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  • OPP Implementation in the WCPO

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    Cusack, Peter
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    The tuna catch from the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) amounted to 2.86 m mt in 2014, worth USD5.8 b and accounting for about 60% of the global tuna catch. About 60% of the catch was taken in the waters of the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member-countries...
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    Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu

  • Cooperative Management of Trans-Boundary Fish Stocks: Implications for Tropical Tuna Management in the Pacific Island Region

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    Tokunaga, Kanae
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    The trans-boundary migration of fish stocks creates spatial externalities, and hence, makes international cooperation beneficial. This study provides a model for the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks and examines the relationship between fish migrations and the benefits from cooperation. Previous studies on trans-boundary fish stock management have...
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    , Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu • 14.3 million

  • Health Insurance Coverage and Commercial Fishing in North Carolina

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    Crosson, Scott
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    Commercial fishing is generally hazardous, but some types of commercial fishing are more dangerous than other types. Since much of the fishing industry is composed of small family-owned businesses, commercial fishermen have to rely on the private health insurance markets, health insurance offered through a landside job, spouses’ plans, social...
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    deck, entanglement in machinery, or being struck by an object (AK) Marshall et al (2004): penetrating

  • Profits, Rents and Resource Rents

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    Arnason, Ragnar
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    The concept of rents has a venerable history in economic theory. In his fundamental work on the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith defined the concept making it clear that rents were distinct from profits. Ricardo, building on the foundation laid by Adam Smith, similarly distinguished between profits and rents in...
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    source of) the rents Economic rents are “payments to a factor in fixed supply” Modern

  • Subsidies and Other Economic Controls, and Their Implications to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty

    Creator:
    Miller, Scott
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    The South Pacific Tuna Treaty has existed as a model of international fishery cooperation since 1988.  However, in 2016, changing economic conditions led to an impasse between United States purse seine interests and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) over payment of vessel day fees.  The impasse resulted in the United...
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    implications to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Scott A. Miller Alaska Regional Office, National