Published July 1981. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Many fisheries management agencies struggle with developing management frameworks that can deliver sustainable
fisheries. Over fishing, by-catch of non-target fish species, marine mammals, seabirds, and damage to benthic
habitats remain serious problems. Management methods based on traditional command and control approaches may
meet with initial successes yet additional progress is...
Traditional extensive coastal and semi-intensive aquaculture systems in Southern Europe are facing difficulties, especially due to increased competition for coastal areas uses and market competition, due to low-price products from intensive aquaculture. The positive effects of extensive and semi-intensive aquaculture in coastal areas - including environmental protection and restoration in...
In industries that are characterized by frequent innovations and high productivity growth, substantial variation in both produced quantity and input use may occur and lead to increased cost. As both excessive input use and misallocation of inputs are costly for the producer, firm-specific measures of both technical and allocative inefficiency...
This document summarizes a large volume of information obtained during an assessment of the environmental resources and probable effects of operation and maintenance projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on those resources. Much of the information is contained in “Volume II: Operation and Maintenance of the Channels and...
After decades of decline, real salmon prices paid to California fishermen have rebounded in the past few years. This recent price recovery is probably due in part to reduced availability of fresh salmon in local
markets, but anecdotal evidence suggests increased product differentiation by consumers is also an important part...