Fisheries statistics are known to be underestimated, since they are mainly based on information about commercial fisheries. However, various types of fishing activities exist and evaluating them is necessary for implementing effective management plans. This paper assesses the characteristics and catches of the French European sea bass recreational fishery along the Atlantic coasts, through the ...

Abstract The Baltic fisheries are in distress. In the Central Baltic, management is challenged by reduced cod stock productivity, and altered species interactions. Here, we use an age-structured, ecological–economic multispecies model, which includes latest biological economic knowledge, to advance our understanding of optimal related trade-offs between user groups under such conditions. We con...

Spatial-dynamic processes in renewable resource economics pose difficult conceptual, analytical, empirical, and institutional challenges that are distinct from either spatial or dynamic problems. We describe the challenges and conceptual approaches using both continuous and discrete depictions of space and summarize key findings. Using a metapopulation model of the fishery and simulated economi...

Title of Document: OPTIMAL MULTISPECIES HARVESTING IN BIOLOGICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY INTERDEPENDENT FISHERIES Stephen Andrew Kasperski, Ph.D., 2011 Directed By: Lars Olson, Professor and Department Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department and Richard Just, Distinguished University Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department Single species management of multispecies ...

The proposition that natural resources need protection from the destructive actions of people is widely accepted. Yet communities have shown in the past and increasingly today that they can collaborate for long-term resource management. The term social capital captures the idea that social bonds and norms are critical for sustainability. Where social capital is high in formalized groups, people...

A unique database was created that describes the methods used to allocate shares in nearly every major catch share fishery in the world. The main approaches used to allocate catch shares include: (i) auctions, (ii) equal allocation, (iii) historical catch records and (iv) vesselor gear-based rules. 54% of the major catch share fisheries in the world allocated the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) on ...