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Sushi or fish fingers? Seafood diversity, collapsing fish stocks, and multi-species fishery management

Quaas, Martin F.; Requate, Till - 2012

We present a model of a multi-species fishery and show that (i) consumer preferences for seafood diversity may trigger … a sequential collapse of fish stocks under open-access fishery, (ii) the stronger the preferences are for diversity the … higher is the need for coordinated multi-species regulation, (iii) second-best optimal management of only one (or a few …

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Time for Fishing: Bargaining Power in the Baltic Swedish Cod Fishery

Blomquist, Johan; Hammarlund, Cecilia; Waldo, Staffan - 2013

How are market conditions affected by a change in fishery regulations? Who benefits and who loses? The paper discusses … the price effects of a reform in the Swedish Baltic cod fishery where vessels using active gear were given annual quotas … between fishers and buyers in the Swedish Baltic cod fishery. …

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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Public Labelling Scheme of Fish Quality

Nielsen, Max; Jensen, Frank; Roth, Eva - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new method capable of evaluating the economic welfare for quality graded fish products using the hedonic price method for plaice in Denmark. Today no labelling scheme exists for the final consumers of different qualities of fish. A scheme does only...

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Private Options to Use Public Goods Exploiting Revealed Preferences to Estimate Environmental Benefits

Snyder, Lori D.; Stavins, Robert N.; Wagner, Alexander F. - 2003

We develop and apply a new method for estimating the economic benefits of an environmental amenity. The method fits within the household production framework (Becker 1965), and is based upon the notion of estimating the derived demand for a privately traded option to utilize a freely-available...

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An unexpected discovery: Johann Heinrich von Thuenen and the tragedy of the commons

Nellinger, Ludwig - 2014

William Forster Lloyd's 1833 sketch about poor cattle on the commons and the well-fed animals on the adjacent enclosures published in his 'Two lectures on the checks to population' has hitherto been assessed as one starting point of the economics of renewable resources. In the 20th century the...

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New trade in renewable resources and consumer preferences for diversity

Quaas, Martin F.; Stöven, Max T. - 2014

The literature on trade in renewable resources implicitly assumes that the traded resources are perfect substitutes. We model trade in renewable resources as stipulated not only by autarky price differences, but also by consumers' love of variety. We show that the love-of-variety effect enables...

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Towards the optimal management of the Northeast Arctic cod fishery

Richter, Andries; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Soest, Daan van; … - 2011

The objectives pursued by governments managing fisheries may include maximizing profits, minimizing the impact on the marine ecosystem, or securing employment, which all require adjusting the composition of the fishing fleet. We develop a management plan that can be adapted to those objectives...

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Comparison between Artisanal Fishery and Manila Clam Harvesting in the Venice Lagoon by Using Ecosystem Indicators: An Ecological Economics Perspective

Granzotto, Angela; Pranovi, Fabio; Libralato, Simone; … - 2004

Artisanal fishery in the Venice lagoon is a multi-target activity with a long tradition. It was the main fishing …. 73 scenarios, obtained by changing the fishing effort of the two different types of fishery, were used to explore their … ecosystem. The above mentioned factors create a lot of conflict between the two types of fishery. …

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Impact of German Energiewende on transmission lines in the Central European region

Malek, Jan; Recka, Lukas; Janda, Karel - 2018

The impacts of renewable energy production and German nuclear phase-out on the electricity transmission systems in Central Europe is investigated with focus on the disparity between the growth of renewable production and the pace at which new electricity transmission lines have been built,...

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Influence of Renewable Energy Sources on Electricity Transmission Networks in Central Europe

Janda, Karel; Malek, Jan; Recka, Lukas - 2017

This paper focuses on the influence of increased wind and solar power production on the transmission networks in Central Europe. The model ELMOD is employed. Two development scenarios for the year 2025 are evaluated on the basis of four representative weeks. The first scenario focuses on the...

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