annotated bibliography of fisheries economics literature - Office of ...

information from port agents and others on vessel and fleet characteristics,
and information from suppliers on prices of inputs used in the groundfish hook
fishery.
Georgianna, Daniel L. and William V. Hogan (1986). Production Costs in
Atlantic Fresh Fish Processing. Marine Resource Economics, 2(3):275-
292.
Production costs for fresh Atlantic groundfish and scallop processing
are examined using direct observation, linear regression analysis, and cost
accounting. Assuming that management chooses a production technique where
marginal costs are constant over a wide range of production due to
management s expectation of predictable and unpredictable variation in product
demand and exvessel supply, estimates of marginal cost for nonfish inputs from
linear regression results and from cost accounting are compared. Also,
regression results for physical yield from fish inputs are compared to
estimates from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The similarity in results
between these independent forms of estimation supports the maintained
hypothesis of constant marginal cost over a wide range of production.
Geraci, V.J. and W. Prewo (1982). "An Empirical Demand and Supply Model
of International Trade." Review of Economics and Statistics,
64:433-449.
This study develops an empirical model for the joint determination of
the demand and supply for bilateral trade, in which both bilateral quantities
and bilateral prices are endogenous.
Gianessi, Leonard P., Raymond J. Kopp, Peter Kuch, Cynthia Puffer, and
Robert Torla (1988). "Welfare Implications of Restricted Triazine
Herbicide Use in the Chesapeake Bay Region." Marine Resource
Economics, 5(3):243-258.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has responsibility
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to
formulate pesticide policies on the basis of risk-benefit analyses. To
measure the benefits of pesticide use, one must look at the losses in consumer
and producer surpluses that would accompany the banning of a particular
pesticide. A typical scenario is one in which the banned pesticide is
replaced by another that is more costly and/or less effective. The resulting
decrease in supply raises the price of the crop on which the banned pesticide
is used, and may alter the prices of substitute and complementary corps as
well. This article presents a simulation model of corn and soybean
implications of a local ban on triazine herbicides. It reports estimates of
lost producer and consumer surplus and the effect that the ban would have on
the profitability of agricultural production in the region.
Gibson, David J.M. (1981). "A Handbook on Processing Southern Bluefin
Tuna for the Fresh Chilled Sashimi Market in Japan." Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries, New Zealand Fishing Industry Board,
Wellington, New Zealand.
The manual comprises five sections. The introduction gives a brief
background to the biology, the fishery, the market, and the quality and
grading of southern bluefin tuna caught in the New Zealand zone. The main
section explains the processing techniques, the reasons behind the methods
used, and the problems that can arise. There are sections on handling and
storage in ice and freezing chilled fish and finally a section on packing
large fish for export by air in accordance with the International Air
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