Sea Change : How Markets and Property Rights Could Transform the Fishing Industry.

Sea Change : How Markets and Property Rights Could Transform the Fishing Industry.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aligica, Paul Dragos
Other Authors: Burnett, H. Sterling, Runolfsson, Birgir, Sterpan, Ion, Tingle, Rachel, Wellings, Richard, Booth, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : London Publishing Partnership, 2017.
Subjects:
Fish trade > United States.
Fishers > United States.
Fish trade
Fishers
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • _GoBack; The authors; Foreword; Summary; Tables and figures; 1 Introduction; Richard Wellings; Global fish stocks; The tragedy of the commons; How market mechanisms protect fisheries; Cutting off the invisible hand; Fishing for favours; The tragedy of state regulation; Property rights approaches; Conclusions; References; 2 Subsidising decline: government intervention in the fishing industry; H. Sterling Burnett; Why have the fisheries declined?; Government policies encourage unsustainable harvests; Subsidies: what kind and how much?; Misguided government responses to the fisheries decline.
  • Current policies harm commercial fishing operatorsActing to reverse fisheries decline; End subsidies and tax breaks; Replace the current regulatory system with a system of property rights; Encourage other countries to cut subsidies and adopt similar property-based fisheries policies; References; 3 The European Common Fisheries Policy; Rachel Tingle; 1957-69: The conception and early development of the CFP; 1970-82: The establishment of common Community waters; 1983-92: The development of a fisheries management system; 1993-2002: The introduction of vessel licensing and effort controls.
  • 2003-13: Reform of the CFP2014 Onwards: last chance for the CFP?; Appendix: UK system for apportioning national fishing quotas; References; 4 Governing the fisheries: insights from Elinor Ostrom's work; Paul Dragos Aligica and Ion Sterpan; Introduction; Public choice and voluntary action; The approach; Governance regimes; Performance criteria; Co-management and the commons; Government interference and failure; A case of fragile institutions: the Nova Scotian inshore fisheries; A case of robust institutions: the Maine lobster industry; Conclusions; References.
  • 5 Rights-based ocean fishing in IcelandBirgir Runolfsson; The fisheries problem; Creating rights to fishing; Criticism and concerns about an ITQ system; ITQs in practice; Conclusion; References; About the IEA; Table 1 Landings of fish into the UK by UK and foreign vessels, 1938-2014 (thousand tonnes); Figure 1 Global fish catch, 1950-2013 (wild capture); Figure 2 Global fish production from aquaculture, 1950-2013; Figure 3 Exclusive Economic Zones around the British Isles; Figure 4 Profits in the Icelandic fisheries industry, 1980-2012.

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