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Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources: Implications of Spatial-Dynamic Ecological and Economic Processes
Sanchirico, James N.; Wilen, James E. - In: International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 1 (2008) 4, pp. 367-405
In this review we discuss the economic implications of spatial-dynamic processes operating at various scales in coupled human and natural systems where the coupling is through the harvest of a renewable resource. Before introducing the spatial aspects, we first summarize in Section 2 the...
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Sustaining Sanak Island, Alaska: A Cultural Land Trust
Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L.; Maschner, Herbert D. G. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4406-4427
Sanak Island is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands and was inhabited by the Aleut (Unangan) peoples for nearly 7000 years. The past few centuries of Sanak Island life for its Aleut residents can be summarized from ethnohistoric documents and extensive interviews with former residents as...
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Vertically Differentiating Environmental Standards: The Case of the Marine Stewardship Council
Bush, Simon R.; Oosterveer, Peter - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1861-1883
of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). We analyze this process in two dimensions. First, fisheries employ strategies to … additional recognition for these activities through co-labelling with, amongst others, international NGOs. Second, fisheries not … yet able to meet the requirements of MSC standards are being enrolled in NGO and private sector sponsored Fisheries …
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Refocusing Seafood Sustainability as a Journey Using the Law of the Minimum
Tlusty, Michael; Tausig, Heather; Taranovski, Tania; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 2038-2050
Globally, seafood is an important protein source because it is a nutritious food source produced with relative efficiency compared to other proteins. Because of problems related to overfishing and deleterious environmental impacts, over the last decade, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have...
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Stakeholder Dialogues and Shared Understanding: The Case of Co-Managing Fisheries in Sweden
Lundholm, Cecilia; Stöhr, Christian - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4525-4536
dialogues and shared understanding in the context of co-managed fisheries aiming at participation and learning to increase …
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Economic Risk and Efficiency Assessment of Fisheries in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): A Stochastic Approach
Fathelrahman, Eihab; Basarir, Aydin; Gheblawi, Mohamed; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3878-3898
The fishing industry in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), plays an important role in diversifying food sources in order to enhance national food security. The fishing industry is facing an increasing risk that may impact the sustainability (<i>i.e.</i>, quantity and quality) of the fish caught and...
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Cod today and none tomorrow: The Economic Value of a Marine Reserve
Grafton, R. Quentin; Kompas, Tom - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
The northern cod fishery was once one of the world’s largest capture fisheries. Using data from the fishery, this …
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A Two-Sector Analysis of the Galápagos Marine Reserve
Stewart, Micki; Wilen, James E. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2001
impacts to the residents of Galápagos, and in particular to the fisheries sector, resulting from the use of “no take” zones as …
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Tenure Rights and Stewardship of Marine Resources: A co-managed Swedish shrimp fishery in a marine reserve
Eggert, Håkan; Ulmestrand, Mats - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007
quotas as a means to reduce overcapacity that exist also in Swedish fisheries. …
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The Impacts of Marine Reserves on Limited-Entry Fisheries
Sanchirico, James; Wilen, James - 2000
We utilize a spatial bioeconomic model to investigate the impacts of creating reserves on limited-entry fisheries. We …
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