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

Multi-Species Fishery." Presented at The American Agricultural
Economics Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
The paper reports on the results of an analysis of the economic
interrelationships in Florida's commercial near-shore fishery. A dual-based
revenue function is specified to estimate own-price and cross-price
elasticities of supply for selected key species. Implications for fishery
management policy is discussed.
Brewster-Geisz, Karyl K. (1997). Preliminary Results of Atlantic Bluefin
Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Catch Rates in U.S. Commercial Longline Pelagic
Fisheries: 1991-1995. Draft report, Highly Migratory Species
Management Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, October.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is attempting to decrease
discards, particularly dead discards, of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus
thynnus) by U.S. commercial longline pelagic fisheries. This document
describes preliminary analyses of logbook and dealer weight out slips
collected from 1991 to 1995. Analyses partition trip data into three regions:
fish caught north of 34 degrees latitude, fish caught south of 23 degrees
latitude, and fish caught in the Gulf of mexico. Non-parametric tests were
conducted on the data by region and season. Initial results indicate
significant differences between the number of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught and
discarded per trip by season and region. This suggests time/area closures may
reduce discards by the U.S. commercial longline pelagic fisheries.
Bribitzer, Clem (1991). Review of the 1990 COE Update of the 1984 Economic
Analysis of Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay Project. Draft Report, National
Marine Fisheries Service, December, 11 pp.
A critique of The Corps of Engineers economic analysis which is built
on several critical assumptions. The Corps assumes that through better
fisheries management many currently depleted fish stocks will be rebuilt to
former robust level. The Corps further assumes that the fishery management
(including those stocks that are not under the aegis of the Magnuson Act) will
be effective in preventing overcapitalization. That is, potential economic
rents created by the stabilization of Oregon Inlet will not be dissipated by
increases in the number, average size, or efficiency of the current fishing
fleet. In practice this probably means that the fisheries will be managed
using some sort of individual transferable fishing quotas. Implicit in the
Corps analysis is also the assumption that the general condition of fisheries
habitat will not continue to deteriorate and that the presence of the jetties
will not harm fisheries through disruption of larval transport through the
inlet. The author questions the usefulness of the Corps analysis.
Bricklemyer, Bo (1985). "Sea Turtle Rescue Efforts." Draft report for
the Center for Environmental Education.
Report on TED regulations and actions. History of laws enacted to
protect sea turtles.
Bricklemyer, Eugene C., Jr., Suzanne Ludicello, and Hans J. Hartmann
(1990). "Discarded Catch in U.S. Commercial Marine Fisheries."
In Audubon Wildlife Report, 1989/1990, pp. 259-295.
This chapter examines the discard problem in U.S. managed waters. It
also examines the mechanisms for regulation fisheries, and the reasons why
U.S. fishery managers, for the most part, do not apply those mechanisms to
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