Growth Overfishing: The Race to Fish Extends to the Dimension of Size

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-572

  Diekert, Florian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Gear selectivity; ITQs; Multi cohort dynamics; Non cooperative game

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY;

BERTRAND COMPETITION; COHORT DYNAMICS; FISH STOCK; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; ITQS; NONCOOPERATIVE GAME; TWO AGENTS;

FISH;

COHORT ANALYSIS; GEAR SELECTIVITY; HARVESTING; OVERFISHING; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84864317772     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9542-x     Document Type: Article

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