One of the major tasks within the SOCIOEC project is the investigation of the incentive structure and associated behavioral responses of fishers related to specific management measures. To analyze the incentives several methods will be used, including a novel approach using the game ecoOcean. EcoOcean is a graphical interface presenting...
The lessons learned from a review of thirteen bio-economic models are presented. We describe and analyze
how these models equal/ compare and differ in terms of the classification, their biological and economic
modules, the integration between modules, the indicators they provide and indicator use. We pay particular
attention to the...
In this paper a data envelopment model is presented to evaluate short term investment decisions in the Dutch beam trawl and demersal fleet. We investigated how short run profit drives investment decisions and how a data envelopment analysis can be used to show what the optimal level of capital use...