Managing fishing power: the case of Alaska red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus)
Because of concern about the inability to manage the Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) fishery in Alaska and, in particular, to use in-season fishery performance to close the fishery at or near the preseason guideline harvest level, increasingly stringent pot limits were adopted...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f03-138 2024-05-19T07:46:53+00:00 Managing fishing power: the case of Alaska red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus) Briand, Genevieve Heckelei, Thomas Matulich, Scott C Mittelhammer, Ron C 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f03-138 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f03-138 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences volume 61, issue 1, page 43-53 ISSN 0706-652X 1205-7533 journal-article 2004 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f03-138 2024-05-02T06:51:26Z Because of concern about the inability to manage the Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) fishery in Alaska and, in particular, to use in-season fishery performance to close the fishery at or near the preseason guideline harvest level, increasingly stringent pot limits were adopted to elongate the collapsing seasons. This paper provides a rigorous examination of the effect that pot limits had on season elongation and whether a redistribution of wealth occurred between large and small fishing vessels as a result of the policy. A simulation model of the fishery shows that pot limits did not elongate the season sufficiently to improve in-season management. Moreover, the policy allowed vessels to capture efficiency gains arising from an industry-wide reduction in fishing capacity. Both vessel size classes benefited from mutual gear reduction in all years except 1992. Redistribution of wealth was found to occur only in one year of the five years examined. Article in Journal/Newspaper Paralithodes camtschaticus Red king crab Alaska Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61 1 43 53 |
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Because of concern about the inability to manage the Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) fishery in Alaska and, in particular, to use in-season fishery performance to close the fishery at or near the preseason guideline harvest level, increasingly stringent pot limits were adopted to elongate the collapsing seasons. This paper provides a rigorous examination of the effect that pot limits had on season elongation and whether a redistribution of wealth occurred between large and small fishing vessels as a result of the policy. A simulation model of the fishery shows that pot limits did not elongate the season sufficiently to improve in-season management. Moreover, the policy allowed vessels to capture efficiency gains arising from an industry-wide reduction in fishing capacity. Both vessel size classes benefited from mutual gear reduction in all years except 1992. Redistribution of wealth was found to occur only in one year of the five years examined. |
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Briand, Genevieve Heckelei, Thomas Matulich, Scott C Mittelhammer, Ron C Managing fishing power: the case of Alaska red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus) |
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Briand, Genevieve Heckelei, Thomas Matulich, Scott C Mittelhammer, Ron C |
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Managing fishing power: the case of Alaska red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus) |
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Managing fishing power: the case of Alaska red king crab ( Paralithodes camtschaticus) |
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