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We study dynamic labour supply using data on paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand. The divers face stable, flat prices per kilogram after each catch, but experience transitory wage changes due to…
15 February 2012 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenAlthough Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) provide an increasingly popular policy tool for protecting marine stocks and biodiversity, they pose high costs for small-scale fisherfolk who have few…
12 February 2012 | EfD Discussion Paper | TanzaniaMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) in poor countries typically address the impact of fishing restrictions on rural resource-dependent villagers because of their mandate and because achieving conservation…
17 January 2012 | Policy Brief | TanzaniaThis paper explores the issue of “trust” in the fisheries science community, a key corollary of effective risk communication. It presents the findings of a survey undertaken in Iceland, Greece, Spain…
15 January 2012 | Peer Reviewed |In this study we seek to explain the determinants of catches for the Nile perch and tilapia fisheries of Uganda’s section of Lake Victoria. Production functions are estimated from data collected from…
9 January 2012 | Peer Reviewed |We estimate the risk attitudes of a large sample of individuals from various fishing communities along the west coast of South Africa. Female fishers and rights holders are found to be more risk…
14 November 2011 | Peer Reviewed | South AfricaIn this paper, choice experiment was applied for valuation of Lake Tana’s fishery and watershed. Two attributes – fishing control and lake side plantation-- were identified as relevant attributes for…
31 August 2011 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaFishers in developing countries do not have the resources to acquire advanced technologies to exploit offshore fish stocks. As a result, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires…
27 February 2011 | Discussion Paper | SwedenIn this article, we assess the effect that two different fishery management regimes have on the duration of the fishing trip. A basic theoretical model predicts that trip duration should increase with…
23 September 2010 | Peer Reviewed | Chile