The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries, 9780521549394
Paperback
Overfishing threatens our seas: Can quotas and reserves save them?

The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries

economic models and human behavior

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  • Paperback

    270 pages

  • Release Date

    11 January 2007

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Summary

Sinking Hooks: Saving Our Overfished Seas

The world’s marine fisheries are facing a critical crisis, driven by overfishing and excessive fishing fleet capacity. Despite significant management interventions, these problems continue to plague numerous regions, rendering many fisheries unsustainable and unprofitable.

This book leverages bio-economic models of commercial fisheries to advocate for innovative management strategies centered around individual or community catch quot…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521549394
ISBN-10:0521549396
Author:Colin W. Clark
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:270
Edition:1st
Release Date:11 January 2007
Weight:439g
Dimensions:227mm x 151mm x 16mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

’… there is much here on which to reflect.’ Bulletin of the British Ecological Society

About The Author

Colin W. Clark

Colin W. Clark is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia.

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