
Associate Professor
Extension Specialist
334-844-9207
hansontr@auburn.edu
Field of Specialization
Aquaculture Economics
- Professional Affiliations
- Special Honors & Awards
- Research
- Publications
- American Agricultural Economics Association
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association
- International Association of Aquacultural Economics and Management
- IAAEM newsletter editor, 2005 – present - World Aquaculture Society
- U.S. Aquaculture Society
- U.S. Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association
- Nominated for the 2007 Rosalind and Rodney Foil Teamwork Award, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Research Award Gamma Sigma Delta, Mississippi State University
- Nominated for the 2007 Research Award Gamma Sigma Delta, Mississippi State University
- International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management Certificate of Appreciation – IAAEM Newsletter Editor, February, 2007.
- American Agricultural Economics Association’s (AAEA) 2005 Distinguished Extension Award: Group Award
- Nominated for the MSUniversity Alumni Association 2005 Research Award
- Awarded the 2004 Distinguished Service Award by the Catfish Farmers of MS
- One of top six journal articles in 2001 submitted to the North American Journal of Aquaculture
- Member Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Member Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars
- Elected to Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture, 1985
- Awarded the Doane Art Prize for Painting, Allegheny College, 1977
- Assessment of the feasibility of reducing risks to U.S. aquaculture industries
- Investigation of catfish feed protein levels and economic impact to producers
- Economic impact of best management practices on catfish diseases
- Farm management and aquacultural costs of production
- Costs and benefits of controlling off-flavor in the U.S. catfish industry
- Estimation of bird depredation damage to the commercial catfish industry
- Consumer demand for aquaculture and seafood products
- Costs and benefits of ESC vaccination of catfish fingerlings
- Use of satellite imagery and GIS softwares to develop catfish acreage layers
- Welfare valuation of inherited traits in aquacultured catfish
- Impact of improved NWAC-103 strain of channel catfish to the industry
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