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these findings are indicated.
Flagg, V.G. (1977). "Optimal Output and Economic Rent of the Eastern
Tropical Pacific Tuna Fishery: An Empirical Analysis." American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, 36(1):19-32.
An empirical analysis of the yellowfin tuna catch of the eastern
tropical Pacific tuna fishery indicates that the difference between maximum
sustainable yield and maximum economic yield varies directly with the cost per
unit of effort and inversely with the price per unit of output. If costs do
not rise, the difference approaches zero in a fishery characterized by
expanding demand and price. If overcapitalization were avoided, resource rent
could be maximized.
Fletcher, Jerald J., Richard E. Howitt, and Warren E. Johnston (1988).
"Management of Multipurpose Heterogeneous Fishing Fleets Under
Uncertainty." Marine Resource Economics, 4:249-270.
This paper describes an approach to modeling fisheries in policy
analysis when the population dynamics are not well known and the fleet is
composed of a variety of multipurpose vessels. An empirical application of
the methodology to the northern California Dungeness crab fishery is
discussed. A multivariate time series intertemporal (year to year)
relationships for a simulation model describing both within season and year to
year fleet behavior. Appropriate modifications for the simulation model
parameters reflect alternative policy scenarios. The analysis of the
simulation outcomes provide insight into fleet response to several management
alternatives that have been considered for the crab fishery.
Flood, R.C. (1991). The Cost and Earnings of Capture Fisheries, Aquaculture,
and Livestock Industry - A Selective Annotated Bibliography. FAO
Fisheries Circular No. 843, Fishery Development Planning Service,
Fishery Policy and Planning Division, Fisheries Department, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, November, 32 pp.
This bibliography aims to facilitate access to recorded experience and
data regarding the costs and earnings in fisheries and livestock industry, to
stimulate the sharing of information and to broaden knowledge in the field.
Folsom, William B. (1995). World Swordfish Fishing, An Analysis of
Swordfishing Operations Past - Present - Future. Draft Volume II.
Africa and the Middle East, Office of International Affairs, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
Maryland.
Twelve African nations fishing for swordfish caught 2,166 tons in 1994.
The majority of the catch was made by Morocco who caught 1,068 tons in the
North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Algerian fishermen caught 600 tons and
Tunisian fishermen caught 234 tons in the Mediterranean while Ghanaian canoe
fishermen landed 235 tons in the South Atlantic. The importance of the
fishing grounds off West and Southwest Africa is not the harvest of African
fishermen -- mostly artisanal canoe fishermen -- but rather the potential for
significant catches by European flag or Asian flag fishermen. The Spanish
swordfish fleet moved into the South Atlantic in 1986 and by 1994 reported a
harvest of 7,937 tons -- as compared with 264 tons harvested by Angola, Benin,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, and Togo in these same waters in
1994. In the Mediterranean Sea the North African nations face problems
associated with over exploitation during the past few decades that makes
catching swordfish increasingly difficult. Kenyan fishermen reported modest
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