Saving global fisheries : reducing fishing capacity to promote sustainability / J. Samuel Barkin and Elizabeth R. DeSombre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barkin, J. Samuel, 1965- author.

DeSombre, Elizabeth R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable fisheries.

Fishery management, International.

Overfishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A proposal for a new global approach for fisheries focused on reducing fishing capacity and providing incentives for long-term sustainability.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Part I The Problems

2 International Regulation 13

3 The Political Economy of Regulation 37

4 Regulatory Capture 63

5 The Cultures of Fishing Regulation 87

6 Subsidies and Fishing Capacity 105

7 Economic Development 129

Part II Proposed Solutions

8 A Global Fisheries Organization 153

9 Individual Transferable Quotas 177

10 International Tradable Permits 205

11 Conclusion 233.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262312769

026231276X

1299055796

9781299055797

OCLC:

826657887

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.