Jie Cao

Li, G., Cao, Y., Cao, J., Chen, X., & Zou, X. (2025). A Simulation Study to Assess Impacts of Habitat-Dependent Parameters of Surplus Production Model on Stock Assessment of Chilean Jack Mackerel in the Southeast Pacific Ocean. JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA, 24(1), 169–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-025-5873-4

Liu, H., Zhang, P., Cao, J., Yu, W., & Chen, X. (2025, January 7). Long-Term Variability in the Southwest Atlantic Marine Fishery Ecosystems in Relation to Climate Change. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12721

Yan, H., Zhou, C., Gilman, E., Cao, J., Wan, R., Zhang, F., … Tian, S. (2024, October 10). A Meta-Analysis of Bycatch Mitigation Methods for Sea Turtles Vulnerable to Swordfish and Tuna Longline Fisheries. FISH AND FISHERIES, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12865

Rocco, A. J., Cao, J., Li, Y., & Lee, L. M. (2024). Evaluating impacts of environmental stress and bioactive chemicals on the North Carolina blue crab population: An individual-based model. MARINE AND COASTAL FISHERIES, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10286

Damiano, M. D., Shertzer, K. W., & Cao, J. (2024). Exploring tradeoffs in southeast United States marine fisheries management using management strategy evaluation. FISHERIES RESEARCH, 275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107028

Shertzer, K., Crosson, S., Williams, E., Cao, J., Devictor, R., Dumas, C., & Nesslage, G. (2024, January 20). Fishery management strategies for Red Snapper in the southeastern US Atlantic: A spatial population model to compare approaches. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10966

Feng, Z., Li, N., Chen, X., Li, Y., Cao, J., & Yu, W. (2024, August 27). Nonstationary response of commercially pelagic species in the Humboldt current ecosystem to climate variability. REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09890-y

Guo, S., Zhou, C., Wan, R., Cao, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Numerical simulation-based hydrodynamic interaction of bottom-set gillnet with current and ecological implications. OCEAN ENGINEERING, 293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.116601

Brooks, J., Buckel, J., & Cao, J. (2024). Quantifying intra-annual changes in abundance and distribution to identify the magnitude and scale of potential mortality events. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.109009

Cao, J., Craig, J. K., & Damiano, M. D. (2024). Spatiotemporal dynamics of Atlantic reef fishes off the southeastern US coast. ECOSPHERE, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4868

Damiano, M. D., Karnauskas, M., Merten, W., & Cao, J. (2024). Spatiotemporal dynamics of dolphinfish<i> (Coryphaena</i><i> hippurus)</i> in the western Atlantic Ocean. FISHERY BULLETIN, 122(1-2), 26–43. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.122.1-2.3

Olmos, M., Cao, J., Thorson, J. T., Punt, A. E., Monnahan, C. C., Alglave, B., & Szuwalski, C. (2023). A step towards the integration of spatial dynamics in population dynamics models: Eastern Bering Sea snow crab as a case study. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110484

Damiano, M., Wager, B., Rocco, A., Shertzer, K. W. W., Murray, G. D. D., & Cao, J. (2023, May 16). Integrating information from semi-structured interviews into management strategy evaluation: a case study for Southeast United States marine fisheries (vol 9, 1063260, 2022). FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1205418

Zhou, C., Hu, Y., Cao, J., Xu, L., Wang, X., Wan, R., … Tang, H. (2022). Comparison of nominal and standardized catch per unit effort data in quantifying habitat suitability of skipjack tuna in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA, 41(3), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1922-z

Damiano, M., Wager, B., Rocco, A., Shertzer, K., Murray, G., & Cao, J. (2022). Integrating information from semi-structured interviews into management strategy evaluation: a case study for Southeast United States marine fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1063260

Cao, J., & Chen, Y. (2022). Modeling time-varying natural mortality in size-structured assessment models. Fisheries Research, 250, 106290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106290

Cao, J., Wang, X., Damiano, M. D., Zhou, C., & Zhu, J. (2021). A Bayesian Multilevel Ordinal Regression Model for Fish Maturity Data: Difference in Maturity Ogives of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Between Schools in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.736462

Sutherland, S. A., von Haefen, R. H., Eggleston, D. B., & Cao, J. (2021). Economic valuation of submerged aquatic vegetation within the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary [Final Report]. Albermarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP).

