Fisheries Buybacks

Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. Fisheries Buybacks provides the reader with an overview of buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance. Alongside this material are eleven case studies from around the world that look at real life applications of buybacks and its successes and failures. Edited by two leading fisheries economists with chapters contributed by international experts in the field, Fisheries Buybacks will be a valuable resource for fisheries managers, economists, researchers, and policy makers for years to come.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 3–14): Rita Curtis and Dale SquiresChapter 2 Lessons from Fisheries Buybacks (pages 15–54): Theodore Groves and Dale SquiresChapter 3 Do Buyback Programs Make Sense? (pages 55–66): Rognvaldur HannessonChapter 4 Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery (pages 67–74): Kevin J. Fox, R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas and Tuong Nhu CheChapter 5 A Case Study of Fishing Vessel Capacity Management Public Buyout Schemes: Community Experience Through the Multi?Annual Guidance Programmes and Ways Forward (pages 75–80): Jean?Claude CueffChapter 6 Vessel Decommissioning in Danish Fisheries (pages 81–104): Erik Lindebo and Niels VestergaardChapter 7 Decommissioning Schemes and Capacity Adjustment: A Preliminary Analysis of the French Experience (pages 105–132): Olivier Guyader, Patrick Berthou and Fabienne DauresChapter 8 The Decommissioning Scheme for the Italian Clam Fishery: A Case of Success (pages 133–144): Massimo SpagnoloChapter 9 Drifnets Buyback Program: A Case of Institutional Failure (pages 145–156): Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria SabatellaChapter 10 The Impact of the European Union Buyback Scheme on the Italian Fleet: the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea Bottom Trawlers Case (pages 157–176): Massimo Spagnolo and Evelina SabatellaChapter 11 Buyback Programs for Fishing Vessels in Norway (pages 177–190): Rognvaldur HannessonChapter 12 The Effects of Buyback Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery (pages 191–202): R. Quentin Grafton and Harry W. NelsonChapter 13 Effectiveness of Vessel Buyback Programs on the Offshore Fishery in Taiwan (pages 203–214): Jenny Chin?Hwa SunChapter 14 The Texas Inshore Bay and Bait License Buyback Program (pages 215–226): Robin Riechers, Wade Griffin and Richard WoodwardChapter 15 Buyback Programs and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries (pages 227–238): James E. Kirkley, John B. Walden and James WatersChapter 16 A Case Study of New England Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction (pages 239–248): Eric Thunberg, Andrew Kitts and John Walden