# Areas of special interest and accomplishments Environmental and Resource Economics, Globalization, Fish Trade and Sustainability, Applied Game Theory, Sustainable Development, Computational Economics. I currently focus on three related themes: 1. coastal and marine ecosystem valuation and bioeconomic (i.e., human-environmental) modeling of coastal and marine ecosystems that address topical issues such as the use of spatial marine protected areas as coastal and ocean management tools; 2. the analysis of the economic, social and food security issues related to threats to coastal and marine ecosystems such as climate change, ocean acidification and oil spills; and 3. the analysis of global coastal and marine ecosystem policy issues such as fisheries subsidies, illegal fishing, trade in fish and fisheries products, and their effects on marine conservation goals and policies. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cv.rashidsumaila.com/scholarly-and-professional-activities/areas-of-special-interest-and-accomplishments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.