Runde, B. J., Buckel, J. A., Rudershausen, P. J., Mitchell, W. A., Ebert, E., Cao, J., & Taylor, J. C. (2021). Evaluating the Effects of a Deep-Water Marine Protected Area a Decade After Closure: A Multifaceted Approach Reveals Equivocal Benefits to Reef Fish Populations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.775376

Zhou, C., Wan, R., Cao, J., Xu, L., Wang, X., & Zhu, J. (2021). Spatial variability of bigeye tuna habitat in the Pacific Ocean: Hindcast from a refined ecological niche model. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY, 30(1), 23–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12500

Huang, H., Zhou, C., Xu, L., Zhu, J., Wang, X., & Cao, J. (2021). Spatial variation in bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus size at sexual maturity in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2021.11.003

Hodgdon, C. T., Tanaka, K. R., Runnebaum, J., Cao, J., & Chen, Y. (2020). A framework to incorporate environmental effects into stock assessments informed by fishery-independent surveys: a case study with American lobster (Homarus americanus). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, 77(10), 1700–1710. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0076

Runnebaum, J., Tanaka, K. R., Guan, L., Cao, J., O'Brien, L., & Chen, Y. (2020). Predicting bycatch hotspots based on suitable habitat derived from fishery-independent data. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 641, 159–175. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13302

Tanaka, K. R., Cao, J., Shank, B. V., Truesdell, S. B., Mazur, M. D., Xu, L., & Chen, Y. (2019). A model-based approach to incorporate environmental variability into assessment of a commercial fishery: a case study with the American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE, 76(4), 884–896. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz024

Cao, J., Thorson, J. T., Punt, A. E., & Szuwalski, C. (2019). A novel spatiotemporal stock assessment framework to better address fine‐scale species distributions: Development and simulation testing. Fish and Fisheries, 21(2), 350–367. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12433

Ding, Q., Cao, J., & Chen, X. (2019). Stock assessment of the western winter-spring cohort of <em>Ommastrephes bartramii</em> in the Northwest Pacific Ocean using a Bayesian hierarchical DeLury model based on daily natural mortality during 2005-2015. Scientia Marina, 83(2), 155. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04783.10a

Li, B., Cao, J., Guan, L., Mazur, M., Chen, Y., & Wahle, R. A. (2018). Estimating spatial non-stationary environmental effects on the distribution of species: a case study from American lobster in the Gulf of Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(4), 1473–1482. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy024

Zhao, J., Cao, J., Tian, S., Chen, Y., & Zhang, S. (2018). Evaluating Sampling Designs for Demersal Fish Communities. Sustainability, 10(8), 2585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082585

Runnebaum, J., Guan, L., Cao, J., O’Brien, L., & Chen, Y. (2018). Habitat suitability modeling based on a spatiotemporal model: an example for cusk in the Gulf of Maine. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(11), 1784–1797. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0316

Wang, J., Chen, X., Tanaka, K., Cao, J., & Chen, Y. (2017). Environmental influences on commercial oceanic ommastrephid squids: a stock assessment perspective. Scientia Marina, 81(1), 37. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04497.25b

Cao, J., Chen, Y., & Richards, R. A. (2017). Improving assessment of <i>Pandalus</i> stocks using a seasonal, size-structured assessment model with environmental variables. Part I: Model description and application. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(3), 349–362. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0020

Cao, J., Chen, Y., & Richards, R. A. (2017). Improving assessment of <i>Pandalus</i> stocks using a seasonal, size-structured assessment model with environmental variables. Part II: Model evaluation and simulation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(3), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0021

Zhao, J., Cao, J., Tian, S., Chen, Y., Zhang, S., & Zhou, X. (2017). Influence of sampling frequency on detectability of fish community and fish species in a fishery-independent survey. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2(2), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2017.03.003

Cao, J., Thorson, J. T., Richards, R. A., & Chen, Y. (2017). Spatiotemporal index standardization improves the stock assessment of northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(11), 1781–1793. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0137

Guan, L., Chen, Y., Staples, K. W., Cao, J., & Li, B. (2017). The influence of complex structure on the spatial dynamics of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74(9), 2379–2388. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx064

Cao, J., Guan, W., Truesdell, S., Chen, Y., & Tian, S. (2016). An individual-based probabilistic model for simulating fisheries population dynamics. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 1, 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2016.10.001

Li, B., Cao, J., & Zhu, J. F. (2016). Analyzing population dynamics of Indian Ocean albacore (Thunnus alalunga) using Bayesian state-space production model (Report No. IOTC-2016-WPTmT06-24). Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.

