PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sumaila, Ussif Rashid
AU  - Armstrong, Claire W.
TI  - Distributional and Efficiency Effects of Marine Protected Areas: A Study of the Northeast Atlantic Cod Fishery
AID  - 10.3368/le.82.3.321
DP  - 2006 Aug 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 321--332
VI  - 82
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/82/3/321.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/82/3/321.full
SO  - Land Econ2006 Aug 01; 82
AB  - We study the distributional and efficiency effects of marine protected areas using the Northeast Atlantic cod stock as an example. A model with two players targeting different age groups of cod is developed to examine how protected areas may affect payoffs to the players under cooperation and non-cooperation. We find that depending on the ex ante and ex post management regime, win-win, lose-lose, or win-lose outcomes may emerge with the implementation of marine protected areas. When the ex post management is cooperation, both players gain, while ex post non-cooperative behavior results in gains only to one of the players. (JEL Q22, Q28)