The economic structure of harvesting for three vessel types in the Norwegian spring-spawning herring fishery

• Main Authors: Bjørndal, Trond, Gordon, Daniel V.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SNF / Centre for fisheries economics 2000
• Subjects: Norway; Tac; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/166036

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 1960’s caused a substantial increase in the efficiency of the fishing fleet. As a consequence, the stock was fished almost t...