This document provides a summary of a Special Session presentation held at the IIFET 2016 Scotland conference in July 2016. The registration number and title of the session were 5024: Game Theory and Fisheries. The session was organized by Marko Lindroos. The report includes details of the proceedings of the...
There is growing realization of the potential for games and experiments as powerful tools not only for research, but also for education and outreach. Experiments are particularly powerful and useful for fisheries economists because (a) they can vividly illustrate some fundamental concepts and (b) are effective at testing the relative...
There is an increasing realisation that the earth’s marine environment is being adversely impacted by the
production of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. Climate change in the oceans and atmosphere will
impact fisheries production and management and have implications for governance of fish stocks. Climate
change may have substantial...
This document provides a summary of a Special Session held at the IIFET 2016 Scotland conference in July 2016. The registration number and title of the special session were 5329: Sustainability of Fisheries and Aquaculture: the Multidisciplinary Approach as a Key for Success. The session was organized by Elisa Ravagnan....
This document provides a summary of a Special Session held at the IIFET 2016 Scotland conference in July 2016. The registration number and title of the special session were 5300: Measuring and Managing Risk-taking and Safety in Commercial Fishing. The session was organized by Lisa Pfeiffer. The report includes details...
National and intergovernmental regulation of fisheries has not been sufficient to prevent many failures of fisheries management at the global scale. International trade in fisheries is of the order of USD 10 billion annually, mostly from “South” to “North”. Developing countries, particularly in Asia, benefit from this trade, and domestic...
Because of wild salmon's importance as a commercial fishery in North America, many questions and concerns have been raised around the issue of farmed versus wild salmon in recent years. Concerns have been related to the impact of the tremendous growth in farmed salmon production on the markets for wild...
Main research question: The aim of the study was to investigate how health perception, eating habits and
socioeconomic pattern influence choice of seafood. Materials and methods: A randomly drawn sample of Norwegian women
aged 45 to 69 years answered a self-administrated mail questionnaire about eating habits, socioeconomic status, and
questions...
This paper is drawn from a project report that was sponsored by the United Nations through the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Programme. We analyze the economics of fishery management in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME), reviewing the case for and against regional co-operation in managing the BCLME....