While the recurrent cost of managing marine protected areas (MPAs) has been documented and estimated, there has been virtually no attempt to quantify the cost of establishing MPAs in the first place. This lack of attention is likely the result of the complexity of the process, involving often...

Game theory has been useful as an analytical framework for assessing environmental and resource regulations and policies. The papers in this volume provide the latest methodological and applied works in game theory to a wide range of natural and environmental resource problems such as fishing,...

<DIV>As we search urgently for a strategy of sustainable natural resource management, an international debate is brewing over destructive modern fishery methods. <I>Namibia's Fisheries</I> is a timely contribution to this discussion as it examines Namibia’s Benguela upwelling system, an area that supports...</i></div>

There is a general consensus that most subsidies to fisheries, particularly fuel subsidies, are harmful to both the economy and the environment. As the World Trade Organization struggles to come to an agreement on fisheries subsidies, understanding the position of the negotiating countries is...