RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Individual Vessel Quotas and Increased Fishing Pressure on Unregulated Species
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 41
OP 49
DO 10.3368/le.83.1.41
VO 83
IS 1
A1 Asche, Frank
A1 Gordon, Daniel V.
A1 Jensen, Carsten L.
A1 Ussif Rashid, Sumaila
A1 Munro, Gordon R.
A1 Sutinen, Jon G.
YR 2007
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/83/1/41.abstract
AB When individual vessel quotas are used in fisheries management, quotas are set species by species, in most cases. Often, it is only the most important of the target species that are regulated by quota. There is a growing concern that the introduction of individual vessel quotas leads to increased fishing pressure on unregulated species. To model the behavior of fishermen with this regulatory structure, a constrained profit function is used, where the quota species are treated as fixed, while the unregulated species are variable. An empirical analysis is provided for Norwegian purse seiners. (JEL Q22)