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

elative to optimum fishing and processing and produce at excess cost in both
sectors. The intermediate case of a cooperative that charges an entry fee may
either over conserve or under conserve the stock. The results are illustrated
by means of a simulation employing parameters from the Pacific halibut
fishery.
Stone, Christopher D. (1997). The Maladies in Global Fisheries: Are Trade
Laws Part of the Treatment? Working Paper No. 97-12, University of
Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, CA.
The world capture fisheries are being over exploited. Across vast
areas, a reduction in pressure, by providing stocks an opportunity to rebuild,
would increase productivity and maximize revenues in the long run. Fisheries
managers are utilizing an array of techniques, including restraints on time,
place, gear, and catch, to dampen the level of harvest. But their efforts are
resisted and undermined, even rendered counter productive, by excess sector
specific capital and labor. There is no single remedy. But subsidies are a
crucial culprit. Fishing subsidies, estimated at tens of billions of dollars
annually world wide, lure and shelter the excessive catch capacity. As a
consequence, fishery subsidies (and overcapacity ) are being called into
question in a variety of fora. This paper proposes that trade disciplines
should be more aggressively deployed in this campaign. Fish products
constitute one of the major components in world trade. Many government
programs designed to support fisheries appear to be in clear violation of the
GATT. Hence, anti-subsidy disciplines and other trade related measures are
response mechanisms already in place. There are, of course, major barriers to
any assault on practices as widespread and entrenched as fishing subsidies.
But inroads have been made, or are in the offing, even in the farm sector. In
fishing, prospects for reform under the trade law are brightened by potential
support of resource and environmental constituencies.
Stone, Christopher D. (1998). Can the Oceans be Harbored? A Four Step Plan
for the 21 st Century. Draft report prepared for presentation at the
Conference, Towards the International Protection of the Oceans: From
Rules to Compliance, Lisbon, 17 th - 19 th September, University of
Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, CA.
A four step program to improve the exploitation of the oceans includes
first, the removal of subsidies that underwrite and thereby accelerate
ransacking of the ocean environment and its resources. Second, the imposition
of charges for rivalrous uses of the oceans. Third, establishment of an
oceans trust fund, financed through the use-charges, designed to maintain and
repair the ocean s health. Fourth, the establishment of an Oceans Guardian to
give voice to the ocean in legislative and judicial fora.
Stone, Christopher D. (1998). Fisheries Subsidies, Trade Law, and the WTO
Subsidies Agreement. Presented at the Workshop on the Impact of
Government Financial Transactions on Fisheries Management, Resources,
and International Trade Sponsored by Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council, fisheries Development and Cooperation Task Force, Manila,
Philippines, 17 th - 19 th August, University of Southern California Law
School, Los Angeles, CA.
A criticism of subsidies in fishing.
Stone, Richard B. (1985). "National Artificial Reef Plan." NOAA
Technical Memorandum, NMFS OF-6, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington,
D.C., November, 39 pp.
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