During 1986-2006, fisheries in Tonkin Gulf had made rapid development. Total engine power increased 11.6 times while total catch only increased 2.9 times. Big increase in number of fishing boats has resulted to the overexploitation in near shore waters since 1995 and this situation has been spread out all over...
From 1991 to 2003, number of fishing boats increased from 43,940 to 83,122. The average power per boat increased from 18HP/boat to 49.3HP/boat. Fishing productivity seems to be gradually decreased from 0.89ton/HP to 0.35ton/HP. In this period, the yield of marine fisheries has been constantly increased with an annual average...
Since MSC certification of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock fisheries in the U.S., anecdotal evidence suggests that products from these fisheries have benefited in the marketplace relative to products
from the Russian pollock fishery. In particular, a testable hypothesis is that certified U.S. pollock has achieved a...
This paper examines the effects of a share-based management program in the Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fishery. The program provides exclusive allocations to cooperatives of nine species, including one species for which retention is prohibited. Under the program, allocations of all species are required to fish and all catch,...
Spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) and related species represent one of the most important commercial fisheries targeted within the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions. This important fishery extends from Florida (USA) to Brazil. The longlived, pelagic larval stage within the life cycle of spiny lobster reveal this species to be...
Ragay Gulf is one of the 19 critical waters of the Philippines where a socioeconomic assessment was conducted in the Fisheries Resources Management Program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
with support from the Asian Development Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Public participation and involvement was...
A canvass of the resource economics literature of the last thirty years yields a limited number of applications of economic theory to the problems of recreational fishing. This neglect may be linked to the short shrift given to the control of recreational fisheries (relative to commercial fisheries) by fisheries managers...
The shrimp fishery accounts for more than one-half of the total revenues generated by commercial fishing activities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Due to its historical open access nature the harvesting sector has historically been overcapitalized (from an economic perspective) resulting in a suboptimal generation of rents. Various management...