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Sustainable fisheries

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  • Geoffrey Heal

    (Geoffrey Heal is at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. gmh1@columbia.edu wolfram.schlenker@columbia.edu)

  • Wolfram Schlenker

    (Geoffrey Heal is at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. gmh1@columbia.edu wolfram.schlenker@columbia.edu)

Abstract

Fishermen's aims of increasing their catch seem at odds with preserving fish stocks by limiting catch. A study of more than 11,000 fisheries shows that 'individual tradable quotas' can reconcile these goals.

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  • Geoffrey Heal & Wolfram Schlenker, 2008. "Sustainable fisheries," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7216), pages 1044-1045, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7216:d:10.1038_4551044a
    DOI: 10.1038/4551044a
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    Cited by:

    1. Gabriel Natividad, 2016. "Quotas, Productivity, and Prices: The Case of Anchovy Fishing," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 220-257, March.
    2. Janelle Knox‐Hayes & Shekhar Chandra & Jungwoo Chun, 2021. "The role of values in shaping sustainable development perspectives and outcomes: A case study of Iceland," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(2), pages 363-377, March.
    3. Jason Hickel & Stéphane Hallegatte, 2022. "Can we live within environmental limits and still reduce poverty? Degrowth or decoupling?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(1), January.

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