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Fisheries Review, 46(2):53-59.
Sound management of the Texas shrimp fishery requires an understanding
of the composition of the shrimp fleet and its response to changing economic
conditions and regulations. This study utilized Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department licensing data to quantitatively describe and evaluate the
commercial fleet from 1979 to 1982. Tables representing the number of vessels
in the fleet, the license (bay, bait, Gulf) or license combinations that they
maintain, the home ports of vessels, and the counties of residence of vessel
owners, are presented. Despite yearly fluctuations, the shrimp fleet has been
increasing, as have been the purchases of single and multiple licenses.
Decreases in the number of vessels in the fleet for any given year resulted
primarily from vessels less than 25 feet in length and vessels 55-70 feet in
length leaving the fishery. The expansion of the fleet in 1981 and its
relationship to 1981 fisheries legislation is discussed.
Krauthamer, Judith T., William E. Grant, and Wade L. Griffin (1987). "A
Sociobioeconomic Model : The Texas Inshore Shrimp Fishery."
Ecological Modelling, 35:275-307.
A sociobioeconomic model (SBM) of the Texas inshore shrimp fishery is
developed as an extension of a General Bioeconomic Fisheries Simulation Model
(GBFSM) for annual crop fisheries. The SBM is a heuristic model which
redefines the traditional concept of a vessel class to include social and
cultural variables that describe the vessel operators. Sociocultural
variables that are hypothesized to affect harvesting capability of fishermen,
or relative fishing power (RFP) of vessels that they operate, are identified
and referred to as Fishing Advantage variables. Fishing Advantage variables,
age of operator, years of experience, and innovativeness, are quantified and
incorporated into the GBFSM through modification of an equation that
calculates RFP for different SBM vessel classes. Sociocultural variables
hypothesized to affect decisions of vessel operators to exert fishing effort,
or nominal days fished (NDF) are identified and referred to as Motivational
variables. These include deferred gratification orientation, work
orientation, and vessel ownership status of the vessel operator. A method
using decision trees to direct decision making based on Motivational variables
and economic feedback is incorporated into the GBFSM to adjust NDF for
different vessel classes. Five idealized inshore vessel classes representing
different types of Texas inshore shrimp vessels, whose operators differ in
Fishing Advantage and Motivation, are included in the SBM. Examination of the
performance of individual inshore vessel classes indicated that policy changes
have different economic impacts on different groups of fishermen, with revenue
and rent of the lowest producers being most sensitive to policy changes.
Krautkraemer, Jeffrey A. (1990). "Taxation, Ore Quality Selection, and
the Depletion of a Heterogeneous Deposit of a Nonrenewable
Resource." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
18:120-135.
The effect of taxation on depletion is examined when ore quality varies
within a deposit and the firm's selection of the sequence of exploitation is
constrained. Tax policies in this setting are less conserving of the resource
than if ore quality is homogeneous and can be less conserving of the resource
than in other models of ore quality selection. For example, a constant
severance tax can induce faster depletion, decrease the life of the mine,
reduce total recovery, and increase metal output in periods when extraction is
positive.
Kronman, Mick (1995).
Dolphin Protection. In Brad Warren, Win-Win Bycatch
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