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The triple bottom line: Meeting ecological, economic and social goals with Individual Transferable Quotas

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  • Jean-Christophe PEREAU
  • Luc DOYEN
  • Rich LITTLE
  • Olivier THEBAUD

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This paper deals with the sustainable management of a renewable resource based on individual and transferable quotas (ITQs) when agents differ in terms of harvesting costs or catching capabilities. In a dynamic bio-economic model, we determine the feasibility conditions under which a fishery manager can achieve sustainability objectives which simultaneously account for stock renewal, economic efficiency and maintenance of fishing activity for the agents along time. We show that the viability of quota management strategies based on fixing Total Allowable Catch (TAC) limits depends on the degree of heterogeneity of users in the fishery, the current status and the dynamics of the stock. In particular for a given stock, we compute the maximin effort for a given set of agents and we derive the maximal number of active agents for a given guaranteed effort. An application to the nephrops fishery in the Bay of Biscay illustrates the results.

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  • Jean-Christophe PEREAU & Luc DOYEN & Rich LITTLE & Olivier THEBAUD, 2011. "The triple bottom line: Meeting ecological, economic and social goals with Individual Transferable Quotas," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2011-01, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).
  • Handle: RePEc:grt:wpegrt:2011-01
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    1. Kersulec, Coralie & Doyen, Luc & Cissé, Abdoul Ahad, 2024. "From fork to fish: The role of demand on the sustainability of multi-species fishery," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 225(C).
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    3. Pedro Gajardo & Luc Doyen, 2018. "Viability standards and multi-criteria maximin," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2018-04, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).
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    5. Mathieu Cuilleret & Luc Doyen & Hélène Gomes & Fabian Blanchard, 2021. "Resilience-based management for small-scale fisheries in the face of global changes and uncertainties," Bordeaux Economics Working Papers 2021-20, Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE).
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    15. L. Doyen & A. A. Cissé & N. Sanz & F. Blanchard & J.-C. Pereau, 2018. "The Tragedy of Open Ecosystems," Dynamic Games and Applications, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 117-140, March.
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    • Q22 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Fishery

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