TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE LONGLINE FISHERY IN HAWAII: AN APPLICATION OF A STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION FRONTIER [PDF]
This paper examines the level and determinants of technical efficiency for a sample of domestic longline fishing vessels operating in Hawaii in 1993. The data on per-trip costs and revenues, fishing targets, vessel ownership, experience and education ...
Leung, PingSun, Sharma, Khem R.
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A Scientific Review of French Polynesia's Austral Islands: An Overview [PDF]
, 2015 In November 2013, French Polynesia's government committed to protecting at least 20 percent of the French territory's waters by 2020. More than 50 local organizations voiced support for this goal at a June 2014 event celebrating the local visit of the ...
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Reported Trip Costs, Gross Revenues, and Net Returns for U.S. Atlantic Pelagic Longline Vessels [PDF]
, 2000 Logbook set and trip summary data (containing catch and cost information, respectively) collected by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) were analyzed for U.S. pelagic longline vessels that participated in Atlantic fisheries in 1996.
Adams, Charles M. +2 more
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Gliding locomotion of manta rays, killer whales and swordfish near the water surface
Scientific Reports, 2017 The hydrodynamic performance of the locomotive near the water surface is impacted by its geometrical shape. For marine animals, their geometrical shape is naturally selective; thus, investigating gliding locomotion of marine animal under the water ...
Jie-Min Zhan, Ye-Jun Gong, Tian-Zeng Li
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The Protection and Management of the Sargasso Sea [PDF]
, 2017 The Sargasso Sea is a fundamentally important part of the world's ocean, located within the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre with its boundaries defined by the surrounding currents.
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Light-Front-Quantized QCD in Light-Cone Gauge: The Doubly Transverse Gauge Propagator
, 2001 The light-front (LF) quantization of QCD in light-cone gauge has a number of remarkable advantages, including explicit unitarity, a physical Fock expansion, the absence of ghost degrees of freedom, and the decoupling properties needed to prove ...
Brodsky, Stanley J., Srivastava, Prem P.
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Mercury and methylmercury bioaccessibility in swordfish
Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2010 Concentrations of mercury (Hg) in swordfish (Xiphias gladius) present a food safety problem for many countries. This study analyses total Hg (t-Hg) concentrations in 27 samples of swordfish marketed in Spain in 2005 and in their bioaccessible fractions (soluble concentration in gastrointestinal medium), obtained after applying an in vitro digestion ...
Velez, Dinoraz +2 more
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When will trade restrictions affect producer behavior: Oligopsony power in international trade [PDF]
,Oligopsony; Residual supply ...
Asche, Frank +2 more
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Longline-caught blue shark (Prionace glauca): factors affecting the numbers available for live release* [PDF]
, 2005 The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is an oceanic species that occurs in temperate and tropical waters around the globe (Robins and Ray, 1986). This species is a major bycatch of pelagic longline fleets that operate to supply the world’s growing demand for
Diaz, Guillermo A., Serafy, Joseph E.
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