Market effects of catch share management: The case of New England multispecies groundfish

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1835-1845

  Scheld, Andrew M ^a   Anderson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch shares; Individual fishing quota; New england groundfish; Price flexibility

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISH; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUOTA SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925363015     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu001     Document Type: Article

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