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Report on IIFET Special Session “Fisheries Games and Experiments: Applications for Education, Outreach and Science”

Creator:

Groves, Theodore, Knapp, Gunnar, Ledyard, John, Murphy, James, and Schmidt, Jörn O.

Abstract:

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...

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Research Paper
Fishing for Beads: Simple Games, Serious Insights

Creator:

Knapp, Gunnar and Murphy, James

Abstract:

We have developed simple and fun “fishing games” which can be played easily and quickly with cheap supplies—and which demonstrate important economic characteristics of fisheries. Players “fish” by scooping beads from a common bowl into individual cups placed near the bowl. The beads are the fish stock; the scoops are...

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Presentation