The purpose of this paper is to give an overview over the fisheries for Norwegian spring spawning herring, mackerel and blue whiting and analyse how they are managed. The stocks under consideration are harvested by coastal ...

During the last two decades there has been a tremendous growth in the production of intensively farmed fish. This growth has been accompanied by a substantial reduction in prices. As this enhances the competitiveness of ...

This report one first provides a review of the literature on empirical approaches to investigate fishermen behavior. We then investigate methodologies for modelling fishers’ behaviour under regulatory schemes with individual ...

The point of departure for this analysis is Bjørndal and Lindroos (2012), who developed an empirical bioeconomic model to analyse cooperative and non-cooperative management of Northeast Atlantic cod. In their analysis, ...

This paper reviews the role that the operational research discipline has played in the understanding and management of renewable resources in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and forestry. The analysis is undertaken ...

The paper assesses the potential for rent generation, distinguishing between resource and intra-marginal rent, in the North Sea herring fishery. A bioeconomic model combining fish population dynamics with the economic ...

This paper gives an overview of the economics of the management of shared fish stocks. First the relatively simple case of transboundary fish stocks is considered, and then the more complex case of straddling fish stocks ...

The focus of this paper is on evaluating how Café Femenino Peru, an organically grown coffee produced by women, is successful in promoting gender equity, while being a for-profit business. Using the ‘pro-poor perspective’ ...

The purpose of this report is to analyse developments in the Portuguese fish processing industry from the 1960s to the present. In this period, Portugal has undergone tremendous political and macroeconomic changes. While ...

Salted cod is a much appreciated product in the traditional Spanish cuisine. Following the collapse of the Newfoundland fishery, local processors became dependent on imports of raw material in order to keep on producing. ...