• Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1969
• M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Connecticut, 1965
• B.S. Agricultural Sciences, McGill University, 1962

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.

• 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.