THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF HARVESTING FOR THREE VESSEL TYPES IN THE NORWEGIAN SPRING-SPAWNING HERRING FISHERY

• Main Authors: Bjorndal, Trond, Gordon, Daniel V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AgEcon Search 2000
• Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Norway; Tac; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://purl.umn.edu/28202

Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) is the largest fish stock in the North Atlantic and is harvested by many nations. The introduction of new technology in the 1960s resulted in a substantial increase in the efficiency of the fishing fleet. As a consequence, the stock was fished almo...