1st Edition

Game Theory and Fisheries Essays on the Tragedy of Free for All Fishing

By Ussif Rashid Sumaila Copyright 2013
200 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Today, there is a growing sense of urgency among fisheries scientists regarding the management of fish stocks, particularly among those who predict the imminent collapse of the fishing industry due to stock depletion. This book takes a game theoretic approach to discussing potential solutions to the problem of fish stock depletion. Acknowledging the classification of fish stocks as destructible... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Game Theoretic Models of Fishing  3. Cooperative and Non-cooperative Management when Capital Investment is Malleable  4. Cooperative and Non-cooperative Management when Capital Investment is Non-Malleable  5. Strategic Dynamic Interaction: The case of Barents Sea fisheries  6. Cannibalism and the Optimal Sharing of the North-East Atlantic Cod Stock  7. Implications of Implementing an ITQ Management System for the Arcto-Norwegian Cod Stock  8. Marine Protected Area Performance in a Game Theoretic Model of the Fishery  9. Distributional and Efficiency Effects of Marine Protected Areas  10. Playing Sequential Games with Western Central Pacific Tuna Stocks  11. Impact of Management Scenarios and Fisheries Gear Selectivity on the Potential Economic Gains from a Fish Stock  12. Managing Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean Sea

Biography

Ussif Rashid Sumaila is Professor and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit at the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre, Canada. He specializes in bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies; illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; and the economics of high and deep seas fisheries.