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

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This draft of technical guidelines on the management of fishing capacity
is prepared in the general context of the Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries. The draft guidelines cover the definition of fishing capacity and
excess capacity, measurement aspects, control mechanisms and approaches to
reducing capacity. The draft guidelines introduce concepts and issues,
identifies options, and provides guidance and advice to fisheries
managers/policy makers from a world wide perspective. Special issues
addressed include intra-sectoral and international mobility, regional and
international dimensions, subsidies and buybacks, and small-scale tropical
fisheries.
Holland, Daniel S. and Cathy R. Wessells (1997). Predicting Consumer
Preferences for Seafood: What s in a Label? Draft report, Department
of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI, April, 15 pp.
This paper addresses relevant questions which should be answered by the
seafood industry regarding seafood labeling. Questions answered by this paper
are: 1) do consumers want seafood safety information; 2) does it matter which
agency of the government is in charge of seafood safety programs; 3) do they
want method of production information; and, 4) which production method do they
prefer? A rank-ordered logit model is estimated using data collected by a
mail survey of consumers in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S. The
questions, based on conjoint analysis, are used to determine the average
relative importance and value of the three product attributes, and to estimate
the relative attractiveness of particular products to consumers. When used in
combination with demographic data and responses to questions on perceptions,
the analysis suggests market segmentations and potential marketing strategies
based on the heterogeneity in preferences among consumers.
Holland, Daniel S. and Jon G. Sutinen (1999). An Empirical Model of Fleet
Dynamics in New England Trawl Fisheries. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.,
56:253-264.
Regulations and changes in market and environmental conditions that
change the profitability of one fishery or area will result in a
redistribution of fishing effort among alternative fisheries or areas. The
magnitude of this effort displacement will depend on the relative
profitability of the alternatives for the individual fishers affected. When
fishing areas and fishers are heterogeneous, simple aggregate effort models
such as those based on ideal free distribution theory may provide inaccurate
predictions. We present an empirical model of individual vessel fishery and
location choice based on trip data for a group of over 400 large trawlers
fishing in New England. The model uses lagged average revenue rates for
different alternatives and the individual vessel s past behavior to predict
choice of species group and fishing location on a trip-by-trip basis. This
model is used to predict aggregate effort levels in different fisheries and
areas over time.
Holland, Daniel S., Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, and John Gates (1999). Do Fishing
Vessel Buyback Programs Work: A Survey of the Evidence. Marine Policy,
23(1):47-69.
Vessel and license buyback programs are being used increasingly as a
tool to reduce overcapacity in fisheries. This paper examines buybacks
programs in a number of fisheries around the world, to evaluate their
effectiveness in achieving their objectives. We show that, though the
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