Economic Management of Marine Living Resources: A Practical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781849712583 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 192 str.

David Whitmarsh

Opis

This textbook provides a concise introduction for non-economists explaining how economic methods can be used in marine resource management. It focuses not only on traditional fisheries, but also the growing marine aquaculture sector and the values of critical marine habitats and biodiversity.

Spis treści

1. Marine Living Resources and their Economic Significance  2. Overfishing and the Need for Management  3. Collecting and Using Socio-economic Data on Fisheries  4. Project Appraisal in Fisheries and Aquaculture  5. Markets and Prices for Seafood Products  6. Assessing Pollution Damages to Commercial Fisheries  7. Marine Resource Management and the Problem of Non-market Values  Appendices  A: Estimating Maximum Fisheries Production Using Time Series Data  B: Bioeconomic Analysis and Fisheries Management  C: Estimating Resource Rent Based on Surplus Production Models

O autorze

David Whitmarsh was Professor of Marine Resource Management at the University of Portsmouth, UK, where he was also part of the CEMARE research group within the Department of Economics.