We examine the realities of selected African fisheries, and assess the extent
to which the existing governance assumptions and management
arrangements are appropriate. Fisheries management in sub-Saharan Africa
is largely derived from a target resource management paradigm, with
interventions largely focussed on limiting fishing effort for single stocks.
We argue...
The aquaculture sector is uniquely placed to complement production from the stagnating capture fisheries sector and it has advantages in terms of controllable production characteristics. However, aquaculture poses undeniable economic, environmental and social challenges that may be poorly evaluated or inadequately addressed within current policy frameworks. In such cases, the...
Management actions considered by regional fishery management councils
can generate significant impacts on the magnitude and distribution of the
economic and sociocultural well-being of stakeholders. It is therefore
important that policy analysts be able to account for the relevant parties
whose economic well-being is affected by fisheries and derive estimates...
We compare the productivity of technology adopters to non-adopters using
a cross-sectional survey of artisanal gillnet vessels on the east coast of
Peninsular Malaysia. Technologies include cell phones, GPS, sonar, and
mechanical winches for hauling nets. Stochastic frontier analysis is used to
measure differences in production frontiers and technical efficiency...
The cumulative global loss of economic potential from fisheries over the
last 30 years is US $3 trillion. More than half of these fishery sector losses
come from developing countries. However, these are only primary costs
and do not take into account human security risks associated with poorly
governed fisheries....
The north coast of Java Sea is home to thousands of small-scale fishers fishing for small pelagic fish. The
small pelagic fisheries have been the main economic and social activities for coastal communities where
other alternatives are limited. The fisheries have been experiencing turbulent states during the last thirty
years...
A major simplification in bioeconomic models is that the model parameters
and functional forms are assumed known. In fisheries, the failure to capture
model uncertainty can easily cause overconfidence in model outputs and
resultant policy recommendations. Although fisheries modelers regularly
assume rather complete knowledge of the systems they study, in...
This research examines bargaining power in the market for Northeast
Multispecies Days-at-Sea (DAS). In 2004, the DAS system was converted
to a tradable input control system. Characteristics of the program include:
1) trading restrictions based on length and power to limit increases in
output, 2) prohibitions that limit the ability...
While right-based managements have often been encouraged as effective
management tools, few studies presented an empirical analysis on the
effects of those systems. This paper focuses on a special form of Territorial
Use Rights Fisheries called an income pooling system, and examines the
effects of the system empirically. Income pooling...
The introduction of Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) fisheries management is controversial as it
typically results in fewer active vessels, fewer vessel jobs, and the remaining vessel crew earning a lower
share of vessel revenues with capital interests, including the new interest "quota ownership", increasing
their revenue share. However, the move...