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choice. Results suggest that fishermen do account for economic factors in a
manner consistent with economic theories of choice.
Earth Council and Institute for Research on Public Expenditure (1997).
Economic Incentives for Sustainable Development. Draft Report. P.O.
Box 2323-1002, San Jose , Costa Rica, and Oranjestraat 8, 2514JB The
Hague, The Netherlands.
The first and imperative step for government policy in realizing the
right incentive structure is to identify and reduce subsidies with adverse
effects on the environment as well as on the overall efficiency of the
economy. This report aims to present sound analyses of government
interventions and to come forward with suggestions to promote a general policy
move towards reducing environmentally damaging subsidies.
Easley, J.E., Jr. (1982). "A Preliminary Estimate of the Payoff to
Investing in a Turtle Excluder Device for Shrimp Trawls." Final
report prepared for Monitor International and The Center for
Environmental Education in cooperation with the National Marine
Fisheries Service.
This analysis looks at the economic feasibility of adoption of a turtle
excluder device (TED) based on private costs and benefits. That is, can
fishermen be expected to adopt the gear on its own merits. This analysis
excludes social costs that affect the decision to require TED use.
Easley, J.E., Jr. (1988). "An Analysis of Recent Price Trends and
Sources of Revenue in the East Coast Swordfish Fishery." Prepared
for the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 1 Southpark
Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, South Carolina 29407-4699.
This report summarizes recent price trends in the swordfish and related
fisheries. While selected tuna prices have increased recently, deflated
regional average prices, and relative prices, do not show the spectacular
changes that conventional wisdom leads us to believe. This is not to dispute
recent prices offered, for example, for bluefin, but suggests that quantities
are still (through 1987) sufficiently small that average real prices and
relative prices show something less than spectacular movement.
Based on revenue profiles, tuna are obviously important to the longline
fishery, particularly in the Gulf region and the NEUS region. Bigeye and
yellowfin may be increasingly important in explaining revenue in the CARB
region, based on 1986-1987 changes. Additional years' revenue profiles will
allow tracking the share of various species in longline trip revenue.
Easley, J.E., Jr. (1992). "Selected Issues in Modeling Allocation of
Fishery Harvests." Marine Resource Economics, 7(2):41-56.
This paper examines selected issues that are likely to be important in
improving economists' models of allocation of fishery harvests between
commercial and recreational harvesters. Valuation in the commercial sector is
emphasized with harvests of a species subject to allocation viewed as an input
into production of consumer fishery goods. Substitution possibilities in
production of these consumer goods, and data generally available to economists
are discussed as motivations for application of the general equilibrium
derived demand to valuation in the commercial sector. Conceptual and
empirical problems in applying the function are discussed.
Easley, J.E., Jr. and Fred J. Prochaska (1987). "Allocating Harvests
Between Competing Users in Fishery Management Decisions:
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