kroodsma, J. Raynor, T. Hochberg, P. Davis, J. Cleary, L. Marsaglia, S. Orofino, C. Thomas, and P. Halpin. “Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea.” Nature 625: 85–91. [Full-text]

Selected media coverage: The Economist, Financial Times, The Conversation

6. Medoff, S., J. Lynham, and J. Raynor (2022). “Spillover benefits from the world’s largest fully protected MPA.” Science 20(378): 313-316. [Full-text]

Selected press: National Geographic, Nature, Bloomberg, BBC, Der Spiegel

5. Raynor, J., C. Grainger, and D. Parker (2021). “Wolves make roadways safer, generating large economic returns to predator conservation.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (22):e2023251118. [Full-text; Supplementary Information]

Selected press: The Atlantic, The Economist, Freakonomics Radio

4. Lynham, J., A. Nikolaev, J. Raynor, T. Vilela, J.C. Villaseñor-Derbez (2021). “Reply to ‘Catch rate composition affects assessment of protected area impacts’.” Nature Communications 12(1):1590. [Full-text]

3. Siders Z.A., N.D. Ducharme-Barth, F. Carvalho, D. Kobayashi, S. Martin, J. Raynor, T.T. Jones, and R.N.M. Ahrens. 2020. “Ensemble Random Forests as a tool for modeling rare occurrences.” Endangered Species Research 43:183-197. [Full-text]

2. Raynor, J. and D. Phaneuf. 2020. “Can Native Species Compete with Valuable Exotics? Valuing Ecological Changes in the Lake Michigan Recreational Fishery.” Journal of Great Lakes Research 46(3): 643-655. [Full-text by request]

1. Lynham, J., A. Nikolaev, J. Raynor, T. Vilela, J.C. Villaseñor-Derbez. 2020. “Impact of two of the world’s largest protected areas on longline fishery catch rates.” Nature Communications 11(1):979. [Full-text]

Last updated: July 24, 2025