Identification of critical habitat for all life stages of commercially exploited fish populations is critical for effective management. Despite a clear need for basic biological information on juvenile rockfish life history, there have been very few efforts to describe distribution and habitat of this life stage, particularly along the Oregon...
Public agencies need information on the value of
recreational activities to assist in managing fish and
wildlife species. Over the past two decades economists have
developed and applied techniques to measure the value of such
non-marketed commodities.
The contingent valuation method (CVM) is one technique
used by economists to measure...