Incentive-based approaches to sustainable fisheries (now replaced by EEN0508)

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Incentive-based approaches to sustainable fisheries (now replaced by EEN0508)

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R. Quentin Grafton () (Australian National University, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government)
Ragnar Arnason () (University of Iceland, Department of Economics)
Trond Bjorndal
David Campbell
Harry F. Campbell
Colin W. Clark
Robin Connor
Diane P. Dupont
Rognvaldur Hannesson
Ray Hilborn
James E. Kirkley
Tom Kompas
Daniel E. Lane
Gordon R. Munro
Sean Pascoe
Dale Squires
Stein Ivar Steinshamn
Bruce R. Turris
Quinn Weninger

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Abstract

Using examples from more than a dozen fisheries, we highlight the failures of ‘command control’ management and show that approaches that empower fishers with the incentives and the mandate to be co-custodians of the marine environment can promote sustainability. Evidence is provided that where harvesters share well-defined management responsibilities over fish, and experience both the pain of overexploitation and the gains from conservation, they are much more likely to protect fish stocks and habitat. The key insight is that to maintain marine ecosystems for present and future generations, fishing incentives must be compatible with long-term goals of sustainability.

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Paper provided by Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network in its series Economics and Environment Network Working Papers with number 0501.

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Date of creation: Apr 2005
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- Quinn Weninger, 2000. "Buyback programs in commercial fisheries:efficiency versus transfers," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 33(2), pages 394-412, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Arnason, Ragnar, 1994. "On Catch Discarding in Fisheries," Marine Resource Economics, Marine Resources Foundation, vol. 9(3). [Downloadable!]
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Turner, Matthew A., 1997. "Quota-Induced Discarding in Heterogeneous Fisheries," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 186-195, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Grafton R. Quentin, 1995. "Rent Capture in a Rights-Based Fishery," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 48-67, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Grafton, R.Q., 1993. "Rent Capture in a Right Based Fishery," Working Papers 9306e, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
Fox, Kevin J. & Grafton, R. Quentin & Kirkley, James & Squires, Dale, 2003. "Property rights in a fishery: regulatory change and firm performance," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 156-177, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Kevin J. Fox & R. Quentin Grafton & James Kirkley & Dale Squires, 2002. "Property Rights in a Fishery: Regulatory Change and Firm Performance," Economics and Environment Network Working Papers 0205, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network. [Downloadable!]
Dupont, Diane P. & Grafton, R. Quentin, 2000. "Multi-Species Individual Transferable Quotas: The Scotia-Fundy Mobile Gear Groundfishery," Marine Resource Economics, Marine Resources Foundation, vol. 15(3). [Downloadable!]
Matthew Turner & Quinn Weninger, 2005. "Meetings with Costly Participation: An Empirical Analysis," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 72(1), pages 247-268, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Turner, Matthew & Weninger, Quinn, 2004. "Meetings with costly participation: an empirical analysis," Staff General Research Papers 11464, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
Tom Kompas & Tuong Nhu Che & R. Quentin Grafton, 2004. "Technical efficiency effects of input controls: evidence from Australia's banana prawn fishery," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 36(15), pages 1631-1641, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Tom Kompas & Tuong Nhu Che & R. Quentin Grafton, 2003. "Technical Efficiency Effects of Input Controls: Evidence from Australia’s Banana Prawn Fishery," Microeconomics Working Papers 585, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
- Tom Kompas & Tuong Nhu Che & R. Quentin Grafton, 2003. "Technical Efficiency Effects of Input Controls: Evidence from Australia's Banana Prawn Fishery," Economics and Environment Network Working Papers 0304, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network. [Downloadable!]
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R. Quentin Grafton & Harry W. Nelson & Bruce Turris, 2005. "How to Resolve the Class II Common Property Problem? The Case of British Columbia's Multi-Species Groundfish Traw," Economics and Environment Network Working Papers 0506, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network. [Downloadable!]
Dale Squires, 1987. "Public Regulation and the Structure of Production in Multiproduct Industries: An Application to the New England Otter Trawl Industry," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 18(2), pages 232-247, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Grafton, R Quentin & Squires, Dale & Fox, Kevin J, 2000. "Private Property and Economic Efficiency: A Study of a Common-Pool Resource," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 43(2), pages 679-713, October.
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- Grafton, R.Q. & Squires, D. & Fox, K.J., 1998. "Private Property and Economic Efficiency: A Study of a Common-Pool Resource," Working Papers 9804e, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
Diane P. Dupont & Kevin J. Fox & Daniel V. Gordon & R. Quentin Grafton, 2005. "Profit and Price Effects of Multi-species Individual Transferable Quotas," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 56(1), pages 31-57. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
R. Quentin Grafton & Dale Squires & James E. Kirkley, 1996. "Private Property Rights And Crises In World Fisheries: Turning The Tide?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 14(4), pages 90-99, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Grafton, R Quentin & Sandal, Leif K & Steinshamn, Stein Ivar, 2000. " How to Improve the Management of Renewable Resources: The Case of Canada's Northern Cod Fishery," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 82(3), pages 570-80, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Squires, Dale & Campbell, Harry & Cunningham, Stephen & Dewees, Christopher & Grafton, R Quentin & Herrick, Samuel F & Kirkley, James & Pascoe, Sean & Salvanes, Kjell & Shallard, Bruce & Turris, Bruce, 1998. "Individual transferable quotas in multispecies fisheries," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 135-159, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
R. Quentin Grafton & Harry W. Nelson, 2005. "The Effects of Buy-Back Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery," Economics and Environment Network Working Papers 0505, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network. [Downloadable!]
Dupont, Diane P., 1990. "Rent dissipation in restricted access fisheries," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 26-44, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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