Report
Economic assessment of the impact of recent major changes to fisheries management in the WA West Coast demersal wetline fishery
FRDC Project No. 2009/081, Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
2013
Abstract
A model of recreational fisher choice is used to assess the likely reaction by fishers to tighter management rules. Put simply, within this model the fisher stays fishing until the net benefit from another hour fishing is balanced against the opportunity cost of the extra time, reflected by the value of doing non-fishing activities elsewhere. Overall the survey results and associated analysis show a high degree of conformity with the model suggesting fishers behave quite rationally in the choices they make about fishing in the presence of tighter management rules.
Details
- Title
- Economic assessment of the impact of recent major changes to fisheries management in the WA West Coast demersal wetline fishery
- Authors/Creators
- P.B. McLeod (Author/Creator)J. Christensen (Author/Creator)S. McElroy (Author/Creator)M. Tull (Author/Creator)
- Series
- FRDC Project No. 2009/081
- Publisher
- Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
- Identifiers
- 991005543396307891
- Copyright
- 2013 Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and University of Western Australia
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report
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