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

valued products and significant losses in regional and national welfare. The
Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) fishery serves as a case study to
understand the importance of pre-harvest fish quality and fisheries management
including the determination of annual, seasonal, and user group quotas. A
bioeconomic programming model is used to evaluate the relationship between the
various quota strategies and management goals of stock conservation, economic
value, and maximum utilization.
Larkin, Sherry L., Donna Lee, and Charles Adams (1997). Atlantic Pelagic
Fisheries: Analysis of 1996 Trip Summary Statistics. Draft Report,
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, August, 19 pp.
Logbook trip summary data was analyzed for commercial U.S. vessels that
participated in Atlantic pelagic fisheries in 1996. The economics were
compared between alternative vessel and trip groupings. These comparisons
revealed an appropriate means to disaggregate the industry for use in future
bioeconomic modeling of the North Atlantic swordfish (Xiphius gladus) fishery.
Larkin, Sherry L., Donna Lee, and Charles Adams (1998). Costs, Earnings, and
Returns to the U.S. Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fleet in 1996. SP98-9,
Staff Paper Series, Food and Resource Economics Department, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June, 44 pp.
Logbook trip and set summary data collected by the NMFS are analyzed for
commercial U.S. pelagic longline vessels that participated in Atlantic pelagic
fisheries in 1996. These data are augmented with the U.S. Coast Guard vessel
database to incorporate vessel characteristics. Average fish weights and
prices from NMFS observers, licenced seafood dealers, and the Fisheries
Statistics and Economics Division, respectively, are used to estimate gross
revenues. This revenue is compared to average reported cost and earnings
information. Comparisons by vessel and trip types are also made. The
Atlantic pelagic longline fleet consisted of 259 vessels that landed (e.g.,
offloaded for sale) approximately 240,000 fish (more that 30 species) in 1996.
Each vessel average 12 trips during which they placed five sets (each with, on
average, 632 hooks over 25 miles). The average trip lasted 10 days and
grossed $10,270. Supply costs averaged $4,708 for fuel, bait, light sticks,
ice, and groceries, and $2,623 for miscellaneous expenses. The total crew
payment averaged $3,903 ($1,055 per crew member). In addition, vessel owners
and captains (if not the owners) received $4,422 and $1,521, respectively.
This analysis suggests considering the fleet as heterogeneous by vessel length
and the number of sets per trip based on cost and revenue calculations.
Disaggregating the fleet by vessel size (e.g., length) and fishing behavior
(i.e., number of sets per trip) may be necessary to account for significant
differences in reported landings and estimated financial returns. It may be
especially important to incorporate these differences into management
decisions when considering proposed changes in fleet and fisheries
regulations.
Larson, Douglas M. (1993). Joint Recreation Choices and Implied Values of
Time. Land Economics, 69(3):270-286.
A model of joint recreation quantity choices is developed. Individuals
choose both total time spent at distant sites and the number of trips taken,
implicitly choosing average on-site time. The model permits nonzero marginal
utility of travel, makes on-site time endogenous, and is linear in the
constraints. The scarcity value of time is analyzed without assuming the
marginal utility of work time is zero. A partially testable assumption about
relative marginal values of travel and on-site time yields nonparametric
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