Int. J. Environment and Pollution, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2008 485 Copyright © 2008 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Bioeconomic modelling and salmon aquaculture: an overview of the literature Robert Pomeroy, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta*, Daniel Solís and Robert J. Johnston Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (DARE), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA E-mail: boris.bravoureta@uconn.edu *Corresponding author Abstract: Bioeconomic models can be used to assist producers and decision-makers in identifying optimal production system designs, operation management strategies, and alternative development and policy approaches. This paper reviews the literature on bioeconomic modelling in aquaculture since 1993 and builds on an earlier article by Leung (1994) which examines this literature for the 1974–1993 period. In order to identify the papers reviewed in the present study, a thorough online search in various databases and some specific journals was conducted. Observations on the general state-of-the-art of bioeconomic modelling in aquaculture are discerned based on a comparative analysis of work in the field, with specific reference to salmon aquaculture. Implications for salmon aquaculture systems in Chile and elsewhere are discussed. Keywords: bioeconomic models; aquaculture; salmon production. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Pomeroy, R., Bravo-Ureta, B.E., Solís, D. and Johnston, R.J. (2008) ‘Bioeconomic modelling and salmon aquaculture: an overview of the literature’, Int. J. Environment and Pollution, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp.485–500. Biographical notes: Robert Pomeroy is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut and Fisheries Extension Specialist for Connecticut Sea Grant. He is an Expert in marine resource economics and policy, specifically small-scale fisheries development and management, international development, policy analysis, marine protected areas, and seafood marketing. He has worked on projects in more than 40 nations, primarily in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Boris E. Bravo-Ureta received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska and is now Professor of Agricultural Economics and Executive Director of the Office of International Affairs at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. His expertise is in production economics, development economics and project evaluation. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals focusing on the forces leading to the growth of agricultural output with special reference to technical efficiency, technological change, economies of size, supply response, and natural resource management on hillside agriculture. His work has concentrated on various countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Senegal and the USA. His work has been funded by the US Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Chemonics International, TechnoServe, the US