This paper explores some theoretical and practical issues in developing policy for the management of shared fisheries for maximum value. Maximisation of value from the use of resources is a key component of sustainability, and transferable rights in commercial fisheries management have contributed significantly toward this goal. Maximising value becomes...
The majority of monitored fish stocks globally is fully or over exploited, that is, at or below their maximum sustainable yield stock levels. Despite this resource situation international trade in fish products have been increasing for a long time. An export tax on fish and fish products, as an alternative...
Developing an allocation scheme for distributing rights amongst fishing nations remains one of the major obstacles to the development of stable cooperative arrangements to exploit international fish resources.
A great deal of effort has been devoted over the years to finding a durable solution to the allocation problem, both at...
The purpose of this paper is to set out WWF's position on the appropriate use of rights-based measures (RBM) as management tools as WWF pursues its far-reaching vision for sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems. The Paper draws on theories and practice that have informed the use of RBM within...
In agriculture there has been a long history of using a levy or an insurance premium to create mutual funds to mediate economic risks to growers due to environmental variability and quarantine pests. In the United States the federal government, through the USDA, continues to underwrite funds (collected by private...
The paper analyzes the recent behavior of the Peruvian Anchoveta Sector, the largest single stock fishery in the world. It describes the different phases of boom and contraction that it has undergone since the 1960s, and how the lack of adequate regulation allowed –and even fostered– over-investment in the sector...
This paper contributes to the literature on economic efficiency, technical change, bioeconomic modeling, and renewable resource economics in general by introducing output-oriented Debreu-Farrell technical inefficiency and technical progress into normative static and dynamic bioeconomic models of a fishery and examines the economic and policy ramifications for the open-access Nash and...
Globalization is the key contextual development underlying most international fisheries and oceans debates. As is the realization of the linked nature of international governance, such as between fisheries (as one major oceans use), and oceans governance issues. The global fisheries and oceans agenda is accelerating, broadening and intensifying. This includes...
There has been an increase in efforts towards alleviating food insecurity in developing and transition economies. Changes in agricultural practices and the growth of aquaculture have led to changes in food
consumption, employment opportunities and household income. Aquaculture and fishery products have become a significant source of high quality protein,...
Many millions of people throughout Vietnam depend in full or part on the country's aquatic resources for food, livelihood and employment. The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are significant contributors to the
economy of Vietnam. With increasing population pressure and the development of more effective (and/or destructive) fishing gears and practices,...