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Measuring Fishing Capacity and Utilization with Commonly Available Data: An Application to Alaska Fisheries

Felthoven, Ronald G. and Hiatt, Terry and Terry, Joseph M. (2002) Measuring Fishing Capacity and Utilization with Commonly Available Data: An Application to Alaska Fisheries. Marine Fisheries Review, 64(4), pp. 29-39.

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    Abstract

    Due to a lack of data on vessel costs, earnings, and input use, many of the capacity assessment models developed in the economics literature cannot be applied in U.S. fisheries. This incongruity between available data and model requirements underscores the need for developing applicable methodologies. This paper presents a means of assessing fishing capacity and utilization (for both vessels and fish stocks) with commonly available data, while avoiding some of the shortcomings associated with competing “frontier” approaches (such as data envelopment analys

    Item Type: Article
    Title: Measuring Fishing Capacity and Utilization with Commonly Available Data: An Application to Alaska Fisheries
    Personal Creator/Author:
    CreatorsEmail
    Felthoven, Ronald G.
    Hiatt, Terry
    Terry, Joseph M.
    Refereed: Yes
    Journal or Publication Title: Marine Fisheries Review
    Volume: 64
    Number: 4
    Page Range: pp. 29-39
    Date: 2002
    ISSN: 0090-1830
    Issuing Agency: United States National Marine Fisheries Service
    Subjects: Biology
    Ecology
    Fisheries
    Item ID: 9740
    Depositing User: Patti M. Marraro
    Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2012 15:18
    Last Modified: 16 Aug 2012 15:18
    URI: http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/9740

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