Dr Océane Marcone

Dr Océane Marcone is a social scientist with a focus on economics and is based in the Sea and Society group at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory. She specialises in the sustainable management of marine resources and the resilience of coastal communities and marine sectors (e.g. seafood production).

Océane has a background in robust methodological design and implementation. Across her research interests, she uses both qualitative and quantitative data and methods. She prioritises the development of bespoke methodologies, building on her extensive expertise, including content analysis, Q-method, Value Chain Analysis, textual analysis, thematic analysis, and quantitative analysis.

She works with a variety of stakeholders (including environmental organisations such as the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and governmental bodies, for instance Defra and MMO) to ensure her research is both co-developed and impactful. For instance, she provided actionable recommendations to the marine team of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, leading to an improvement of their labelling scheme and the supported the appointment of an additional marine advisor.

In previous projects, she has researched small-scale fisheries (both in the UK, in Indonesia and in the Western Indian Ocean), seafood labelling and the impact of environmental changes such as Harmful Algal Bloom on shellfish farming (in the UK and France), the uses of economic environmental valuation in the implementation of Marine Strategy Framework Directive (in France), and natural resources management (studying institutional arrangements in coastal zone freshwater governance in France and analysis the implementation of integrated coastal zone management in Croatia).

Key Projects

• TRACC – Transformative Actions for resilient Coastal Communities.
• SEACO – Social-Environment Attitudes and Connections to the Ocean.
• FOCUS National Capabilities International project – The Future states of the global coastal ocean – socioeconomic impacts of artificial light pollution in Chile
• Marine Spatial Planning Addressing Climate Effects (MSPACE, SMMR).
• Resilience of Coastal Communities (ROCC, SMMR).
• South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP). (finished)
• Blue Communities: supporting coastal communities in SE Asia. (finished)
• Addressing Challenges of Coastal Communities through Ocean Research for Developing Economies (ACCORD). (finished)
• S-3 EUROHAB – Sentinel products for detecting EUtROphication and Harmful Algal Bloom events. (finished)

Selected Publications