Li, G., Cao, J., Zou, X., Chen, X., & Runnebaum, J. (2016). Modeling habitat suitability index for Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) in the South East Pacific. Fisheries Research, 178, 47–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.11.012

Liu, B. L., Cao, J., Truesdell, S. B., Chen, Y., Chen, X. J., & Tian, S. Q. (2016). Reconstructing cephalopod migration with statolith elemental signatures: a case study using Dosidicus gigas. Fisheries Science, 82(3), 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-016-0978-8

Cao, J., Chen, Y., Dai, X. J., & Zhu, J. F. (2016). Stock Assessment for south Pacific albacore tuna using stock synthesis. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, scientific committee twelfth regular session. Presented at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, scientific committee twelfth regular session, Bali, Indonesia.

Cao, J., Runnebaum, J., Tanaka, K., Boenish, R., Dayton, A., Guan, L., … Chen, Y. (2016). Technical Minutes of the Review Group on the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Waters Advice Drafting Group: Review of ICES Bay of Biscay and Iberian Waters Ecoregion Working Group 2015. Orono, ME: ICES Bay of Biscay and Iberian Waters Ecoregion Working Group.

Cao, J., Runnebaum, J., Tanaka, K., Boenish, R., Dayton, A., Guan, L., … Chen, Y. (2016). Technical Minutes of the Review Group on the Joint NAFO/ICES Pandalus Assessment Working group on the three Pandulas stocks in Skagerrak and Norwegian Deep, Barent Sea, and Fladen Ground. Orono, ME: Joint NAFO/ICES Pandalus Assessment Working group.

Li, B., Cao, J., Chang, J.-H., Wilson, C., & Chen, Y. (2015). Evaluation of Effectiveness of Fixed-Station Sampling for Monitoring American Lobster Settlement. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35(5), 942–957. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2015.1074961

Cao, J., Tanaka, K., Runnebaum, J., Boenish, R., Guan, L., Li, B., … Chen, Y. (2015). Technical Minutes of the Review Group for the Celtic Sea Advice Drafting Group: Review of ICES Widely Working Group 2014. Orono, ME: Celtic Sea Advice Drafting Group.

Cao, J., Chen, X., & Tian, S. (2014). A Bayesian hierarchical DeLury model for stock assessment of the west winter-spring cohort of neon flying squid (<i>Ommastrephes bartramii</i>) in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 91(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2014.1020

Zhao, J., Cao, J., Tian, S., Chen, Y., Zhang, S., Wang, Z., & Zhou, X. (2014). A comparison between two GAM models in quantifying relationships of environmental variables with fish richness and diversity indices. Aquatic Ecology, 48(3), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-014-9484-1

Cao, J., Chen, Y., Chang, J.-H., & Chen, X. (2014). An evaluation of an inshore bottom trawl survey design for American lobster (<i>Homarus americanus</i>) using
computer simulations. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 46, 27–39. https://doi.org/10.2960/j.v46.m696

Cao, J., Truesdell, S. B., & Chen, Y. (2014). Impacts of seasonal stock mixing on the assessment of Atlantic cod in the Gulf of Maine. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71(6), 1443–1457. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu066

Truesdell, S., Cao, J., Dayton, A., Guan, L., Li, B., Liu, B., … Chen, Y. (2014). Technical Minutes of the Review Group for the Celtic Sea Advice Drafting Group: Review of ICES Celtic Sea Working Group 2013. Orono, ME: ICES Celtic Sea Working Group.

Wang, X., Chen, Y., Truesdell, S., Xu, L., Cao, J., & Guan, W. (2014). The Large-Scale Deployment of Fish Aggregation Devices Alters Environmentally-Based Migratory Behavior of Skipjack Tuna in the Western Pacific Ocean. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e98226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098226

Guan, W., Cao, J., Chen, Y., & Cieri, M. (2013). Impacts of population and fishery spatial structures on fishery stock assessment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 70(8), 1178–1189. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0364

Chen, X., Cao, J., Chen, Y., Liu, B., & Tian, S. (2012). Effect of the Kuroshio on the Spatial Distribution of the Red Flying Squid <I>Ommastrephes Bartramii</I> in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 88(1), 63–71. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1098

Chen, X., Cao, J., Chen, Y., Liu, B., Ma, J., & Li, S. (2011). Generalized linear Bayesian models for standardizing CPUE: an application to a squid-jigging fishery in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Scientia Marina, 75(4), 679–689. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2011.75n4679

Cao, J., Chen, X., & Chen, Y. (2009). Influence of surface oceanographic variability on abundance of the western winter-spring cohort of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in the NW Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 381, 119–127. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07969

Influence of surface oceanographic variability on abundance of the western winter-spring cohort of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in the NW Pacific Ocean.