Dr. Naomi Foley

Naomi joined SEMRU as a postdoctoral researcher on the Interreg Marnet project in February 2013. She holds a PhD (Economics)from NUI Galway which was funded by EU FP6 project PROTECT. Naomi’s research interests include bioeconomic modelling, fisheries economics and management and ecosystem good and services. She has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway where she was involved in two EU FP7 multidisciplinary projects; CoralFISH and HERMIONE. She has also undertaken research for Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). Naomi’s work has been published in a number of peer reviewed journals in the field of economics, marine policy, ecosystem services and fisheries.

Research Interests

Natural resource economics, marine economics, fisheries economics and management, bioeconomic modelling, ecosystem goods and services, stakeholder engagement, marine policy, marine economic indicators

Selected Publications

Armstrong, C.W., Foley, N.S., Tinch, R. and van den Hove, S. (2012). Services from the deep: steps towards valuation of deep sea goods and services. Ecosystem Services 2: 2-13.

Foley, N.S., Armstrong, C.W., Kahui, V., Mikkelsen, E. and Reithe, S. (2012). A review of bioeconomic modelling of habitat fisheries interactions. International Journal of Ecology vol. 2012, article ID 861635.

Foley, N.S., van Rensburg, T.M. and Armstrong, C.W. (2011). The rise and fall of the Irish orange roughy fishery: an economic analaysis. Marine Policy 35: 756-763.

Wattage, P., Glenn, H., Mardle, S., van Rensburg, T., Grehan, A. and Foley, N.S. (2011). Economic value of conserving deep sea corals in Irish waters: A choice experiment study on marine protected areas. Fisheries Research 107: 59-67.

Foley, N.S., van Rensburg, T. and Armstrong, C.W. (2010). The ecological and economic value of cold water coral ecosystems and their biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management 53: 313-326.

Foley, N.S., Kahui, V., Armstrong, C.W. and van Rensburg, T. (2010). Estimating linkages between redfish and cold water corals on the Norwegian coast. Marine Resource Economics 25: 105-120.

Glenn, H., Wattage, P., Mardle, S., van Rensburg, T., Grehan, A. and Foley, N.S. (2010). Marine Protected Areas – substantiating their worth. Marine Policy 34: 421-430.

Contact Details:

SEMRU (Socio Economic Marine Research Unit), J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway.
Room 231, J.E. Cairnes Building

Email: Naomi.foley@nuigalway.ie
Phone: +353 91 493371

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