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ureaucratic supply determines only the bureau's preferred output based on an
assumption that the bureau acts to maximize its budget. The government's
preferred output is determined from conventional majority rule models or from
my special model of decisions by a "high demand" committee.
Two criticisms of this theory are (1) that budget maximization by
bureaus is not obviously consistent with utility maximizing by bureaucrats and
(2) that the theory does not develop the conditions for an equilibrium output
between the output preferred by the bureau and the output preferred by the
government. Based on these criticisms, modifications to the theory are
outlined in this paper.
Nix, Harold L. and Muncho Kim (1982). "A Sociological Analysis of
Georgia Commercial Shrimp Fishermen, 1976-77." Institute of
Community and Area Development, The University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia, March, 182 pp.
This publication is both theoretical and practical. It is theoretical
in that it provides a theoretical model for understanding the social behavior
of an occupation. It is practical in that it describes the attitudes,
behavior, and problems faced by Georgia shrimp fishermen as they approached an
era of very rapid change. In addition, it is felt that this document will
serve as a historical bench mark for additional studies and by which
occupational change may be analyzed.
Nixon, Dennis W. (1994). Managing Marine Fisheries Through Individual
Transferable Quotas. In Karyn L. Gimbel (ed.) Limiting Access to Marine
Fisheries: Keeping the Focus on Conservation, Center for Marine
Conservation and the World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.
Until recently, the traditional tools of the fishery manager (minimum
sizes, closed seasons, etc.) were sufficient to ensure the health of our
nation s open access fishery resources. However, the tremendous growth in
harvesting capacity spurred by the passage of the Magnuson Act has created the
need either to develop some new tools or radically improve the effectiveness
of the existing methods. This paper will discuss the use of one new tool, the
individual transferable quota (ITQ), and examine the advantages and
disadvantages associated with its use in the context of the seven National
Standards for fishery conservation and management in the Magnuson Act. Four
major problem areas are considered. First, the nature of the property right
is considered, with particular attention to the issue of initial allocation.
Second, the difficulty in establishing the appropriate management unit is
considered. Third, the problem of determining TAC with sufficient specificity
for an ITQ system is examined. Finally, the issues of monitoring and
enforcing the more complex ITQ system are considered. ITQs while having
potential in some U.S. fisheries are no silver bullet for fishery managers.
Noetzel, Bruno G. (1977). "Revenues, Costs, and Returns from Vessel
Operation in Major U.S. Fisheries." PB 265 275, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C., February, 23 pp.
The proceeds from operation of fishing vessels in selected U.S.
fisheries in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico are evaluate. The
report covers the groundfish fisheries of New England and the entire Pacific
coast (including halibut fishing), the Pacific salmon fisheries, the tuna
fisheries (albacore and tropical tuna), the shrimp fishery in the Gulf of
Mexico, and the crab fisheries in the Northeast Pacific and Bering Sea. These
fisheries accounted for 65% by quantity and 68% by value of total U.S. food
fish landings in 1974. A total of 297 vessel years of operation were
analyzed. The purpose of the analysis is to provide an insight into the
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