Bioeconomic Models and the Formative Evaluation of Fisheries-Related Programs

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Ian Graham Cahill
Éric Robard

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Bioeconomics combines methods from the biological study of living resources, particularly population dynamics, with methods of economic analysis. Most applications have been in program design for resource management. Although formative evaluations often deal with potential improvements to design based on examination of the program at some point in the early or middle period of its life, there has been little interplay between bioeconomic modelling and evaluation of programs in the context of fisheries management programs.

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Cahill, I. G., & Robard, Éric. (2014). Bioeconomic Models and the Formative Evaluation of Fisheries-Related Programs. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 10(22), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.56645/jmde.v10i22.388
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Author Biographies

Ian Graham Cahill, Fisheries and Oceans Canada during this work, currently with the Canadian Forest Service

This work was done while Ian Cahill was employed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Currently, he is a Senior Economist at the Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natureal Resources Canada, Government of Canada

Éric Robard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Evaluator in the Evaluation Branch, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of Canada

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