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Stability and Success of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

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Michael Finus (University of Stirling)
Pedro Pintassilgo (University of Algarve)
Marko Lindroos (University of Helsinki)
Gordon Munro (Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources, University of Portsmouth)

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According to international law, straddling fish stocks should preferably be managed cooperatively through regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). This paper analyzes the stability and success of these organizations through a game in partition function form based on the classical Gordon-Schaefer bioeconomic model. A comprehensive analysis of the economic and biological fundamentals that influence the success of coalition formation is provided. The results show that the larger the number of fishing states that compete for the fish stock the higher would be the relative gains from full cooperation, but the lower is the likelihood of large RFMOs being stable. It is also shown that the success of coalition formation is positively correlated with the degree of production cost asymmetry among fishing states and negatively with the overall level of efficiency.

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Paper provided by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in its series Working Papers with number 2008.20.

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Keywords: Straddling Fish Stock; Regional Fisheries Management Organizations; Unregulated Fishing; Bioeconomic Model; Coalition Formation Model; Free-Riding;

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C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
Q22 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Fishery

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