Did processing quota damage Alaska red king crab harvesters? Empirical evidence

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-271

  Matulich, Scott C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab rationalization; Harvesting efficiency; IFQ; Imputed quota prices; IPQ

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS;

EID: 57649134354     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.23.3.42629617     Document Type: Article

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