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Fishing behavior across space and time
Economics Working Papers (2002–2016)
  • Luc Pierre Veyssiere, Iowa State University
  • Quinn Weninger, Iowa State University
Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
8-10-2009
Working Paper Number
WP #09032, August 2009; Old working paper #31848
Abstract
Models of fishing behavior rarely incorporate the complexities of marine ecosystems, multiple-stock harvest technologies, and regulations present in real world marine fisheries. We introduce a structural model of a multi-species, weak-output-disposability harvest technology. A latent target-cost-minimizing share vector is estimated to link the technology to a spatially and temporally heterogeneous fish stock. Data from the Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery is used to estimate the model. The results provide a robust characterization of harvest and discard behavior across space and time. Our approach considerably improves methods used to study fishing behavior and evaluate alternative fisheries management policies.
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application/pdf
Length
40 pages
Citation Information
Luc Pierre Veyssiere and Quinn Weninger. "Fishing behavior across space and time" (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/quinn-weninger/7/