Anthony Charles, Saint Mary's University

Research

Bio-economic Modelling Coastal Management Decision-making Under Uncertainty Fishery Systems Natural Resource Management Ocean Management Resilience Assessment Sustainability Indicators

Latest papers

Corporations and financial institutions driving coastal conflicts involving Indigenous Peoples.
Ambio · 2026
COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries.
npj ocean sustainability · 2024
Human and climatic drivers affect spatial fishing patterns in a multiple-use marine protected area: The Galapagos Marine Reserve.
PloS one · 2020 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000
Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,117,056

All 24 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Corporations and financial institutions driving coastal conflicts involving Indigenous Peoples.

Villasante S, Verba JT, Relano V, Gómez S, Bakit J, Bennett NJ, Charles A, Calderón-Contreras R, Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Flores BM, Garibaldi LA, Pennino MG, Lopes PFM, Pascual U, Roskruge N, Flores-Díaz AC, Hernández Márquez Y, O'Brien K

Ambio2026

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02406-x PMID: 42126506

02

COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries.

Mangubhai S, Olguín-Jacobson C, Charles A, Cinner J, de Vos A, Graham RT, Ishimura G, Mills KE, Naggea J, Okamoto DK, O'Leary JK, Salomon AK, Rashid Sumaila U, White A, Micheli F

npj ocean sustainability2024

DOI: 10.1038/s44183-024-00100-7 PMID: 39711875

03

Human and climatic drivers affect spatial fishing patterns in a multiple-use marine protected area: The Galapagos Marine Reserve.

Castrejón M, Charles A

PloS one2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228094 PMID: 31971982

04

The dynamics of institutional innovation: Crafting co-management in small-scale fisheries through action research.

Léopold M, Thébaud O, Charles A

Journal of environmental management2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.112 PMID: 30798038

05

Counting on small-scale fisheries.

Pauly D, Charles A

Science (New York, N.Y.)2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/science.347.6219.242-b PMID: 25593177

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

$8,000,000

Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; vulnerability; viability; wellbeing; resilience; food security; asia; africa

$1,117,056

Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; vulnerability; viability; wellbeing; resilience; food security; asia; africa

$884,781

Sustainability of Fisheries, Coasts and Oceans - Integrated Systems Approaches

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Charles, Anthony

Keywords: sustainability indicators; resilience assessment; decision-making under uncertainty; fishery systems; natural resource management; ocean management; coastal management; bio-economic modelling

$186,000

Meeting Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges through Systems Research and Decision Support Models

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Charles, Anthony

$120,000

Crossing horizons: linking community conservation research and policy at the local at global scales

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Charles, Anthony T.

Keywords: movement; interaction; modelling movement; movement representation; cognition; perception; dance; digital media; interactive art; creativity and computing; movement experience; movement ethnography; workshop

$19,127

How "good" is marine conservation governance?: Development and testing of a framework for analyzing and enhancing the governance of marine protected areas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bennett, Nathan

Keywords: Governance; Governability; Political Ecology; Marine Protected Areas; Conservation; Management; Mexico; International

$74,575

OceanCanada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: Canada; oceans; sustainability; economics; social science; natural science

$2,500,645

PEOPLE in PLACES: An international conference on community involvement in integrated natural resource management

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Charles, Anthony T.

Keywords: integrated resource management; community based; participatory action research

$24,932

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Daniel Pauly

Department of Zoology at UBC

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bio-economic Modelling Dear Professor Charles, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Corporations and financial institutions driving coastal conflicts involving Indigenous Peoples." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Sustainability of Fisheries, Coasts and Oceans - Integrated Systems Approaches" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]