Biography

Dale Marsden did his BSc in Biological Sciences at SFU, and became interested in all things marine after a three-month stint at the Bamfield Marine Station. He did a MSc with Dr Rob DeWreede at the UBC Botany Department, where he studied the effects of acid mine drainage from the abandoned Britannia Beach coppermine on intertidal seaweed. He then worked at McGill University as a Research Assistant with Dr Amanda Vincent and Project Seahorse. After two and a half years at McGill, some time off, and some contract work with Project Seahorse, Dale joined the Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU) at the UBC Fisheries Centre in December 2002. At FERU he has studied fish trade and helped to build and analyze a database of ex-vessel fish prices.

Dale began his PhD in September 2003, working with Dr Rashid Sumaila. His thesis research is a bioeconomic study of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery. Specifically, he is using Bayesian methods to build a simulation model of the system, and then examining the implications of a variety of fisheries management approaches. He is particularly interested in the trade-offs among economic, conservation and social objectives for the fishery. More information is available at Dale's website.