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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"fishing behavior"”.
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More Value From the Same Fish: Catch Shares, Fishing Behavior, and Revenues
… policies such as catch shares interact with fishing behaviors and markets.</p><p>This dissertation--and the larger body of ongoing work from which these chapters are drawn--addresses this broad question through a series of specific ones: Do the theoretical underpinnings of revenue-side …
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Unintended Consequences of Enforcement in a Fisheries Institution: Results from an Artefactual Experiment in Tanzania
<p>Overfishing and the destruction of fishing commons in developing countries is a growing problem. Policymakers and local community leaders are looking for solutions to keep their fishing commons sustainable. Fines and enforcement mechanisms are commonly suggested to help preserve the commons. …
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Three papers on the behavior modeling of the shrimp fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico
… is to empirically analyze shrimp fishermen behavior to help improve the management of the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fleet. Given that optimal management requires consideration of more than the net benefits derived from shrimp harvesting, this research also seeks to provide an empirical framework …
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Nutritional ecology of Agalma okeni and other siphonophores from the epipelagic western North Atlantic Ocean
The feeding and fishing behavior of siphonophores in their natural environment: was observed by SCUBA diving at 171 stations in warm-water areas of the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Calycophorae and Physonectae showed a two-phase cycle of fishing and swimming. The fishing posture of a siphonophore …
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Management Strategy Evaluation for the Atlantic Surfclam, <i>Spisula solidissima</i>, Using a Fisheries Economics Model
… stock abundance and LPUE suggest that overfishing may be occurring off New Jersey. The objective of this project is to perform a management strategy evaluation (MSE) for <em>Spisula solidissima</em>. The terminal goal is to identify a preferred management option that promotes enhanced …