Measuring and Assessing Capacity in Fisheries
Measuring and Assessing Capacity in Fisheries

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2003-11-30

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9789251050156

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This paper contains guidance on the measurement and assessment of fishing capacity, in light of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity. Topics discussed include: definitions of capacity and related concepts; measurement of capacity and capacity utilisation; methodologies such as rapid appraisal techniques, stochastic production frontiers and data envelopment analysis; target capacity; interpretation and use of excess capacity measures.

Economics for Fisheries Management
Economics for Fisheries Management

Author: R. Quentin Grafton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1351941836

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Many of the world's fisheries face major challenges including overfishing, overcapacity and low returns. Using recent developments in microeconomic theory and with numerous case studies and examples, this book shows how to measure efficiency, productivity, profitability, capacity of fishing fleets and how to improve fisheries management. The book will prove invaluable to researchers, students and professionals interested in understanding the problems in fisheries and how they may be overcome.

Methodological Workshop on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity
Methodological Workshop on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity

Author: W. H. Bayfiff

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9789251058190

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Organized by FAO's Japan-funded Project "Management of tuna fishing capacity: conservation and socio-economics" and formulated with the aim of improving the management of tuna fisheries on a global scale. Its immediate objectives are to provide the technical information necessary for the management of tuna fishing capacity and resolve the associated technical on a global scale, taking into account conservation and socio-economic issues.

Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management
Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management

Author: R. Quentin Grafton

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2010-01-21

Total Pages: 785

ISBN-13: 0195370287

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This handbook is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary work on marine conservation and fisheries management ever compiled. Its many valuable contributions offer a way forward to both understanding and resolving the multifaceted problems facing the world's oceans.

Managing Fishing Capacity
Managing Fishing Capacity

Author: Stephen Cunningham

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789251045848

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The document provides a background to the need for managing fishing capacity and a review of technical and policy issues that arise in doing so. A summary of recommendations is included.