This dissertation examines three themes of efficiency in fisheries economics and management.The first theme is intertemporal efficiency; by examining fishery managementproblems within a stochastic bioeconomic model, the tradeoffs between current and futureconsumption are clear. The second theme...

The effects of "localized depletion" of a pelagic fishery (herring) on a non-extractive marine activity (tourism) are investigated. Proponents of the localized depletion theory claim that intense fishing effort can lead to areas that are unsuitable for predators like tuna, groundfish, and...

The welfare effects of the 2010 transition from Days‐at‐Sea to catch share management in the Northeast U.S. groundfish fishery are examined by combining a model of groundfish demand with a simulation‐based model of supply. Counterfactual supply is constructed based on the Days‐at‐Sea...

An experimental fishing vessel buyout program was initiated in 1995 to remove vessels from the Northeast United States groundfish fishery. Information provided by the applicants to this program was used to evaluate the likely participation and potential cost of an expanded buyout initiative....

In this paper a bioeconomic simulation of the U.S. fisheries for silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, is presented. The model design combines elements of age-structured population and harvest yield models with economics of the silver hake fishery. The analysis evaluates both biological and...