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(Mackerel) Management Unit." NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-
SEFC-84, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami, FL, March, 42 pp.
This report presents an inventory of existing economic data useful in
the analysis of the coastal migratory pelagic resources (mackerel) within the
southeast region. The actual list providing an inventory of the existing data
describes the available data and provides representative examples. The second
section of this report discusses this data inventory and describes near term
plans to supplement the existing data bases. A fairly complete list of the
bibliographic influences applicable to the economic analysis of the coastal
pelagic fishery is also presented.
Ward, John M. and John R. Poffenberger (1982). "Survey of Ice Plants in
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, 1980-81." Marine Fisheries
Review, 44(9-10):55-57.
This report presents the findings of the 1980-81 survey of ice plants in
the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The survey was
undertaken by the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southeast Fisheries
Center to determine the impact of the Texas Closure regulation on the level of
ice sales in this region. The 1980 survey was limited to Louisiana ice plants
during the 13 week period of the spring brown shrimp season. The 1981 survey
of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama ice plants covered an 18 week period.
The two surveys were compared using the 13 week period of the 1980 Louisiana
survey. Results of the analysis indicate that weekly ice sales did not exceed
productive and storage capacity in either year despite both the increased
shrimp landings and the Texas closure regulation in 1981.
Ward, John M. and Jon G. Sutinen (1992). "Modeling Vessel Mobility: The
Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fleet." NOAA Technical Report, National
Marine Laboratory, F/AKC3, National Marine Fisheries Service,
NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
Given the heterogeneous nature of the fishing fleet and the complex
behavior of vessels, the traditional marginalist supply models are not well
suited for modeling vessel mobility. A discrete choice model is utilized in
this analysis to predict the probability that a vessel will enter, exit, or
remain in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery based on a myopic profit
maximization criteria. The multinomial logit model indicates that stock
variability does not influence fisherman behavior in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp
fishery. The crowding externality, represented by the size of the fishing
fleet, exhibits a strong negative impact on the probability of entry by
fishing vessels independent of changes in abundance, ex-vessel prices, or
harvesting costs. Lastly, the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery is not the
autonomous system of fishing vessels as was initially believed.
Ward, John M. and Jon G. Sutinen (1992). "Modeling Vessel Entry-Exit
Behavior in the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery." Draft report
submitted to the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Given the heterogeneous nature of the fishing fleet and the complex
behavior of vessels, the traditional marginalist supply models are not well
suited for modeling vessel mobility. A discrete choice model is utilized in
this analysis to predict the probability that a vessel will enter, exit, or
remain in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery based on a myopic profit
maximization criteria. The multinomial logit model indicates that stock
variability does not influence fisherman behavior in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp
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