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View article: Assessing Impacts of Offshore Wind Development: An Analysis of the Minimization of Economic Exposure of the Scallop Fishery Through the Regulatory Process
Assessing Impacts of Offshore Wind Development: An Analysis of the Minimization of Economic Exposure of the Scallop Fishery Through the Regulatory Process Open
Offshore wind energy has expanded as a source of clean energy in the United States since the first US offshore wind farm began operations off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016. The emergence of offshore wind has increased the need to manag…
View article: Characteristics of the U.S. Seafood Trade Deficit
Characteristics of the U.S. Seafood Trade Deficit Open
The NMFS Strategic Plan for 2019–2022 identified “increasing U.S. seafood production and reducing the seafood trade deficit” as one of its challenges that must be addressed. The first goal of amplifying “the economic value of commercial an…
View article: Integrating economics into fisheries science and advice: progress, needs, and future opportunities
Integrating economics into fisheries science and advice: progress, needs, and future opportunities Open
While the science supporting fisheries management has generally been dominated by the natural sciences, there has been a growing recognition that managing fisheries essentially means managing economic systems. Indeed, over the past seven d…
View article: Bioeconomic modelling of hard clam growout in Florida: the replacement decision
Bioeconomic modelling of hard clam growout in Florida: the replacement decision Open
A decision to undertake hard clam growout aquaculture in Florida, therefore, requiresknowledge of appropriate production systems, sources of operation risk, the effects of risk onoperation design and replacement scheduling, and estimates o…
View article: Actual Versus Hypothetical WTA Stated Values for Recreational Fishing Licenses: Experimental Evidence of Fish Tales
Actual Versus Hypothetical WTA Stated Values for Recreational Fishing Licenses: Experimental Evidence of Fish Tales Open
We compared hypothetical willingness to accept (WTA) values for Massachusetts saltwater recreational fishing licenses with WTA values obtained in an actual (simulated) marketplace. Using a dichotomous choice contingent valuation approach, …
View article: Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation
Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation Open
Marine ecosystems evolve under many interconnected and area‐specific pressures. To fulfil society's intensifying and diversifying needs while ensuring ecologically sustainable development, more effective marine spatial planning and broader…
View article: Effort rights‐based management
Effort rights‐based management Open
Effort rights‐based fisheries management ( RBM ) is less widely used than catch rights, whether for groups or individuals. Because RBM on catch or effort necessarily requires a total allowable catch ( TAC ) or total allowable effort ( TAE …
View article: Performance of federally managed catch share fisheries in the United States
Performance of federally managed catch share fisheries in the United States Open
In 2011 the National Marine Fisheries Service began a systematic collection of performance indicators for U.S. fisheries managed under catch shares. Catch shares are a fishery management tool that dedicate a secure share of quota allowing …