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Diaby, Souleymane (1996). Economic Impact Analysis of the Ivorian Sardinella
Fishery. Marine Resource Economics, 11(1): 31-42.
A bioeconomic simulation model of the Ivorian sardinella fishery is
developed to identify and quantify welfare effects stemming from resource
exploitation controlled by a fishermen s monopoly. The biological and
economic components are modeled to include multicohorts and multispecies, the
demand facing the industrial sector, and a heterogeneous fishing fleet under
exploitation conditions with and without cycles. A profit maximization
scenario indicates that management of the fishery under the current fleet
structure is not socially optimal. The analysis is extended to include the
competition from an expanding artisanal sector of the fishery. Any changes in
public policies leading to the expansion of the artisanal fishery would result
in increases in consumer benefits from the fishery, while the benefits to the
syndicate decrease.
Diamond, Peter A. and Jerry A. Hausman (1994). "Contingent Valuation:
Is Some Number Better than No Number." Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 8(4):45-64.
The evidence supports the conclusion that to date, contingent valuation
surveys do not measure the preferences they attempt to measure. Moreover,
reasons are present for thinking that changes in survey methods are not likely
to change this conclusion. Viewed alternatively as opinion polls on possible
government actions, these surveys do not have much information to contribute
to informed policy making. Thus, reliance on contingent valuation surveys in
either damage assessments or in government decision making is basically
misguided.
Dickie, L.M. (1973). "Management of Fisheries; Ecological Subsystems."
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2:470-480.
In this paper, I wish to set forth some views of the present state of
knowledge of fishery related ecosystems. I wish to particularly emphasize
what appear to me to be apparently contradictory results of the application of
various logical model systems employed in fisheries research and management.
I will then explore some of the limitations of these concepts and attempt to
describe the alternative consequences they imply for management practices.
Finally, I will use this occasion to outline briefly what seem to me to be
some promising recent developments that may take us in the direction of
reconceptualizing our theoretical systems and that may be leading us towards
the kinds of scientific observations that will permit better prediction: hence
management.
Dickie, L.M. (1979). "Perspectives on Fisheries Biology and
Implications for Management." J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 36:838-
844.
Descriptions of fisheries systems for purposes of management often seem
to imply a naturally predetermined biological structure and functioning of the
resource. However, such basic characteristics as stock definition, species
composition, levels of production, and biological efficiency are parameters
that have generally been adapted to suit particular fishery conditions and in
any case are variables that interact with both environment and the nature of
industrial exploitation. In the interests of economic or social analyses in
fisheries these biological descriptors should normally be amenable to
redefinition or redescription without prejudice to their reliability as
indices of natural production.
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