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Trouble in the Caribbean: Responses to a Potential Chinese-Bahamian Bilateral Fishing Agreement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
As of 2011, the Caribbean Sea was one of the only fisheries unoccupied by China’s Distant Water Fleet (DWF). However, in 2016, officials from the People’s Republic of China and the Bahamas discussed a proposal for a bilateral commercial fishing agreement
Elliott, Kyle
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Analyzing recreational fishing effort -- Gender differences and the impact of Covid-19 [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Recreational fishing is an important economic driver and provides multiple social benefits. To predict fishing activity, identifying variables related to variation, such as gender or Covid-19, is helpful. We conducted a Canada-wide email survey of users of an online fishing platform and analyzed responses focusing on gender, the impact of Covid-19, and
arxiv  

Effects of recreational fishing on three fish species from the Posidonia oceanica meadows off Minorca (Balearic archipelago, western Mediterranean)

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2007
Experimental fishing and visual censuses were conducted at nine Posidonia oceanica sites off Minorca exposed to different levels of fishing intensity to assess the effects of recreational fishing on the species that dominate the catch.
Luis Cardona   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Private Options to Use Public Goods: Exploiting Revealed Preferences to Estimate Environmental Benefits [PDF]

open access: yes
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 ...
Snyder, Lori   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Marine protected areas can increase the abundance of invasive lionfish (Pterois miles)

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Marine protected areas (MPAs) can protect and restore marine biodiversity and fisheries, but there are concerns that they may also benefit invasive species.
Periklis Kleitou   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping fisheries hot-spot and high-violated fishing areas in professional and recreational small-scale fisheries

open access: yesAquaculture and Fisheries, 2020
The present study deals with the monitoring for a real implementation of management policies in marine environments and the potential conflicts between professional and recreational fishery in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos   +3 more
doaj  

Bait shrimp fishery of Biscayne Bay [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
A small but valuable live bait shrimp fishery has existed in Biscayne Bay since at least the early 1950s. In recent years there has been increasing pressure from recreational fishing and environmental groups to eliminate this fishery from the Bay because
Berkeley, Steven A.   +2 more
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