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The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries: Economic Models and Human Behavior
Colin W. Clark
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Description for The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries: Economic Models and Human Behavior
paperback. New management programs are suggested, to improve the state of the world's fisheries. Num Pages: 270 pages, 45 b/w illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: KNAF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
The world's marine fisheries are in trouble, as a direct result of overfishing and the overcapacity of fishing fleets. Despite intensive management efforts, the problems still persist in many areas, resulting in many fisheries being neither sustainable nor profitable. Using bio-economic models of commercial fisheries, this book demonstrates that new management methods, based on individual or community catch quotas, are required to resolve the overfishing problem. Uncertainty about marine systems may be another factor contributing to overfishing. Methods of decision analysis and Bayesian inference are used to discuss risk management and the precautionary principle, arguing that extensive marine reserves may ... Read more
The world's marine fisheries are in trouble, as a direct result of overfishing and the overcapacity of fishing fleets. Despite intensive management efforts, the problems still persist in many areas, resulting in many fisheries being neither sustainable nor profitable. Using bio-economic models of commercial fisheries, this book demonstrates that new management methods, based on individual or community catch quotas, are required to resolve the overfishing problem. Uncertainty about marine systems may be another factor contributing to overfishing. Methods of decision analysis and Bayesian inference are used to discuss risk management and the precautionary principle, arguing that extensive marine reserves may ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521549394
SKU
V9780521549394
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99-24
About Colin W. Clark
Colin W. Clark is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia.
Reviews for The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries: Economic Models and Human Behavior
'... there is much here on which to reflect.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 'This book is well targeted at environmental scientists, economists and fisheries managers who would do well to heed its contents and the new direction in fisheries management advocated in the concluding chapter.' Ecologist