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Economic Management of an Invasion: The Case of the Red King Crab in Norway

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  • Bui Bich Xuan

    (NTU - Nha Trang University and UiT)

  • Claire Armstrong
  • Melina Kourantidou

    (AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO EPE - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Godwin Vondolia

    (University of Cape Coast [Ghana])

  • Quach Thi Khanh Ngoc

    (NTU - Nha Trang University = Truong Dai hoc Nha Trang)

  • Brooks Kaiser

    (SDU - University of Southern Denmark = Syddansk Universitet)

Abstract

This paper presents a bioeconomic model for managing commercially valuable marine invasive species. The model, using Norway's red king crab (RKC) fisheries as a case study, emphasizes the balance between ecological control and economic benefits. It integrates spatial management, enforcement, the effects of harvesting subsidies in ecological protection zones, and illegal fishing. Model analysis indicates that Norway's current spatial management of RKC, which separates quota-regulated area from removal area, may overestimate stock and quotas. This overestimation may result from a failure to fully account for the side effects of subsidies and noncompliance. Our study reveals that this type of spatially contrasting management regime can create incentives for noncompliance, highlighting the need for careful policy design in spatial management for commercially valuable invasive species. Ultimately, this contribution is both timely and illustrative of management dilemmas increasingly encountered with other invasive species where control and commercial use coexist.

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  • Bui Bich Xuan & Claire Armstrong & Melina Kourantidou & Godwin Vondolia & Quach Thi Khanh Ngoc & Brooks Kaiser, 2026. "Economic Management of an Invasion: The Case of the Red King Crab in Norway," Post-Print hal-05808841, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05808841
    DOI: 10.1086/740802
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