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This paper determined that vessel age, hull type, and length affect the
minimum price set by the owner using regression analysis of data collected
from boats-for-sale advertisements.
Walker, Henry A. and Saul B. Saila (1986). "Incorporating Climatic and
Hydrographic Information into Shrimp Yield Forecasts Using
Seasonal Climatic Component Models." In Landry, Andre M., Jr. and
Edward F. Klima (eds.) Proceedings of the Shrimp Yield Prediction
Workshop, TAMU-SG-86-110, April, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, Mitchell Campus, Galveston, Texas.
Conditions were favorable for offshore brown shrimp production in the
vicinity of the Texas and Louisiana boundary when there were strong northward
winds and eastward Ekman transport during the winter, followed by a dry
spring. These conditions may have resulted in higher survival rates for
postlarvae and juvenile stages in the estuaries. High springtime river
discharges and resulting low salinity in nursery areas reduced offshore brown
shrimp yields regardless of wind direction.
White shrimp landings were positively correlated with summer river
discharges in the region. Strong winds toward the northwest and northeast
Ekman transport in the spring and summer during periods of spawning and larval
transport into nursery areas correlated with decreased offshore yields of
white shrimp. In the fall, strong easterly winds, low river discharge and
relatively cold water temperatures correlated with increased offshore white
shrimp landings.
Walker, James M., Roy Gardner, and Elinor Ostrom (1990). "Rent
Dissipation in a Limited-Access Common-Pool Resource: Experimental
Evidence." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
19:203-211.
This paper examines group behavior in an experimental environment
designed to parallel the conditions specified in noncooperative models of
limited access common pool resources. Using experimental methods, we
investigate the strength of theoretical models that predict that users of such
resources will appropriate units at a rate at which the marginal returns from
appropriation are greater than the marginal appropriation costs. Our results
confirm the prediction of suboptimal accrual of rents and offer evidence on
the effects of increasing investment capital available to appropriators.
Wallace, Richard K. and C. Lance Robinson (1994). "Bycatch and Bycatch
Reduction in Recreational Shrimping." Northeast Gulf Science,
13(2):139-144.
Bycatch from recreational shrimping is estimated by quantifying the
catch from fishery independent trawling and through a survey of licensed
recreational shrimpers in Alabama during 1990. Paired trawls are used to test
tow net modifications (fish shooter and Florida fisheye) for bycatch
reduction. The mean fish bycatch was 5.4 kilograms per 20 minutes tow and
contained 426 fish primarily from three families (Sciaenidae, Engraulidae, and
Clupeidae). The total recreational shrimping effort for Alabama was an
estimated 37,244 hours resulting in a potential fish bycatch of 603,000 kg or
47.6 million fish. The fish shooter did not significantly reduce the bycatch
in either weight or numbers while the Florida fisheye significantly reduced
bycatch in Both weight (26 percent) and number (46 percent). Further testing
of the Florida fisheye with the position of the nets reversed revealed no
significant reduction in weight but a significant reduction in bycatch number
(36 percent).
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