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Starting from a disaggregate model of the search for low cost deposits
of an exhaustible resource, we derive the appropriate specifications for
aggregate extraction and exploration cost functions and analyze the behavior
of a competitive industry. The proper specification of the aggregate
extraction cost function depends on the exploration technology and is
generally different from the usual no discovery specification. The common
practice of combining the no discovery cost function with exploration results
in a misspecified model for which the total cost of extracting the resource is
not well defined. The widely accepted prediction that the anticipated
discovery of low cost deposits can result in a U-shaped price path appears to
be an artifact of this misspecification. For our properly specified cost
functions, the predicted resource price is always rising, in spite of the
continued discovery of low cost deposits.
Swingle, Hugh A., Donald G. Bland, and Walter M. Tatum (1976). "Survey
of the 16-foot Trawl Fishery of Alabama." Alabama Marine Resources
Bulletin, 11(June):51-57.
Of the 19,120 owners of Class I and II boats registered in Mobile and
Baldwin counties in 1972, 5,727 or 30% owned a 16-foot shrimp trawl. From
1972 to 1974, the estimated shrimp catch by these 16-foot trawls ranged from
204 to 291 thousand pounds (heads-on) or 15 to 25 percent of the total catch
from the inside waters of Alabama.
Swingle, Wayne E. (1972). "Survey of the Live Bait Shrimp Industry of
Alabama." Alabama Marine Resources Bulletin, No. 8, Alabama
Marine Resources Laboratory, Dauphin Island, Alabama, June, 33 pp.
During 1968, there were 24 bona fide live bait shrimp dealers operating
in Alabama who sold 1,544,000 live shrimp and 22,200 pounds of dead shrimp
having a retail value of $76,540. The capital investment per dealer was
$3,303 for facilities and equipment. No shrimp were exported from Alabama,
and only a negligible amount was imported. Brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) and
white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) were the major species taken. Brown shrimp
entered the estuaries first and were gradually replaced by white shrimp. The
fishery normally operates from June through November. Length-weight
relationships were determined for brown shrimp, white shrimp, and pink shrimp
(Penaeus duorarum).
Swingle, Wayne E. (1991). "Shrimp Limited Entry Options Paper." Draft
report, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Lincoln Center,
Suite 881, 5401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida, 133 pp.,
Appendix.
A draft of the options paper for a limited access system for the shrimp
fishery.
Swingle, Wayne E. (1996). "Issues the Shrimp AP Requested be Addressed
in Bycatch Amendment." Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council,
Lincoln Center, Suite 881, 5401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida,
6 pp.
Summary of problems that need to be addressed in an analysis of the
proposed regulations to reduce finfish bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp
fishery including incorporating ecological models in the economic-cost benefit
analysis.
Sylvia, Gilbert (1989). "An Economic Policy Model for Net-Pen Salmon
Aquaculture Development: A Dynamic Multilevel Approach."
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