investigated. Proponents of the localized depletion theory claim that intense fishing effort can lead to areas that are unsuitable … for predators like tuna, groundfish, and whales. This leads to poor outcomes for the fishing and whale-watching industries … production of both herring and whale-watching trips. A unique dataset of daily whale-watching outcomes is combined with fishing …

In the framework of a study for the European Commission on 'Measuring Capacity in Fishing Industries using the Data … trawling for flatfish is the main occupation of the Dutch skipper-owned fishing fleet. Using three input factors and four …

to a recreational demand Wisconsin fishing survey. …

Area are a rich, largely undisturbed ecosystem. Despite the fact that commercial fishing has reached a point of …

. Contract fishing is no longer an option, and the alternative strategy for re-entering the fisheries by 'small boats' who have …"While the Icelandic fisheries have been managed by individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for almost a decade and the … fisheries sector seems to be performing well in economical terms, there is still no consensus about quota issue. Lately, the …

"Access to inshore fisheries in Sierra Leone and their management are discussed in order to provide a basis for … improving fisheries management."On the basis of the property rights framework, the state is the de jure owner of the inshore … fisheries resources, exploited by the artisanal fishers as authorized users. Fishers perceive stocks as a free good and in …

introduced. The concept of a fishing-day was introduced and it was argued that the firm viewed a fishing-day as one of its …

"Fisheries co-management as an alternative to centralised command and control fisheries management is often suggested … as a solution to the problems of fisheries resource use conflicts and overexploitation. Various researchers have talked … fisheries resources. There have however been no attempts to verify empirically by measuring the transaction costs involved in …