1. The issues -- 2. Bio-economic models of exploited fisheries -- 3. Salmon fishing gear and methods of regulation -- 4. The Alaska salmon fishery : the environment, the attitudes -- 5. Development of the Alaska salmon fishery -- 6. History of regulation in Alaska -- 7. Potential economic yield...

User rights in fisheries refer to the rights of fishers to harvest from fish resources. In terms of exclusivity, security, duration and transferability these rights can be strong or they can be weak. For this a definition of and a measure of the strength of user rights is needed. We refer to...

Developing countries have traditionally been highly dependent on their natural resources for conversion into capital for consumption and development purposes. There is, however, a limit to which some natural resources, notably biotic renewable resources, can be exploited as overexploitation can...