The top business management educators consider case teaching to be a highly effective means for building critical decision-making skills in future managers. Although this method holds significant potential, it is not commonly used in fisheries management education and training. The Training Mangers for 21st Century Fisheries Initiative has identified development...
A model consisting of a linked series of equations is presented for estimating the future effect of various intensities of forest management on the economy of a region. The model, in conjunction with the most recent inventory of the USDA Forest Service, is then applied to data from Douglas County,...
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia have all developed nutrient trading programs to defray the cost of achieving mandated nitrogen load reductions in Chesapeake Bay, and there is increasing interest in the role oysters can play in generating credits. A number of bioeconomic models highlight the impact these credits have...
"Human choices affect nature and nature affects human choice". This research is investigated irrigation development on lagoon fisheries in Sri Lanka. Spatial variation of the lagoon system is derived from the land use maps. Information on biological changes of the lagoon and bio-economic conditions were obtained from the secondary data....
Coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) is a process for improving the management of ocean resources in order to promote their sustainable development. One of the most challenging spatial planning issues in New England now concerns the siting of offshore renewable energy facilities, mainly wind farms. Commercial fishermen are among...
Consultative structures are often suggested as a means of facilitating resolution of issues in multiple use management through developing consensus and facilitating cooperation. The advantages and limitations of this approach are explored through the history of the Cockburn Sound Management Council. Set up in 1999, the Cockburn Sound Management Council...
The Japanese system of local management has been heralded as a successful system for managing coastal resources. Despite such general success, however, fishing cooperatives and their respective members currently face internal and external pressures from over-fishing, pollution, and life in an industrialized society. Further, the Japanese government has pushed for...
L'augmentation de la demande des ressources naturelles littorales entraîne des situations de plus en plus nombreuses de proche cohabitation entre plusieurs usages côtiers. Le développement de ces usages s'est réalisé à des époques différentes ou de façon contemporaine mais en parfaite harmonie, jusqu'à un certain point d'occupation spatiale et d'accaparation...
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