Technical efficiency of the longline fishery in Hawaii: An application of a stochastic production frontier

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-274

  Sharma, Khem R ^a   Leung, Pingsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Longline fishery; Pelagic fishery; Stochastic production frontier; Swordfish; Technical efficiency; Tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000026353     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.13.4.42629241     Document Type: Article

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