Grafton, Quentin R. Arnason, Ragnar Bjorndal, Trond Campbell, David Campbell, Harry F. Clark, Colin W. Connor, Robin Dupont, Diane P. Hannesson, Rognvaldur Hillborn, Ray Kirkley, James E. Kompas, Tom Lane, Daniel E. Munro, Gordon R. Pascoe, Sean Squires, Dale Steinshamn, Stein Ivar Turris, Bruce R. Weninger, Quinn
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The failures of traditional target-species management have led many to propose an ecosystem approach to fisheries to promote sustainability. The ecosystem approach is necessary, especially to account for fishery–ecosystem interactions, but by itself is not sufficient to address two important factors contributing to unsustainable fisheries: inappropriate incentives bearing on fishers and the ineffective governance that frequently exists in commercial, developed fisheries managed primarily by total-harvest limits and input controls. We contend that much greater emphasis must be placed on fisher motivation when managing fisheries. Using evidence from more than a dozen natural experiments in commercial fisheries, we argue that incentive-based approaches that better specify community and individual harvest or territorial rights and price ecosystem services and that are coupled with public research, monitoring, and effective oversight promote sustainable fisheries.
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Length: 12 pages Date of creation: 23 Mar 2007 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, March 2006, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 699-710. Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:12766
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R. Quentin Grafton & Ragnar Arnason & Trond Bjorndal & David Campbell & Harry F. Campbell & Colin W. Clark & Robin Connor & Diane P. Dupont & Rognvaldur Hannesson & Ray Hilborn & James E. Kirkley & To, 2005.
"Incentive-based approaches to sustainable fisheries,"
Economics and Environment Network Working Papers
0508, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network.
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