Currently, he serves on the NOAA Science Advisory Board, on the advisory committee of the Marine Ecosystem Services (MARES) Program at Forest Trends, and is a member of the editorial council at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He is also a part-time employee of the U.S. EPA providing expert advice on the valuation of coral reefs. Recently, he served on a NRC committee to review the U.S. Ocean Research Priorities Plan and testified on the economic benefits of fishing cooperatives and individual transferable quotas to the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee of Commerce, Transportation, and Safety Committee of the U.S. Senate.
 
His merits include honorable mention for the "2000 Quality of Research Discovery Award" from the American Agricultural Economics Association for his article "The Bioeconomics of Spatial Exploitation in a Patchy Environment." He also received the "1999 Outstanding Dissertation Award."