The implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) requires the development of new analytic tools to integrate environmental, ecological, and socio-economic data from various sources; to capture explicit interactions among ecosystem components; and to simulate and evaluate the effects of alternative management options. We are developing a computable general equilibrium (CGE)...
The impacts of fishery management actions on shore-based fishing and fishing related infrastructure have received increased attention in the Northeast region of the United States. However, analyses of these impacts have generally focused on directly affected fisheries, ignoring changes in other fisheries and on other sea and land-based activities. Developing...
Accurate cost estimation is crucial in fisheries economic analyses, but is often the least known component of many studies. For the past two decades, a systematic approach to collecting fishing cost data has been employed by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center through the sea sampling program, i.e., onboard observers collecting...
In many estuarine and ocean areas, aquaculture is seen as an alternative to traditional commercial fish harvesting practices. A significant problem hindering the emergence or the continuing growth of aquaculture in many areas is the conflict that arises among it and other competing ocean uses. Real world examples include the...
Many experts have argued that the traditional management of commercial fish stocks as single-species is short-sighted, wasteful, and ineffective. Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) now is being promoted as a potential solution to the problem. While much attention has been directed recently at the potential benefits of implementing EBFM for commercial...
We present the outlines of an integrated economic-ecological framework
designed to help assess the implementation of the ecosystem-based
management (EBM) of fisheries in New England. We develop the
framework by linking a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of a
coastal economy to a bottom-up model of a marine food web...
Coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) is a process for improving the management of ocean resources in order to promote their sustainable development. One of the most challenging spatial planning issues in New England now concerns the siting of offshore renewable energy facilities, mainly wind farms. Commercial fishermen are among...