While the need to solve problems of overcapitalization and excess investment in fisheries is now broadly
admitted, very little information exists on the level of capitalization and the structure of capital invested in
the fishing sector. This paper presents the first results of a research program aiming at assessing the...
Indicators of the economic performance of fishing vessels are frequently computed in many countries. Usually, measures of economic performance are based on the return on capital invested. However, several measures of capital value exist, according to the economic information available. In this paper, we use different types of information to...