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Creator:: Lindner, Robert, McElroy, Seamus, and McLeod, Paul
Abstract:: In the standard economic approach to optimal allocation, aggregate economic benefit is maximised where the sustainable harvest is allocated so that marginal net benefits are equal. The model assumes a known sustainable harvest. It also assumes optimal intrasectoral allocation in each sector. The Western Australian West Coast demersal fishery, like...
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Creator:: McElroy, Seamus and Lindner, Robert
Abstract:: The paper develops a model of recreational fisher behaviour in which fishers maximize their individual utility by adjusting fishing time, trips, catch and size of fish caught. It investigates the optimal behaviour or an individual fisher with and without constraints such as bag limits. The model is used to assess...
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Creator:: Lindner, Robert and McLeod, Paul
Abstract:: The West Coast Demersal fishery in Western Australia includes some highly prized recreational fish: dhufish, pink snapper and baldchin groper. Following a recent assessment that found these stocks are under threat from overfishing, a range of new regulations designed to restrict effort have been introduced with the objective to facilitate...
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