Impacts of Vessel Capacity Reduction Programmes on Efficiency in Fisheries: The Case of Australia's Multispecies Northern Prawn Fishery

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-443

  Pascoe, Sean ^a,b   Coglan, Louisa ^b,c   Punt, Andre E ^a,b   Dichmont, Catherine M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian northern prawn fishery; Buyback programmes; D24; Fisheries management; Multi output distance function; Q22; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DECOMMISSIONING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING VESSEL; PRAWN FISHERY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861334940     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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