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spring. This incidental (or discard) catch problem is analyzed to ascertain
whether alternative shrimp management policies should be instituted that would
reduce the extent of the discard problem. The basis for evaluating the
policies was whether or not net income to the fishery increased. Because of
the lack of required data, the analysis was primarily a sensitivity analysis
on the parameters involved. Results showed that the potential for increasing
income to the fishery through reduced discard exists only at high discard
rates. This is primarily due to high natural mortality and the low
probability of catching those pink shrimp that are save from being discarded.
Waters, James R., J.E. Easley, Jr., and Leon E. Danielson (1980).
"Economic Trade-Offs and the North Carolina Shrimp Fishery."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62(1):124-129.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the incidental catch (or
discard) problem to ascertain whether discard abatement policies should be
instituted during August and September to protect juvenile pink shrimp.
Interest is focused on whether or not the range of observed discard rates is
sufficiently large to warrant protection. Because of the lack of required
data, the study is primarily a simulation analysis.
Waters, James R., Raymond J. Rhodes, and Robert Wiggers (1997). Description
of Economic Data Collected With a Random Sample of Commercial Reef Fish
Boats in the Florida Keys. U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 101 Piver's Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516 and South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division, Office of
Fisheries Management, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, SC, October, 117 pp.
This survey provides basic economic information about the financial
performance of boats in the commercial reef fish fishery in the Florida Keys.
Respondents were characterized with regard to their dependence on the
commercial reef fish fishery as a source of household income. Boats were
described in terms of their physical and financial characteristics. Some
boats fished in one kind of activity year-round whereas others rotated among
several kinds of fishing trips according to seasonal availability of fish,
seasonal variation in prices, fishery regulations and so forth. An important
objective of the survey was to estimate average net operating revenues per
boat per trip and per boat per year that were earned on the most important
kinds of fishing trips taken by reef fish boats. Yellowtail snapper was the
most commonly sought species by commercial reef fish boats in the Florida
Keys. Spiny lobster was the second most frequently cited species as being
most important in terms of annual revenues, and generated the highest net
returns among the activities examined in this study. Black grouper and mutton
snapper were commonly mentioned as the second, third, fourth or lower ranked
species in terms of the generation of annual revenues, principally in the
Upper and Lower Keys. Fishing for greater amberjack was the highest volume
activity examined in this study. Overall financial performance was measured
as the boat's gross revenues and net income before taxes for all fishing
activities combined. Net incomes per boat averaged $11,129 based on revenues
of $49,581 in the Upper Keys, $3,301 based on revenues of $13,714 in the
Middle Keys, and $6,653 based on revenues of $28,027 in the Lower Keys. The
estimated total revenues for the sampled population of reef fish boats in the
Keys were $18.4 million, with aggregate net incomes of $4.3 million.
Waters, James R., Raymond J. Rhodes, Wayne Waltz, and Robert Wiggers (1997).
An Economic Survey of Commercial Reef Fish Boats Along the U.S. South
Atlantic Coast. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 101
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