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Economics, fisheries, and the marine environment
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Introduction |
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The importance of economics in explaining fisher behaviour and the overexploitation of fisheries resources has been well established. Fishing in anything other than a subsistence-based economy is an economic activity. The species that fishers target, the level of exploitation, and the gear that they use are all influenced by the benefits they receive (i.e. the revenue) and the costs they incur.
Fisheries management changes the set of incentives facing fishers, and in doing so changes their behaviour. In some cases, management imposes additional costs on their operation directly (e.g. limiting output, or inefficient technology mixes arising from input controls), while in other cases, costs are imposed indirectly through a new set of incentives created (e.g. displacement of fishers from one area has an impact on other fishers already operating in the areas to which they move). Changes in fisher behaviour not only influence the costs to the industry,
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The evolving marine policy environment |
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The role of economics in the management of the marine environment |
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Implications for economic analyses in fisheries |
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Concluding comments |
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