The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries: Economic Models and Human Behavior - Hardcover

Clark, Colin W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521840058 ISBN 13: 9780521840057

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 be the best way to protect fisheries, alongside a controlled catch quota system. This book will be of interest to environmental scientists, economists and fisheries managers, providing novel insights into many well-known but poorly understood aspects of fisheries management.

About this title

Book Description:

The world's marine fisheries are in trouble, as a direct result of overfishing and the overcapacity of fishing fleets. Using dynamic bio-economic models of commercial fisheries, this book demonstrates that new management methods, alongside extensive marine reserves, are required to resolve the overfishing problem.

About the Author:

Colin W. Clark is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521840058
• ISBN 13: 9780521840057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270