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Creator:: Uchida, Emi and Uchida, Hirotsugu
Abstract:: It is often claimed that rural households, especially the poor, rely on natural resources to cope with risks. What is less understood is its extent and whether harvesting natural resources is a strategy to cope with particular types of risks. To investigate this question, this paper utilizes survey data of...
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Creator:: Kelleher, Kieran
Abstract:: This presentation provides an introduction to the FAO-World Bank Rent Drain Study. The objective of the study is to present the story of the world's depleted and overexploited marine fisheries in economic terms. The study develops an economic justification at the global level for restoring the health of fish stocks....
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Creator:: Boonchuwong, Pongpat and Dechboon, Waraporn
Abstract:: The fishery resources in the Gulf of Thailand have been subjected to excessive levels of fishing effort since perhaps as long as two to three decades. This has caused a change in catch composition with a higher share of short-lived species. The influence of this change on the value of...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Quach, Thi Khanh Ngoc
Abstract:: Recently the ecosystem based management have been dealt with in management as a useful approach for fisheries. The goal of ecosystem-based management are sustainable management of fisheries and other marine resource through establishment of well-managed network of marine protected areas. Despite a number of benefits from marine reserve such as...
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Creator:: Fernandez, Cheryl Joy
Abstract:: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can be considered as one of powerful conservation tools of fishery resource management in the literature. However, due to continuing environmental awareness and mismanagement, the Philippine government has decentralized the power of legislation and management of its MPAs since the early 2000. This encouraged participation of...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Eriksen, Guri Hjallen
Abstract:: The Norwegian government has recently put forward a white paper concerning the management of the red king crab in the Barents Sea. The crab is an introduced species in the Barents Sea. The motive of the introduction was to improve the economy of the Russian coastal fisheries, as the crab...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Arnason, Ragnar
Abstract:: This paper estimates current resource rents being generated in the Icelandic cod fishery and compares them to the maximum sustainable attainable ones. For this purpose a simple aggregative model of the cod fishery is specified and empirically estimated. It is found that in spite of the cod stock being in...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Sinh, Le Xuan
Abstract:: The Mekong River Delta plays an essential role to Vietnam’s economy in terms of both rice and fish production. Annual flooding water and a rich level of aquatic resources strongly affect about 10 million local people, as well as extend beyond the boundaries of wetland itself. Flooding water and wild...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Townsend, Ralph
Abstract:: In several countries, cost recovery and/or rent collection (CRRC) has become integral to fishery management. This paper will examine CRRC from three perspectives: neo-classical economic efficiency, equity, and public choice. Partial equilibrium economic efficiency arguments include incentives for industry to implement (or lobby for) efficient delivery of management services. On...
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