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Economics for Fisheries Management (Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) - Hardcover

Book 5 of 5: Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Grafton, R. Quentin; Kirkley, James; Squires, Dale

 
9780754632498: Economics for Fisheries Management (Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754632490 ISBN 13: 9780754632498
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Many of the world's fisheries face major challenges including overfishing, overcapacity and low returns. Using recent developments in microeconomic theory and with numerous case studies and examples, this book shows how to measure efficiency, productivity, profitability, capacity of fishing fleets and how to improve fisheries management. The book will prove invaluable to researchers, students and professionals interested in understanding the problems in fisheries and how they may be overcome.

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About the Author

R. Quentin Grafton is Professor at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Australia. James Kirkley is Professor of Marine Science in the Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, USA. Tom Kompas is Senior Lecturer and ARC Research Associate at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Australia. Dale Squires is an Industry Economist at the National Marine Fisheries Service, USA, and is also Adjunct Professor at University of California, San Diego, USAUSA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754632490
ISBN 13 
9780754632498
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176