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Sathiendrakumar, R. and C.A. Tisdell (1987). "Optimal Economic Fishery
Effort in the Maldivian Tuna Fishery: An Appropriate Model."
Marine Resource Economics, 4:15-44.
The estimation of a production function for Maldivian tuna fishery is a
two step process. First, it is necessary to find the relationship between
catch and effort and second, to find the most efficient combination of inputs
to produce the various levels of effort and hence output. The paper discusses
the selection of an appropriate model to explain the relationship between tuna
catch and effort and presents a technique for estimating the effort level
required for an optimal allocation of resources that maximize the economic
benefit of the fishery to the society. It also considers the extent to which
the present pricing policy of the State Trading Organization for tuna has
prevented the fishery reaching the open access equilibrium yield level of
effort and dissipating resource rent.
Schabram, Dennis (1995). Texas Shrimpers Ready or Not for Limited Entry and
Bycatch . The Herald, 6(4), February 16, 2 pp.
Will recreational fishermen do to the shrimp fishery what they did to
the finfish fishery in Texas? Ultimately the consumer will share the price.
Will free enterprise forces regulate the shrimp industry?
Schaefer, H. Charles, Lyman E. Barger, and Herman E. Kumpf (1988). "The
Driftnet Fishery in the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno Area off
Southeast Florida." Draft report, National Marine Fisheries
Service, Southeast Fisehries Center, Economics and Statistics
Office, 727 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, Flroida.
From May through September 1987, observations were made on 38 trips in
the driftnet fishery off the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno area off southeast
Florida. Of the number and weight of fish landed on observed trips, 91.6
percent consisted of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, the targeted
species. Over 33 species of fish were observed among the discarded bycatch.
The most frequently occurring species in the discards was little tunny,
Euthynnus alletteratus, that made up 67 percent by number of the discarded
bycatch. Total landings for all commercial gear from Saint Lucie and Martin
counties (the counties of the study area) increased 516,741 pounds from 1986
to 1987. In 1986, 55 percent of the catch was from handline and 45 percent
from driftnet landings. In 1987, 78 percent was from driftnet and 22 percent
from handline landings. A comparison of lengths from recreational and
commercial landings showed recreationally caught fish to be, on the average,
smaller. No marine mammals, birds, or turtles were entangled in the net on
observed trips. Data on cost of nets, fuel, and supplies plus the
distribution of earnings among the crew were obtained for five driftnet boats.
Schaefer, H. Charles, Lyman E. Barger, and Herman E. Kumpf (1989). "The
Driftnet Fishery in the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno Area off
Southeast Florida." Marine Fisheries Review, 51(1):44-49.
From May through September 1987, observations were made on 38 trips in
the driftnet fishery off the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno area off southeast
Florida. Of the number and weight of fish landed on observed trips, 91.6
percent consisted of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, the targeted
species. Over 33 species of fish were observed among the discarded bycatch.
The most frequently occurring species in the discards was little tunny,
Euthynnus alletteratus, that made up 67 percent by number of the discarded
bycatch. Total landings for all commercial gear from Saint Lucie and Martin
counties (the counties of the study area) increased 516,741 pounds from 1986
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