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The Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries: Workshop Proceedings Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Rebuilding fisheries is a key challenge for many countries as some stocks are in a poor state while others are depleted.  In May 2009, economists, biologists, fisheries managers and policy makers participated in an OECD Workshop on the Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries. The workshop was designed to identify and analyse economic uncertainties, policy issues, biological conditions and information constraints, and to review the role of key players in program delivery. This conference proceedings presents an overview of the major economic and institutional issues associated with rebuilding fisheries and provides examples of national and international initiatives.

Table of Content :

  - Acronyms
  - Introduction
  - Rebuilding fisheries: Challenges for fisheries managers
  - Rebuilding fisheries: An overview of issues and policy approaches in the OECD
  - Getting the economics and the incentives right: Instrument choices in rebuilding fisheries
  - Economic considerations and methods for evaluating fishery rebuilding strategies
  - Harvest strategy policy and stock rebuilding for commonwealth fisheries in Australia
  - Managing the transition: Distributional issues of fish stock rebuilding
  - Setting allowable catch levels within a stock rebuilding plan
  - Information issues and constraints in the design and implementation of stock rebuilding programs
  - Rebuilding fishery stocks in Korea: A national comprehensive approach
  - Rebuilding the stock of Norwegian spring spawning herring: Lessons learned
  - Community-based management for sustainable fishery: Lessons from Japan
  - Conclusions
  - Annex A: Biographies
  - Annex B: Participants List