About Kasperski Consulting
Kasperski Consulting specializes in providing expert economic and social consulting services tailored to the seafood and natural resources sectors. Our work explores the economics of multispecies and ecosystem-based management, the economic and social impacts of fisheries management decisions, and the impact of climate change on, and risk management strategies for, fishermen and fishing communities. We have previously developed performance metrics of North Pacific Catch Share Programs, conducted community participation analyses for use in Social Impact Analyses (SIAs) prepared for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) as well as for the Annual Community Engagement and Participation Overview (ACEPO) report and webtool, facilitated stakeholder engagement and participatory modeling workshops, produced annual revenue nowcast estimates of current year groundfish and crab revenues for NPFMC Total Allowable Catch (TAC) determination, and led the recent NMFS Alaska Seafood Snapshot report.
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Peer Reviewed Publications and Reports
Our consultants have published 47 peer reviewed journal articles and 24 government reports.
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Citations
Our consultants prior publications have been cited over 1,500 times by other researchers.
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Professional presentations and workshops hosted
We have a diverse experience presenting our work to fishery management agencies, non-profit groups, scientific audiences, open public meetings, corporations, Tribal entities, industry cooperatives and associations, and other stakeholder groups.
Before starting Kasperski Consulting, Steve was an economist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center from 2009-2025 and was the program manager of the Economic and Social Sciences Research Program from 2017-2021. He graduated from Colby College with a B.A. in Economics with a concentration in financial markets and went on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland. He and his family live in the small mountain community of Plain, WA (“downtown” pictured above).