Research interests include aquacultural and fisheries economics. Current focus is on fisheries management, policy and order of magnitude economic effects of global climate change in fisheries. Recently completed research produced a C language dynamic simulation model for the lobster fishery, and a simulator of vessel economics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Gates, J.M., 2000. "Input Substitution in a Trap Fishery," ICES, Journal of Marine Science. 57: 89-108.

Gates, J.M., with E.J. Richardson. 1986. "Economic Benefits of American Lobster Fishery Management Regulations," Marine Resource Economics, 2(4):353-385.

Gates, J.M., T.A. Grigalunas and L.F. Vieira. 1985. "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Publicly Supported Research: A Case Study of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet," Journal of Applied Economics, 16(3):355-368.

Gates, J.M., and S.R. Crutchfield. 1985. "The Impact of Extended Fishery Jurisdiction on the New England Otter Trawl Fleet," Marine Resource Economics, 2(2):153-174.

Elias, B., J.M. Gates and T.F. Weaver. 1984. "A Regional Plan for Transporting Solid Waste from Rhode Island Communities to a Centralized Resource Recovery Facility," Northeast Journal of Business and Economics 10(2):61-71.

Gates, J.M. 1984. "Principal Types of Uncertainty in Fishing Operations," Marine Resource Economics, 1(1):31-49.

Meuriot, E. and J.M. Gates. 1983. "Fishing Allocations and Optimal Fees: A Single and Multilevel Programming Analysis," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65(4): 711-721.

Hasselback, N.L., J.B. Dirlam, and J.M. Gates. 1981. "Canadian Lobster Imports and the New England Lobster Industry," Marine Policy 5(1):40-51.

Walker, N.P. and J.M. Gates. 1981. "Financial Feasibility of High Density Oyster Culture in Saltmarsh Ponds with Artificially Prolonged Tidal Flows," Aquaculture 22:11-20.

Gates, J.M. and J.M. D'Eugenio. 1976. "Costs and Returns of Fishermen in the Massachusetts Inshore Lobster Fishery," Journal of the Northeast Agricultural Economics Council 4(2):195-210.

Gates, J.M. 1975. "Demand Price, Fish Size and the Price of Fish," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 22(3):1-12.

Gates, J.M., J.J. Mueller. 1975. "Optimizing the Growth and Marketing of Fish in a Controlled Environment," Marine Technology 9(5):13-16.

Gates, J.M., V.J. Norton and J.J. Mueller. 1975. "Cost Minimization in Wastewater Treatment Via Regionalized Treatment Facilities: An Application of Zero-One Mixed Integer Programming," Journal of the Northeast Agricultural Economics Council.

Gates, John M. "Public finance and sustainable development of FAD-based fisheries," in Richard B. Pollnac and John J. Poggie (eds.). 1997. Fish Aggregating Devices in Developing Countries: Problems and Perspectives (International Center for Marine Resource Development, University of Rhode Island, Kingston).

Gates, J.M. and Noel Roy . "Supply modeling: a synthesis," in W.E. Shrank (ed.). 1991. Econometric Modeling of the World Trade in Groundfish (Brussels:Kluwer Academic Publishers).

Gates, J.M. and Noel Roy .1989."Methods of incorporating institutional and economic information in an economic model," in W.E. Shrank (ed.). 1991. Econometric Modeling of the World Trade in Groundfish (Brussels:Kluwer Academic Publishers).

Gates, J.M. 1989. "Les modeles Bioeconomique," Ch. 13, pp.463-496 in J.P. Troadec (ed.), L'Homme et les Ressources Halieutiques, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Paris.

Gates, J. M. 1988. "La regulation du taux d'exploitation dans las pecheries commerciales," Ch. 14, pp. 497-524 in J.P. Troadec (ed.), L'Homme et les Ressources Halieutiques, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l' Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Paris.

Gates, John, with Stephen Crutchfield.1984. "Economic distribution issues," pp. 205-230 in Carter, Lynn and Lewis Alexander(eds.).1984. Conflicts in the Exclusive Economic Zone (Wakefield, RI:Narragansett Graphics, Inc. Proc. Workshop by Center for Ocean Management Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Gates, J.M. 1981. "Fisheries Conservation and Management," pp. 58-61 in The U.S. Fishing Industry and Regulatory Reform, edited by T. Hennessey (New York: Praeger Special Studies), Proc. Fifth Annual Conference, Center for Ocean Management Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Rothschild, B.J., J.M. Gates and A.M. Carlson. 1978. "Management of Marine Recreational Fisheries," pp.149-172 in Marine Recreational Fisheries II, sponsored by the Sportfishing Institute and published by the International Game Fish Institute, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Gates, J.M. 1972. "Appraising the Feasibility of Fish Culture," pp. 327-328 in, Economic Aspects of Fish Production: International Symposium on Fisheries Economics (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development).

Gates, J.M. 1988. "Management implications of structure: the first decade under the MFCMA," keynote address, Int. Inst. Fish. Econ. & Trade, Esbjerg, Denmark.

Anwar, Iswanie J., Philippe Lallemand and John M. Gates. 1992. "Sources of variance in the economic performance of New England otter trawl vessels," VIth IIFET Conference, July 6-9, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. RI Agr. Exp. Sta. Cont. No. 3021.

Ty, Nida and John M. Gates. 1992. "Determinants of price in the Portland, Maine fish auction," Vith IIFET Conference, July 6-9, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

Gates, J.M. , and David A. Zucker. 1994. "The Fisheries of Rhode Island a white paper on data." Prepared for Office of Systems Planning Department of Administration State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, Rhode Island.

Gates, J.M. and P. Logan, 1998. "Fishery Concervationg and Development Permits for the Atlantic Herring Fisehry: A Proposal to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commision Herring Technical Committee."

Interim Chairman, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 1996-97.

Advisor to winner of Outstanding MS thesis award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1983

Advisor to winner of Outstanding MS thesis award, Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, 1983

Advisor to winner of Award of Merit, MS thesis, Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, 1984

Advisor to winner of Honorable Mention Award, MS thesis, National Sea Grant Awards Program, 1980, 1984

Book Review Editor, Marine Resource Economics, 1992 - present

Member, Editorial Board, J. Northeast Agr. & Resource Economics Assoc. (NAREA) 1977-1979 and 1984-1988.

Member, Herring Technical Committee, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 1997 - present.

Member, Atlantic Herring Plan Development Team, Northeast Fisheries Management Council 1997-present.

Member, Social Sciences Advisory Panel, New England Fisheries Management Council, 1998 - present.

Reviewer for American Fisheries Society, Land Economics, Aquaculture Journal, World Aquaculture Society, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Harvard University Press, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Marine Resource Economics.